Jakub Władysław Jarosz (born 10 February 1987) is a Polish former professional

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player. He is a former member of the Poland national team, a participant in the

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, 2009 European Champion and the 2012 World League winner.

Personal life

Jakub Jarosz was born in Nysa,

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. His grandfather and father

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are former volleyball player as was his brother, Marcin. On 12 May 2012, he married Agnieszka (née Trzcińska). On 26 August 2013, their first child was born, a son named Kacper. In early 2017, his wife gave birth to their second son, Leon.

Career

National team

In 2009, he won the European Champion title. On 14 September 2009, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta. The Order was conferred on the following day by the Prime Minister of Poland,

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. With his national team, he won three medals in 2011 – silver at the 2011 World Cup, bronze at the 2011 World League and the 2011 European Championship. In 2012, he won the 2012 World League gold medal.

Honours

Club

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– with

ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle, is a professional men's volleyball club based in Kędzierzyn-Koźle in southern Poland, founded in 1994. They compete in the Polish PlusLiga. ZAKSA have won 9 domestic league titles, 10 national cups, and three CEV Cha ...

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– with Andreoli Latina * Domestic ** 2008–09 Simple gold cup

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, with

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** 2008–09 Gold medal with cup

Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów

Youth national team

* 2005

CEV U19 European Championship

Individual awards

* 2005: CEV U19 European Championship – Most valuable player

State awards

* 2009:

Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta

Statistics

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Best scorer
(605 points) * 2009–10 PlusLiga �

(514 points) * 2009–10 PlusLiga �

(54 aces)

References

External links

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Player profile
at ''PlusLiga.pl''
Player profile
at ''Volleybox.net'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Jarosz, Jakub 1987 births Living people Sportspeople from Nysa, Poland Polish men's volleyball players Polish Champions of men's volleyball Olympic volleyball players for Poland Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Knights of the Order of Polonia Restituta Polish expatriate volleyball players in Italy Polish expatriate sportspeople in Qatar Expatriate volleyball players in Qatar ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle players Skra Bełchatów players Trefl Gdańsk players BKS Visła Bydgoszcz players Resovia (volleyball) players GKS Katowice (volleyball) players Opposite hitters 21st-century Polish sportsmen