Grzegorz Kosok (born 2 March 1986) is a Polish former professional

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player, a member of the Poland national team in 2011–2013, a participant at the

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, and the 2012 World League winner.

Personal life

He was born in Katowice,

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. In 2014, he married Aleksandra. In June 2015, his wife gave birth to their daughter Amelia.

Career

Clubs

Kosok moved to Asseco Resovia in 2009. With the club from

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he achieved two gold (2012, 2013), silver (2014) and two bronze medals (2010, 2011) of the Polish Championship. He left Asseco Resovia after five years in May 2014.

National team

First time, he was appointed to the Polish national team by

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in 2011. He won a bronze medal of the 2011 FIVB World League and the 2011 CEV European Championship. In November 2011 Poland won a silver medal of the 2011 FIVB World Cup and therefore qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. He is a gold medalist of the 2012 FIVB World League in

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. In 2015 he was called up to the team B of the Polish national team led by Andrzej Kowal. Kosok took part in the 1st edition of the 2015 European Games.

Honours

Clubs

CEV Cup The CEV Cup is the second tier official competition for men's Volleyball clubs of Europe. The competition takes place every year. Until 2000, it was the CEV Cup Winners' Cup. In 2000 it was renamed CEV Top Teams Cup and in 2007 it was renamed CE ...

2011/2012 – with Asseco Resovia * National championships ** 2011/2012 Gold medal with cup

Polish Championship, with Asseco Resovia ** 2012/2013 Gold medal with cup

Polish Championship, with Asseco Resovia ** 2013/2014 Simple gold cup

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, with Asseco Resovia ** 2020/2021 Gold medal with cup

Polish Championship, with

Jastrzębski Węgiel Jastrzębski Węgiel, is a professional men's volleyball club based in Jastrzębie-Zdrój in southern Poland, founded in 1961. They compete in the Polish PlusLiga. Two–time Polish Champion and one time Polish Cup winner. Since the beginning o ...

References

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Player profile
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Player profile
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