Łukasz Kaczmarek (born 29 June 1994) is a Polish professional volleyball player who plays as an opposite spiker for ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle and the Poland national team. Kaczmarek took part in the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 and was a silver medallist at the 2022 World Championship. He is a three–time Champions League winner (2021, 2022, 2023) with ZAKSA.

Łukasz Kaczmarek
Personal information
NicknameZwierzak
NationalityPolish
Born (1994-06-29) 29 June 1994 (age 29)
Krotoszyn, Poland
Height2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)
Weight99 kg (218 lb)
Spike345 cm (136 in)
Block332 cm (131 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOpposite
Current clubZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Number2
Career
YearsTeams
2013–2015
2015–2018
2018–2024
Victoria Wałbrzych
Cuprum Lubin
ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
National team
2017– Poland
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  Poland
FIVB World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2022 Poland/Slovenia
FIVB World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2019 Japan
FIVB Nations League
Gold medal – first place 2023 Gdańsk
Silver medal – second place 2021 Rimini
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Chicago
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Bologna
CEV European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2023 Italy/Bulgaria/North Macedonia/Israel
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Poland/Czechia/Estonia/Finland

Career edit

Kaczmarek began his sporting career as a beach volleyball player. In 2015, he debuted in PlusLiga as Cuprum Lubin player. In 2016, he signed a new two–year contract with Cuprum Lubin, and became one of the best scorers in PlusLiga.[1] In 2018, after the successful season and debut in the national team, he joined ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle.[2]

Honours edit

Club edit

Youth national team edit

  • Beach volleyball
    • 2011   FIVB U19 World Championship, with Maciej Kosiak
    • 2011   CEV U18 European Championship, with Sebastian Kaczmarek
    • 2012   FIVB U19 World Championship, with Sebastian Kaczmarek
    • 2013   CEV U20 European Championship, with Sebastian Kaczmarek

Individual awards edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Debiutant zostaje w Cuprum Lubin. Łukasz Kaczmarek z przedłużonym kontraktem". sportowefakty.wp.pl (in Polish). 23 May 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Łukasz Kaczmarek nowym atakującym ZAKSY". zaksa.pl (in Polish). 21 May 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Śliwka MVP! Nagrody indywidualne Pucharu Polski siatkarzy 2019". polsatsport.pl (in Polish). 27 January 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Superpuchar Polski: Grupa Azoty ZAKSA – Projekt Warszawa 3:1. Pierwsze trofeum w sezonie dla mistrza Polski". plusliga.pl (in Polish). 23 October 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2020.

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Awards
Preceded by Best Opposite Spiker of
FIVB Nations League

2023
Succeeded by
TBD