Magdalena Joanna Śliwa (née Szryniawska; born 17 November 1969) is a Polish

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, a member of

Poland women's national volleyball team The Poland women's national volleyball team ( Polish: ''Reprezentacja Polski w piłce siatkowej kobiet'') represents Poland in international volleyball competition. The team is controlled by the Polish Volleyball Federation (''Polski Związek Pił ...

in 1990–2007, double

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(

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), three-time Polish Champion (1994, 1995, 2003), Italian Champion (2002).

Personal life

She is married. On December 11, 1990 she gave birth to daughter Izabela, who is also

. Magdalena and her daughter played together in the same team -

Atom Trefl Sopot Atom Trefl Sopot was a Polish women's volleyball club based in Sopot and playing in the Orlen Liga. Previous names Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names: * Trefl Gdynia (2008–2009) * Trefl Sopot (2009–2010) * ...

in season 2010/2011.

Career

National team

On September 28, 2003

, including Śliwa, beat

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(3–0) in final and won title of European Champion 2003. Two years later, Polish team with Śliwa in squad defended title and achieved second title of

.''Polska prasa: "Złotka ciągle złote"''
- interia.pl - 26-09-2005 She was an assistant to

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for the

Sporting achievements

National team

* 2003

CEV European Championship * 2005 Gold medal with cup

CEV European Championship

State awards

* 2005

Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta

References

External links

ORLENLiga player profile
1969 births Living people People from Miechów County Volleyball players from Lesser Poland Voivodeship Polish women's volleyball players Knights of the Order of Polonia Restituta 20th-century Polish sportswomen {{Poland-volleyball-bio-stub