Kamil Syprzak (born 23 July 1991) is a Polish professional

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player for

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and the Polish national team.

Career

Syprzak started his career at Orlen Wisła Płock, where he won the Polish Championship in 2011. On 9 June 2015, he joined

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. On 22 February 2019, it was stated that he will be playing for

in the next season.

National team

On 1 February 2015,

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, including Syprzak, won the bronze medal of the 2015 World Championship. In the winning bronze medal match (29:28) against

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, he threw last goal for

in extra time. He also participated at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

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, in the men's handball tournament.

Achievements

Club

Barcelona * Spanish league: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 *

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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

, 2017, 2018, 2019 * Spanish super cup: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 PSG *

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: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 *

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: 2021, 2022 * Champions' Trophy: 2019, 2023

Sporting achievements

State awards

* 2015

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Individual awards

* All-Star Team as Best Line player of

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* Topscorer EHF Champions League:

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

* All-Star Team as Best line player of the

: 2023

References

External links

* 1991 births Living people Sportspeople from Płock Handball players from Masovian Voivodeship Polish male handball players Wisła Płock (handball) players FC Barcelona Handbol players Liga ASOBAL players Polish expatriate sportspeople in Spain Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for Poland Polish expatriate handball players in France Expatriate handball players in Spain Paris Saint-Germain Handball players 21st-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-handball-bio-stub