Grzegorz Łomacz (born 1 October 1987) is a Polish professional

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player who plays as a setter for

Skra Bełchatów Skra Bełchatów, competing for sponsorship reasons as PGE GiEK Skra Bełchatów and officially called KPS Skra Bełchatów SA, is a professional men's volleyball club based in Bełchatów in central Poland, founded in 1957. They compete in th ...

and the Poland national team. With Poland, Łomacz won the 2018 World Champion title and took part in 3

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and Paris 2024, winning a silver medal at the latter.

Career

Club

Łomacz is a silver medallist of the

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held in

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. For 3 seasons, he was a player and captain of

Trefl Gdańsk Trefl Gdańsk, previously known as Lotos Trefl Gdańsk, is a professional men's volleyball club based in Gdańsk in northern Poland. The club was founded in 2005 and promoted to PlusLiga, the top flight of Polish volleyball in 2011. Honours * Po ...

. In 2014, he signed a contract with

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. After a good season and 6th place in

PlusLiga The PlusLiga is the highest level of men's volleyball in Poland, a professional league competition featuring volleyball clubs located in this country. It is overseen by Polska Liga Siatkówki SA (PLS SA). It is currently a 14 teams league from Oc ...

, he decided to leave the club from

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. On 27 April 2017, it was announced that Łomacz signed a two–year contract with

National team

On 30 September 2018, Poland achieved its third title of the

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. Poland beat Brazil in the final 3-0 and defended the title from 2014. On 10 August 2024, he won the silver medal at the

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in Paris.

Honours

Club

CEV Challenge Cup The CEV Challenge Cup is the third tier official competition for men's volleyball clubs from the whole of Europe. The competition started in the 1980–81 season under the name CEV Cup. In 2007 it was renamed to CEV Challenge Cup. History * # ...

2008–09 – with

Jastrzębski Węgiel Jastrzębski Węgiel, is a professional men's volleyball club based in Jastrzębie-Zdrój in southern Poland, founded in 1961. They compete in the Polish PlusLiga. Since foundation the club has been closely linked to coal mining in the region. H ...

* Domestic ** 2009–10 Simple gold cup

Polish Cup The Polish Cup in Association football, football ( ) is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout football competition for Polish football club (association football), football clubs, held continuously since 1950, and is the second most i ...

, with Jastrzębski Węgiel ** 2017–18 Simple gold cup

Polish SuperCup The Polish Super Cup (, ) is an annually held match between the champions of the Ekstraklasa and the Polish Cup winners or, if the Ekstraklasa champions also win the Polish Cup, the Cup's runners-up. As of 2024, the Polish Super Cup has been p ...

, with

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** 2017–18 Gold medal with cup

Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów ** 2018–19 Simple gold cup

, with PGE Skra Bełchatów

Youth national team

* 2005

CEV U19 European Championship

Universiade

* 2013

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State awards

* 2018: Gold Cross of Merit * 2024: POL Polonia Restituta Kawalerski BAR

Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta

References

External links

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Player profile
at ''PlusLiga.pl''
Player profile
at ''Volleybox.net'' * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lomacz, Grzegorz 1987 births Living people People from Ostrołęka Volleyball players from Masovian Voivodeship Polish men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players for Poland Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in volleyball Olympic silver medalists for Poland Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Summer World University Games medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade FISU World University Games silver medalists for Poland Projekt Warsaw players Jastrzębski Węgiel players Trefl Gdańsk players Cuprum Lubin players Skra Bełchatów players Setters (volleyball) 21st-century Polish sportsmen