Łukasz Kaczmarek

Łukasz Kaczmarek (born 29 June 1994) is a Polish professional volleyball player who plays as an opposite spiker for ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle and the Poland national team. Kaczmarek took part in the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 and was a silver medallist at the 2022 World Championship. He is a three–time Champions League winner (2021, 2022, 2023) with ZAKSA.

Łukasz Kaczmarek
Personal information
NicknameZwierzak
NationalityPolish
Born (1994-06-29) 29 June 1994
Krotoszyn, Poland
Height2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)
Weight99 kg (218 lb)
Spike345 cm (136 in)
Block332 cm (131 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOpposite
Current clubZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Number2
Career
YearsTeams
2013–2015
2015–2018
2018–		Victoria Wałbrzych
Cuprum Lubin
ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
National team
2017– Poland
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  Poland
FIVB World Championship
Silver medal – second place2022 Poland/Slovenia
FIVB World Cup
Silver medal – second place2019 Japan
FIVB Nations League
Gold medal – first place2023 Gdańsk
Silver medal – second place2021 Rimini
Bronze medal – third place2019 Chicago
Bronze medal – third place2022 Bologna
CEV European Championship
Gold medal – first place2023 Italy/Bulgaria/North Macedonia/Israel
Bronze medal – third place2021 Poland/Czechia/Estonia/Finland

Career

Kaczmarek began his sporting career as a beach volleyball player. In 2015, he debuted in PlusLiga as Cuprum Lubin player. In 2016, he signed a new two–year contract with Cuprum Lubin, and became one of the best scorers in PlusLiga.[1] In 2018, after the successful season and debut in the national team, he joined ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle.[2]

Honours

Club

Youth national team
  • Beach volleyball
    • 2011 FIVB U19 World Championship, with Maciej Kosiak
    • 2011 CEV U18 European Championship, with Sebastian Kaczmarek
    • 2012 FIVB U19 World Championship, with Sebastian Kaczmarek
    • 2013 CEV U20 European Championship, with Sebastian Kaczmarek

Individual awards

References
  1. "Debiutant zostaje w Cuprum Lubin. Łukasz Kaczmarek z przedłużonym kontraktem". sportowefakty.wp.pl (in Polish). 23 May 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  2. "Łukasz Kaczmarek nowym atakującym ZAKSY". zaksa.pl (in Polish). 21 May 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  3. "Śliwka MVP! Nagrody indywidualne Pucharu Polski siatkarzy 2019". polsatsport.pl (in Polish). 27 January 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  4. "Superpuchar Polski: Grupa Azoty ZAKSA – Projekt Warszawa 3:1. Pierwsze trofeum w sezonie dla mistrza Polski". plusliga.pl (in Polish). 23 October 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
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