Grzegorz Wagner (born 13 December 1965) is a Polish former
volleyball
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player and coach. He was part of the
Polish national team in 1985–2002, Polish Champion (1989).
Personal life
His parents are
Danuta Kordaczuk
Danuta Kordaczuk-Wagner (born 2 September 1939 – 10 April 1988) was a Polish volleyball player and head coach, a member of Poland women's national volleyball team in 1956–1970, a bronze medalist of the Olympic Games Tokyo 1964, a bronze med ...
and
Hubert Wagner. His mother was a
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(setter), bronze medalist of
Olympics 1964, medalist of
World Championship
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and
European Championship
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. His father
Hubert
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was also a
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(also setter), bronze medalist of the
European Championship 1967, as head coach led the
Polish men's national volleyball team to titles of
World Champions 1974 and
Olympic Champions 1976.
He is married to Agata (née Marszałek), a former
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. He has two sons - Iwo (born 1991) and Jakub (born 1993) and daughter Sara (born 2003). Both of his sons are
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s.
Career as coach
He debuted as head coach of
Jadar Radom
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The club was founded to fill the void after the city's traditional club ...
in 2005. His team was promoted to the top of Polish volleyball league -
PlusLiga
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. In 2006 he joined to
BBTS Bielsko-Biała, club from the I league. In season 2009/2010 he was a head coach of
AZS Częstochowa
KS AZS Częstochowa SSA was a Polish professional men's volleyball club based in Częstochowa, founded in 1945 as a university team (AZS). They competed in the Polish top league from 1979 to 2017. During its existence, Częstochowa won 6 national ...
and his team took 5th place in
PlusLiga
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. In 2010/2011 he was a head coach of women's club
BKS Aluprof Bielsko-Biała.
''Wagner trenerem mistrzyń Polski''
– przegladsportowy.pl – 01-06-2010
References
External links
Coach/Player profile
at ''Volleybox.net''
1965 births
Living people
Volleyball players from Warsaw
Polish men's volleyball players
Polish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Expatriate volleyball players in Belgium
Legia Warsaw (men's volleyball) players
BBTS Bielsko-Biała players
Jastrzębski Węgiel players
AZS Częstochowa players
BBTS Bielsko-Biała coaches
AZS Częstochowa coaches
Setters (volleyball)
20th-century Polish sportsmen
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