Michal Masný (born 14 August 1979) is a Slovak professional

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coach and former player, a former member of the Slovakia national team. He currently serves as head coach for BKS Visła Bydgoszcz.

Career

Clubs

He was a runner-up in Austrian Volley League in 2003 with his team

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. In 2004 he won the Czech Volleyball League title. With

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he won a bronze medal in

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by defeating

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and the

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bronze medal in the same year. He became a member of

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club Aluron Virtu Warta Zawiercie in 2018.''Masny zostaje w Aluron Virtu Warcie Zawiercie''
– polsatsport.pl – 05.06.2019

National team

He is a member of

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since 2003, participated in

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. In

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

and

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

he won two

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gold medals and achieved 3rd place in

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

. He was named the best setter in

2007 Men's European Volleyball League The 2007 Men's European Volleyball League was the fourth edition of the Men's European Volleyball League, European Volleyball League, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball, CEV. The Final Fo ...

and 2011. In 2008 and 2009 he was named the best

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Honours

Clubs

* National championships ** 2002/2003 Silver medal with cup

Austrian Championship, with

** 2003/2004 Gold medal with cup

Czech Championship, with Chance Odolena Voda ** 2004/2005 Gold medal with cup

Czech Championship, with Chance Odolena Voda

Individual awards

* 2004: Czech Championship – Best Setter * 2004: Czech Championship – Best Setter * 2005: Czech Championship – Best Setter * 2007: European League – Best Setter * 2008: Best volleyball player in

* 2009: Best volleyball player in

* 2011: European League – Best Setter * 2014:

Polish Cup The Polish Cup in Association football, football ( ) is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout football competition for Polish football club (association football), football clubs, held continuously since 1950, and is the second most i ...

– Best Setter

References

External links

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Player profile
at ''PlusLiga.pl''
Player profile
at ''Volleybox.net'' 1979 births Living people Naturalized citizens of Poland Sportspeople from Žilina Slovak men's volleyball players Slovak volleyball coaches Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate volleyball players in Poland Slovak expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Expatriate volleyball players in the Czech Republic ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle players BKS Visła Bydgoszcz players Jastrzębski Węgiel players Trefl Gdańsk players Cuprum Lubin players Warta Zawiercie (volleyball) players {{Slovakia-volleyball-bio-stub