Andrzej Wrona

Andrzej Wrona (born 27 December 1988) is a Polish volleyball player, a member of Poland men's national volleyball team and Polish club VERVA Warszawa ORLEN Paliwa, 2014 World Champion, Polish Champion (2014).

Andrzej Wrona
Personal information
Full nameAndrzej Zdzisław Wrona
NicknameWronka
Nationality Polish
Born (1988-12-27) December 27, 1988
Warszawa, Poland
Height2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
Weight96 kg (212 lb)
Spike350 cm (140 in)
Volleyball information
PositionMiddle blocker
Current club VERVA Warszawa ORLEN Paliwa
Number8
Career
YearsTeams
2007–2010
2010–2013
2013–2016
2016–		 AZS Częstochowa
Delecta Bydgoszcz
PGE Skra Bełchatów
AZS Politechnika Warszawska
National team
2013– Poland
Honours
Representing  Poland
Men's volleyball
FIVB World Championship
2014 Poland
FIVB Nations League
2019 Chicago

Career

Clubs

He debuted in PlusLiga in the 2007/2008 season, when he played for Wkręt-Met Domex AZS Częstochowa. With this club, he won a silver medal at the Polish Championship and Polish Cup in 2007/2008. In the next three seasons, he played for Delecta Bydgoszcz, where he was the primary player.[1] His high level of play was the reason that he moved to one of the top Polish clubs, PGE Skra Bełchatów in 2013.[2] He won a title of Polish Champion 2014 with PGE Skra Bełchatów.[3] On October 8, 2014 his team won Polish SuperCup. On May 6, 2015 he won with PGE Skra Bełchatów bronze medal of Polish Championship.[4] In May 2015 he extended the contract with PGE Skra Bełchatów until the end of the season 2016/2017.[5] On February 7, 2016 he played with PGE Skra and won the 2016 Polish Cup after beating ZAKSA in the final.[6] In April 2016 he was a member of the same team which won a bronze medal in the 2015–16 PlusLiga championship.[7]

National team

He was first appointed to the Polish national team by Andrea Anastasi in 2012.[8] He debuted in a Poland – Serbia friendly match. He played in the Polish national team at World League 2013. On September 21, 2014 won a title of World Champion 2014.[9][10][11] On October 27, 2014 received a state award granted by the Polish President Bronisław Komorowski – Gold Cross of Merit for outstanding sports achievements and promoting Poland in the world.[12]

Sporting achievements

State awards
gollark: also, lunch break.
gollark: Trump is actually just a collective hallucination and/or good photo/video editing.
gollark: He's never DENIED secretly being a Martian spy.
gollark: Trump is 5000 bees in a slightly miscolored human suit.
gollark: Or maybe just a puppet for some random conspiracy, if you're into conspiracy-theorizing.

References
  1. "Wrona w Delekcie, Andrzejewski za Dębca". www.sportowabydgoszcz.pl (in Polish). 28 May 2010. Archived from the original on 12 March 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  2. "Andrzej Wrona w PGE Skrze". www.skra.pl (in Polish). 30 April 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  3. "PGE Skra mistrzem Polski". www.plusliga.pl (in Polish). 27 April 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  4. "PGE Skra z brązowym medalem". www.plusliga.pl (in Polish). 6 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  5. "Kłos i Wrona zostają w PGE Skrze". www.plusliga.pl (in Polish). 7 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  6. "POLISH CUP M: Venture of all time - Skra win trophy after annulling 3-8 in tie-break!". www.worldofvolley.com. 7 February 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  7. "Brązowa PGE Skra!". www.skra.pl (in Polish). 26 April 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  8. "Konarski i Wrona powołani do kadry!". www.transferbydgoszcz.pl (in Polish). 27 March 2012. Archived from the original on 12 March 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  9. "Poland win second World Championship title at home". www.fivb.org. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  10. "Poland put an end to the reign of Brazil". www.fivb.org. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  11. "FIVB MŚ Polska 2014: Polska ze złotym medalem". www.plusliga.pl (in Polish). 21 September 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  12. ""Dziękuję za chwile wzruszenia i dumy"". www.prezydent.pl (in Polish). 27 October 2014. Archived from the original on 27 October 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  13. "PL: Mistrzostwo Polski dla ZAKSY Kędzierzyn-Koźle". www.siatka.org (in Polish). 4 May 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  14. "ZAKSA NAJLEPSZA JEST – Plusliga's trophy moves to Kędzierzyn-Koźle again!". www.worldofvolley.com. 4 May 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  15. "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 23 października 2014 r. o nadaniu orderów i odznaczeń". www.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 23 October 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.