Piotr Nowakowski

Piotr Nowakowski (born 18 December 1987) is a Polish professional volleyball player who plays as a middle blocker for Projekt Warsaw. He is a former member of the Poland national team, a participant in 3 Olympic Games (London 2012, Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020), two–time World Champion (2014, 2018), 2009 European Champion, and the 2012 World League winner.

Piotr Nowakowski
Personal information
NicknameCichy Pit
NationalityPolish
Born (1987-12-18) 18 December 1987
Żyrardów, Poland
Height2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)
Weight103 kg (227 lb)
Spike368 cm (145 in)
Block340 cm (134 in)
Volleyball information
PositionMiddle blocker
Current clubProjekt Warsaw
Number11
Career
YearsTeams
2006–2011
2011–2017
2017–2019
2019–		AZS Częstochowa
Asseco Resovia
Trefl Gdańsk
Projekt Warsaw
National team
2008–2021 Poland (230)
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  Poland
FIVB World Championship
Gold medal – first place2014 Poland
Gold medal – first place2018 Bulgaria/Italy
FIVB World Cup
Silver medal – second place2011 Japan
Bronze medal – third place2015 Japan
FIVB World League
Gold medal – first place2012 Sofia
Bronze medal – third place2011 Gdańsk
FIVB Nations League
Silver medal – second place2021 Rimini
CEV European Championship
Gold medal – first place2009 Turkey
Bronze medal – third place2011 Austria/Czech Republic
Bronze medal – third place2019 Belgium/France/Netherlands/Slovenia
Bronze medal – third place2021 Poland/Czechia/Estonia/Finland

Personal life

Nowakowski was born in Żyrardów, but he grew up in Międzyborów. On July 25, 2015 he married Aleksandra Wilczewska.[1] On January 1, 2017 he announced that he and his wife are expecting a first child.[2] On June 12, 2017 his wife gave birth to their daughter Oliwia.

Career

Club

He made his debut in PlusLiga for club AZS Częstochowa. In the season 2007/2008 he became a key player for the team, and they won the Polish Cup and the silver medal in the Polish Championship. In 2011, he moved to Asseco Resovia Rzeszów. In 2012 he won silver medal in the CEV Cup 2012. In 2012 after seven years of domination by PGE Skra Bełchatów, he was part of the Asseco Resovia Rzeszów team that won the Polish Championship. The next year he and his team repeated this success and gained the title of Polish Champions 2013. In the 2013/2014 season, they won the Polish SuperCup 2013 and the silver medal in the Polish Championship 2013/2014 after losing the final (0-3 in matches) against PGE Skra Bełchatów.[3] On March 29, 2015 Asseco Resovia Rzeszów, including Nowakowski, won the silver medal in the 2014–15 CEV Champions League.[4] He was awarded Best Middle Blocker of the Final Four of the CEV Champions League.[5] In April 2015 he signed a contract for the next two years, keeping him at Asseco Resovia Rzeszów till 2017.[6] In April 2015 he achieved his third Polish Championship with Resovia. On April 28, 2017 he moved to LOTOS Trefl Gdańsk.[7]

National team

Nowakowski was in the Polish squad when the Polish national team won the gold medal at the 2009 European Championship. On September 14, 2009 he was awarded the Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta. The Order was conferred on the following day by the Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk. On July 10, 2011 Nowakowski, with the national team, won the first medal of the World League for Poland in history. They won a bronze medal after winning the match with Argentina. Then Poland played at the European Championship 2011, where they had to defend the title of European Champion. Nowakowski was a major player in the team and Polish national team won a second medal in 2011 - a bronze after winning match with Russia.[8] In November 2011 Poland won a silver medal at the World Cup and therefore qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games.[9] On July 8, 2012 the Polish team won gold medal of the World League 2012.[10][11] Nowakowski was a main player of the Polish team at the Olympic Games London 2012, but Poland lost a quarterfinal with Russia. On August 16, 2014 he was named in the World Championship squad for the World Championship held in Poland.[12][13] On September 21, 2014 the Polish team won the title of World Champion 2014.[14][15][16] On October 27, 2014, he received a state award granted by the Polish President, Bronisław Komorowski: the Officer's Cross of Polonia Restituta for outstanding sports achievements and worldwide promotion of Poland.[17]

On September 30, 2018 Poland achieved title of the 2018 World Champion.[18] Poland beat Brazil in the final 3-0 and defended the title from 2014. Nowakowski received an individual award for the Best Middle Blocker.[19]

Honours

Club

Individual awards

State awards

References
  1. "Polski siatkarz wziął ślub". fakt.pl (in Polish). 26 July 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  2. "Nowakowski jak Lewandowski. W tym roku także zostanie ojcem". sportowefakty.wp.pl (in Polish). 1 January 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  3. "PGE Skra mistrzem Polski". plusliga.pl (in Polish). 27 April 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  4. "Three is the magic number for Russian armada from Tatarstan!". CEV. 29 March 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  5. "Piotr Nowakowski i Fabian Drzyzga w Dream Teamie Final Four". assecoresovia.pl (in Polish). 29 March 2015. Archived from the original on 14 April 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  6. "CL silver medallists and 'Dream Team' members Nowakowski and Drzyzga to stay with Asseco Resovia RZESZOW for another two seasons". CEV. 2 April 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  7. "Nowakowski wzmocnił Lotos Trefl Gdańsk". polsatsport.pl (in Polish). 28 April 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  8. "Bartosz Kurek is the man of the day as Poland strikes bronze at EuroVolley". CEV. 18 September 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  9. "Poland shoot up World Rankings on back of World Cup silver". fivb.org. 6 December 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  10. "Poland beat USA to claim first World League title". fivb.org. 8 July 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  11. "Poland wins historical gold at the 2012 World League". fivb.org. 8 July 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  12. "FIVB Mistrzostwa świata w piłce siatkowej mężczyzn Polska 2014. Trener Antiga ogłosił skład". plusliga.pl (in Polish). 17 August 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  13. "Polish team named for the FIVB Men's World Championship Poland 2014". fivb.org. 17 August 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  14. "Poland win second World Championship title at home". fivb.org. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  15. "Poland put an end to the reign of Brazil". fivb.org. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  16. "FIVB MŚ Polska 2014: Polska ze złotym medalem". plusliga.pl (in Polish). 21 September 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  17. ""Dziękuję za chwile wzruszenia i dumy"". prezydent.pl (in Polish). 27 October 2014. Archived from the original on 27 October 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  18. "Poland triumph over Brazil to retain world title for four more years". fivb.com. 30 September 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  19. "Kurek MVP mistrzostw świata! Nagrody indywidualne dla Kubiaka, Nowakowskiego i Zatorskiego!". sport.dziennik.pl (in Polish). 30 September 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  20. "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 23 października 2014 r. o nadaniu orderów i odznaczeń". sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 23 October 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  21. "Odznaczenia dla Mistrzów Świata w Piłce Siatkowej Mężczyzn 2018". prezydent.pl (in Polish). 2 October 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
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