Paweł Zagumny (born 18 October 1977) is a Polish former professional

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player. Zagumny was a member of the Poland national team from 1996 to 2014 and a participant in 4

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( Atlanta 1996, Athens 2004,

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). During his career, he won the 2014 World Champion title, 2012 World League, and the 2009 European Champion title.

Personal life

Zagumny was born in

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, but he grew up in

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, in

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district. He is Hanna and Lech Zagumny's son, his father is a former volleyball player and a coach. Zagumny has a sister, Agnieszka. On 19 July 2003 Zagumny married Oliwia Brochocka-Zagumny. They have two children - a daughter Wiktoria (born 2004) and a son Mikołaj (born 2010).

Career

Club

He began to play in 1992 with MKS MDK Warsaw

junior club. His talent was quickly seen and in 1995 at age 18 he was transferred to professional team

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, where he played for 2 years. With Zagumny

club won Poland Championship in 1996 and got second place in 1997. Next, he played for Bosman Morze Szczecin for 3 years. In 2000 he was transferred to Italian club Edilbasso Padua, where he stayed for three years. Afterwards he came back to Poland, playing for Mlekpol AZS Olsztyn. In 2010 went to Polish club

ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle, is a professional men's volleyball club based in Kędzierzyn-Koźle in southern Poland, founded in 1994. They compete in the Polish PlusLiga. ZAKSA have won 9 domestic league titles, 10 national cups, and three CEV Cha ...

. He achieved with this club two Polish Cups (2013, 2014) and two silver (

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) and bronze (

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) medal of Polish Championship. In April 2015 he announced that he is going to leave Kędzierzyn-Koźle. In May 2015 he signed a contract with

AZS Politechnika Warszawska Projekt Warsaw, officially known as PGE Projekt Warszawa, is a professional men's volleyball club based in Warsaw in central Poland. They compete in the Polish PlusLiga, the top flight of Polish volleyball. The club started as the volleyball se ...

. He ended up club career on 9 April 2017 after the last match of the season 2016–17 as ONICO AZS Politechnika Warszawska player. The official thanks for his club career was held the day before at

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with almost 5,000 fans. His shirt number 5 in ONICO AZS Politechnika Warszawska was reserved until 2022.

National team

In 2006 he was awarded the best setter of

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in Japan, where Polish national team won silver medal. In 2007 he was awarded the best setter of

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in Poland. In 2008 he was awarded the best setter of

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. Zagumny was in the Polish squad when the Polish national team won the gold medal of European Championship 2009, where was awarded Best Setter. On 14 September 2009 he was awarded The

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. The Order was conferred on the following day by the Prime Minister of Poland,

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. In 2011 the gained silver medal at

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. On 8 July 2012 he won a gold medal of World League 2012 in

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, Bulgary. On 21 September 2014 he won a title of World Champion 2014. On 27 October 2014 he received a state award granted by the Polish President

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- Officer's Cross of Polonia Restituta ''for outstanding sports achievements and worldwide promotion of Poland''. After winning title of 2014 World Champion he announced that the finale was his last match in national team. On 11 September 2016 an all-star match was organized in

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, which was Zagumny's official farewell to the Polish national team and its supporters (12,000 fans at

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). In the match Poland vs. the Rest of world took part the most titled and the best players in the history of Polish and world volleyball. Zagumny played 427 matches in the Polish national team.

Honours

Club

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– with

* Domestic ** 1997–98 Silver medal with cup

Polish Championship, with

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** 2003–04 Silver medal with cup

Polish Championship, with AZS Olsztyn ** 2004–05 Silver medal with cup

Polish Championship, with AZS Olsztyn ** 2009–10 Simple gold cup

Greek Cup, with Panathinaikos ** 2009–10 Silver medal with cup

Greek Championship, with Panathinaikos ** 2010–11 Silver medal with cup

Polish Championship, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle ** 2012–13 Simple gold cup

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, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle ** 2012–13 Silver medal with cup

Polish Championship, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle ** 2013–14 Simple gold cup

, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle