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Tomasz Wójtowicz
Tomasz Wójtowicz
	Tomasz Wójtowicz, 2013
Personal information
Full name	Tomasz Grzegorz Wójtowicz
Nationality	Polish
Born	22 September 1953; Lublin, Poland
Died	24 October 2022 (aged 69)
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Career
1968–1972; 1972–1978; 1978–1983; 1983–1984; 1984–1986; 1986–1987; 1987–1989	AZS Lublin; Avia Świdnik; Legia Warsaw; Edilcuoghi Sassuolo; Santal Parma; Granarolo Ferrara; Famila Città di Castello
National team
1973–1984	Poland (325)
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing Poland
Olympic Games
FIVB World Championship
CEV European Championship

Tomasz Grzegorz Wójtowicz (22 September 1953 – 24 October 2022) was a Polish volleyball player. In his later life, he worked as a volleyball commentator. As a member of the Poland national team, he won the titles of the 1976 Olympic Champion and the 1974 World Champion.

Wójtowicz was considered one of the first volleyball players in the world to start attacking from the back row.^[1] In 2001, he was listed by the International Volleyball Federation as one of the top eight volleyball players in the world.^[2]^[3] In 2002, he became the first Polish volleyball player to be inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame.

Wójtowicz died after a long illness on 24 October 2022, at the age of 69.^[4]

Honours

Club

CEV European Champions Cup
- 1984–85 – with Santal Parma
- 1985–86 – with Santal Parma
Domestic
- 1982–83 Polish Championship, with Legia Warsaw

Youth national team

1971 CEV U20 European Championship

Individual awards

1977: FIVB World Cup – Most valuable player
1977: FIVB World Cup – Best blocker

State awards

2021: Commander's Cross of Polonia Restituta^[5]

References

^ "Biography". volleyhall.org. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
^ "Maszyna do wygrywania". przegladsportowy.pl (in Polish). 22 May 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
^ "La Stagione 1983/84, quella del doppio straniero". volleyball.it (in Italian). 21 December 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
^ "Zmarł Tomasz Wójtowicz, jeden z najwybitniejszych polskich siatkarzy". PZPS (in Polish). 24 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
^ "Tomasz Wójtowicz odznaczony Krzyżem Komandorskim". PZPS (in Polish). 6 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.

External links

Player profile at Olympics.com
Player profile at Olympedia
Player profile at LegaVolley.it (in Italian)
Player profile at Volleyhall.org
Player profile at Volleybox.net

[1] "Biography". volleyhall.org. Retrieved 16 January 2022.

[2] "Maszyna do wygrywania". przegladsportowy.pl (in Polish). 22 May 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.

[3] "La Stagione 1983/84, quella del doppio straniero". volleyball.it (in Italian). 21 December 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2021.

[4] "Zmarł Tomasz Wójtowicz, jeden z najwybitniejszych polskich siatkarzy". PZPS (in Polish). 24 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.

[5] "Tomasz Wójtowicz odznaczony Krzyżem Komandorskim". PZPS (in Polish). 6 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.

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v t e Members of the Volleyball Hall of Fame
Players (men)	Michael O'Hara Rolf Engen Thomas Haine Jon Stanley Ron Von Hagen Mike Bright Larry Rundle Pedro Velasco Craig Buck Dusty Dvorak Steve Timmons James G. Wortham Yuri Chesnokov Harold Wendt Karch Kiraly Tomasz Wójtowicz Jungo Morita Sinjin Smith Josef Musil Seiji Oko Bernard Rajzman Konstantin Reva Ron Lang Stanisław Gościniak Bernie Holtzman Edward Skorek Bob Ctvrtlik Andrea Gardini Dimitar Zlatanov Andrea Giani Randy Stoklos Yuriy Poyarkov Ivans Bugajenkovs Siegfried Schneider Aleksandr Borisovich Savin Lorenzo Bernardi Vladimir Grbić Hugo Conte Peter Blangé Mike Dodd Maurício Lima Georgy Mondzolevski Jeff Stork Vyacheslav Zaytsev Nalbert Bitencourt Lloy Ball Renan Dal Zotto Emanuel Rego Nikola Grbić Ron Zwerver José Loiola Bas van de Goor Giba Boris Gyuderov Josef Tesař Zé Marco de Melo Sergey Tetyukhin Giovane Gávio Sérgio Santos Clayton Stanley Todd Rogers Ricardo Santos Samuele Papi
Players (women)	Flo Hyman Jane Ward Kathy Gregory Mary Jo Peppler Patty Dowdell Debbie Green-Vargas Patti Bright Paula Weishoff Inna Ryskal Takako Shirai Jean Gaertner Regla Torres Lang Ping Karolyn Kirby Mireya Luis Cecilia Tait Jackie Silva Nina Smoleyeva Kerri Pottharst Masae Kasai Ana Moser Holly McPeak Gabriela Pérez del Solar Shelda Bede Adriana Behar Magaly Carvajal Rita Crockett Lyudmila Buldakova Caren Kemner Natalie Cook Tara Cross-Battle Sandra Pires Rosa Salikhova Fofão Misty May-Treanor Danielle Scott-Arruda Irina Kirillova Yevgeniya Estes Valentina Ogiyenko Mirka Francia Logan Tom Taismary Agüero Fernanda Venturini Kerri Walsh Jennings
Coaches	Harry Wilson Doug Beal Edward DeGroot James Coleman Al Scates Marv Dunphy Arie Selinger Don Shondell Andy Banachowski Yasutaka Matsudaira Hirofumi Daimatsu Viacheslav Platonov Givi Akhvlediani Julio Velasco Eugenio George Lafita Shigeo Yamada Yuan Weimin Nikolay Karpol Gabriella Kotsis Hubert Wagner Joop Alberda Bebeto de Freitas Park Man-bok Anders Kristiansson Hugh McCutcheon Vasil Simov Bernardo Rezende
Officials	Glen Davies Alton Fish George J. Fisher Catalino Ignacio Merton H. Kennedy C.L. Miller Endre Holvay Paul Libaud
Leaders	William G. Morgan Harold T. Friermood Leonard Gibson George J. Fisher John Koch Robert L. Lindsey Albert Monaco Jr. Bill Baird Wilber H. Peck Dr. Endre Holvay Carlos Arthur Nuzman Sinan Erdem Vladimir Savvine Frantisek Stibitz Miloslav Ejem Jizhong Wei Hiroshi Toyoda André Meyer Pieter Joon Peter Murphy