Ryszard Bosek

Ryszard Bosek (born 12 April 1950) is a Polish former volleyball player and coach. He was a member of the Polish national team from 1969 to 1986, and was a participant in three Olympic Games (1972, 1976, 1980). During his career, he won gold medals in the 1974 World Championship and the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Ryszard Bosek
Personal information
NicknameBubu
NationalityPolish
Born (1950-04-12) 12 April 1950
Kamienna Góra, Poland
Height189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Coaching information
Previous teams coached
YearsTeams
1983–1984
1984–1985
1985–1987
1987–1990
2000–2001
2006–2007		Pallavolo Padova (AC)
Pallavolo Padova
Płomień Milowice
AZS Częstochowa (AC)
Poland
Jastrzębski Węgiel
Career
YearsTeams
1969–1973
1973–1980
1980–1985		AZS AWF Warsaw
Płomień Milowice
Pallavolo Padova
National team
1969–1986 Poland (359)
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  Poland
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1976 Montreal
FIVB World Championship
Gold medal – first place1974 Mexico
CEV European Championship
Silver medal – second place1975 Yugoslavia
Silver medal – second place1977 Finland
Silver medal – second place1979 France

Personal life

Bosek was born in Kamienna Góra, Poland. In 2008, he had cancer, and returned to health after receiving treatment. He worked as a volleyball expert for Polsat Sport, and as a manager of a few volleyball players (Bartosz Kurek, Piotr Nowakowski, Jakub Jarosz).

Career

National team

Bosek participated in several World Championships: 1970 (5th place), 1974, and 1978 (8th place). In 1974, Poland won the World Championship title for the very first time.

Among Bosek's achievements, he has three silver medals of the European Championship (1975, 1977, 1979). In all three cases, Poland lost to the Soviet Union.

Bosek was a participant in the following Olympic Games: 1972 Munich, 1976 Montreal, and 1980 Moscow. In 1976, as one of the players of the team led by Hubert Jerzy Wagner, he won a gold medal. Poland won the final match of the tournament against the Soviet Union on 30 July 1976.

Honours

As a player

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