Tomasz Wójtowicz

Tomasz Grzegorz Wójtowicz (22 September 1953 – 24 October 2022) was a Polish volleyball player. In his later life, he worked as a volleyball commentator. As a member of the Poland national team, he won the titles of the 1976 Olympic Champion and the 1974 World Champion.

Tomasz Wójtowicz
Tomasz Wójtowicz, 2013
Personal information
Full name	Tomasz Grzegorz Wójtowicz
Nationality	Polish
Born	(1953-09-22)22 September 1953 Lublin, Poland
Died	24 October 2022(2022-10-24) (aged 69)
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Career
Years Teams 1968–1972 1972–1978 1978–1983 1983–1984 1984–1986 1986–1987 1987–1989 AZS Lublin Avia Świdnik Legia Warsaw Edilcuoghi Sassuolo Santal Parma Granarolo Ferrara Famila Città di Castello
National team
1973–1984  Poland (325)
Honours Men's volleyball Representing  Poland Olympic Games 1976 Montreal FIVB World Championship 1974 Mexico CEV European Championship 1975 Yugoslavia 1977 Finland 1979 France 1983 East Germany

Wójtowicz was considered one of the first volleyball players in the world to start attacking from the back row.[1] In 2001, he was listed by the International Volleyball Federation as one of the top eight volleyball players in the world.[2][3] In 2002, he became the first Polish volleyball player to be inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame.

Wójtowicz died after a long illness on 24 October 2022, at the age of 69.[4]