Mateusz Bieniek (born 5 April 1994) is a Polish professional

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player who plays as a middle blocker for Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie and the Poland national team. With Poland, Bieniek won the 2018 World Champion title and took part in 3

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and Paris 2024, winning a silver medal at the latter.

Career

National team

On 2 April 2015, he was called up to the Polish national team led by Stéphane Antiga. He debuted in the national team on 28 May 2015 in a match of the 2015 World League against

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(3–0). He achieved 14 points and was named the ''Most Valuable Player'' of the match. On 30 September 2018, Poland achieved its third title of the

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. Poland beat Brazil in the final (3–0) and defended the title from 2014. On 10 August 2024, he won the silver medal at the

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in Paris.

Honours

Club

* FIVB Club World Championship ** Gold medal world centered-2

Betim 2019 – with Cucine Lube Civitanova * Domestic ** 2016–17 Simple gold cup

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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 ...

** 2016–17 Gold medal with cup

Polish Championship, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle ** 2018–19 Simple gold cup

, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle ** 2018–19 Gold medal with cup

Polish Championship, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle ** 2019–20 Simple gold cup

Italian Cup, with Cucine Lube Civitanova ** 2023–24 Simple gold cup

, with Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie ** 2024–25 Simple gold cup

Polish SuperCup The Polish Super Cup (, ) is an annually held match between the champions of the Ekstraklasa and the Polish Cup winners or, if the Ekstraklasa champions also win the Polish Cup, the Cup's runners-up. As of 2024, the Polish Super Cup has been p ...

, with Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie

Individual awards

* 2021: FIVB Nations League – Best middle blocker * 2022: FIVB Nations League – Best middle blocker * 2022: FIVB World Championship – Best middle blocker

State awards

* 2018: Gold Cross of Merit * 2024: POL Polonia Restituta Kawalerski BAR

Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta

Statistics

2021–22 PlusLiga The 2021–22 PlusLiga was the 86th season of the Polish Volleyball Championship, the 69th season of the highest tier domestic division in the Polish volleyball league system since its establishment in 1954, and the 22nd season as a professional ...

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References

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at ''Volleybox.net'' * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bieniek, Mateusz 1994 births Living people People from Częstochowa County Volleyball players from Silesian Voivodeship Polish men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players for Poland Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in volleyball Olympic silver medalists for Poland Polish expatriate volleyball players in Italy Effector Kielce players ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle players Volley Lube players Skra Bełchatów players Warta Zawiercie (volleyball) players Middle blockers 21st-century Polish sportsmen