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Sławomir Szmal
Sławomir Szmal
Personal information
Born	2 October 1978 (age 46); Strzelce Opolskie, Poland
Nationality	Polish
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	PGE Vive Kielce (GK Coach)
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1996–1997	Gwardia Opole
1997–1999	Huntnik Kraków
1999–2002	KS Warszawianka
2002–2003	Wisła Płock
2003–2005	TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke
2005–2010	Rhein-Neckar Löwen
2010–2018	Vive Kielce
National team
Years	Team
1998–2016	Poland
Teams managed
2018–	PGE Vive Kielce (GK Coach)
2019–	Poland (GK Coach)
Medal record
World Championship

Sławomir Szmal (born 2 October 1978) is a former Polish handball player, who played for the Poland men's national handball team, a participant in the Olympic Games Beijing 2008, and a medalist in the World Championship (silver in 2007, bronzes in 2009, 2015). Szmal is currently the goalkeeping coach of the Polish national team.^[1]

Career

National team

On 19 August 1998, he debuted for the national team in a match against Lithuania (31:20). On 4 February 2007, he won a silver medal at the World Championship, after losing the final match with Germany (24:29). For his sport achievements he received the Gold Cross of Merit in 2007.

He won a bronze medal at the 2009 World Championship. In 2009, Szmal was voted IHF World Player of the Year, while Igor Vori came 2nd and Nikola Karabatić came 3rd.^[2]

On 1 February 2015, Poland, including Szmal, won the bronze medal at the 2015 World Championship. They won the bronze medal match (29:28) against Spain.^[3]^[4]