Piotr Gruszka

Personal information

Full name

Piotr Łukasz Gruszka

Nickname

Grucha

Born

8 March 1977 (age 47)
Oświęcim, Poland

Height

2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)

Coaching information

Previous teams coached
Years	Teams
2014–2015 2016–2019 2017 2019–2020 2021–2022	BBTS Bielsko-Biała GKS Katowice Poland (AC) Asseco Resovia Norwid Częstochowa

Volleyball information

Position

Outside hitter / Opposite

Career

Years	Teams
1993–1995 1995–1999 1999–2000 2000–2002 2002–2003 2003–2004 2004–2005 2005–2006 2006–2008 2008–2009 2009–2010 2010–2011 2011–2012 2012–2013	BBTS Bielsko-Biała AZS Częstochowa Zeta Line Padova Alimenti Sardi Cagliari AdriaVolley Trieste Tourcoing LM Skra Bełchatów AZS Olsztyn Skra Bełchatów Arkas İzmir Delecta Bydgoszcz Halkbank Ankara CMC Ravenna AZS Olsztyn

National team

1995–2011

Poland (450)

Honours

Men's volleyball

Representing Poland
FIVB World Championship
	2006 Japan
FIVB World League
	2011 Gdańsk
CEV European Championship
	2009 Turkey
	2011 Austria/Czech Republic

Piotr Łukasz Gruszka (born 8 March 1977) is a Polish professional volleyball coach and former player. He was a member of the Poland national team from 1995 to 2011, and took part in 3 Olympic Games (Atlanta 1996, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008).

Personal life

Piotr Gruszka was born in Oświęcim, but raised in Kęty. He is married to Aleksandra (née Szettel). They have two children: daughter Maria Aleksandra (born 26 August 2005) and son named Julian (born 1 March 2010).

In 2014, he took part in the 14th season of Polish version of Dancing with the Stars. His pro dancer was Nina Tyrka. They were eliminated as 8th couple and took 5th place.

Career

National team

Piotr Gruszka was a member of the Polish national team that won a silver medal at the 2006 World Championship. In 2009, Gruszka won a gold medal of the European Championship, where he was named the Most Valuable Player. On 14 September 2009, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta.^[1] The Order was conferred on the following day by the Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk. With his national team, he won two bronze medals in 2011: of the 2011 World League and 2011 European Championship.^[2]

Honours

Club

CEV Challenge Cup
- 2008–09 – with Arkas İzmir
Domestic
- 1994–95 Polish Championship, with AZS Częstochowa
- 1996–97 Polish Championship, with AZS Częstochowa
- 1997–98 Polish Cup, with AZS Częstochowa
- 2004–05 Polish Cup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2004–05 Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2006–07 Polish Cup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2006–07 Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2007–08 Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2008–09 Turkish Cup, with Arkas İzmir

Youth national team

1996 CEV U20 European Championship
1997 FIVB U21 World Championship

Individual awards

2003: CEV European Championship – Best spiker
2009: CEV European Championship – Most valuable player

State awards

2006: Gold Cross of Merit
2009: Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta

References

^ "Reprezentacja siatkarzy odznaczona przez prezydenta". prezydent.pl (in Polish). 15 September 2009. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
^ "Bartosz Kurek is the man of the day as Poland strikes bronze at EuroVolley". CEV. 18 September 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2021.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Piotr Gruszka.

Player profile at the European Volleyball Confederation
Player profile at Olympedia (archive)
Player profile at LegaVolley.it (in Italian)
Player profile at PlusLiga.pl (in Polish)
Player profile at Olympics.com
Player profile at Olympedia (archive)
Coach/Player profile at Volleybox.net

Sporting positions
Preceded by Martin Lébl	Best Spiker of CEV European Championship 2003	Succeeded by Israel Rodríguez
Preceded by Semyon Poltavskiy	Most Valuable Player of CEV European Championship 2009	Succeeded by Ivan Miljković

Poland squads

v t e Poland men's volleyball squad – 2004 Summer Olympics – 5th place
1 Stelmach 3 Gruszka 5 Zagumny 6 Murek 8 Ignaczak 11 Kadziewicz 12 Rybak 13 Świderski 14 Gabrych 16 Gołaś 17 Bąkiewicz 18 Szczerbaniuk Coach: Gościniak

v t e Poland squad – 2006 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship – Silver medal
2 Winiarski 3 Gruszka 4 Pliński 5 Zagumny 7 Grzyb 9 Żygadło 10 Wlazły 11 Kadziewicz 12 Szymański 13 Świderski 15 Gacek 17 Bąkiewicz Coach: Lozano

v t e Poland men's volleyball squad – 2008 Summer Olympics – 5th place
2 Winiarski 3 Gruszka 4 Pliński 5 Zagumny 8 Wika 10 Wlazły 11 Kadziewicz 12 Woicki 13 Świderski 14 Gierczyński 16 Ignaczak 18 Możdżonek Coach: Lozano

v t e Poland men's volleyball squad – 2009 CEV European Championship – Gold medal
1 Nowakowski 3 Gruszka 4 Pliński 5 Zagumny 6 Kurek 7 Jarosz 9 Bartman 10 Gromadowski 12 Woicki 14 Ruciak 15 Gacek 16 Ignaczak 17 Bąkiewicz 18 Możdżonek Coach: Castellani

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