Karol Kłos

Karol Kłos (born 8 August 1989) is a Polish volleyball player, a member of the Poland men's national volleyball team and PGE Skra Bełchatów, a participant of the Olympic Games (Rio 2016), 2014 World Champion, a bronze medalist of the 2011 European Championship and 2011 World League, Polish Champion (2011, 2014, 2018).

As the AZS Politechnika Warszawska player in 2010.
Kłos during a match of the Polish national team in 2010.
Karol Kłos before the match PGE Skra Bełchatów – Cerrad Czarni Radom on October 29, 2014.
Karol Kłos
Personal information
Full nameKarol Kłos
Nationality Polish
Born (1989-08-08) August 8, 1989
Warszawa, Poland
Height2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
Weight87 kg (192 lb)
Spike355 cm (140 in)
Volleyball information
PositionMiddle blocker
Current club PGE Skra Bełchatów
Number6
Career
YearsTeams
2008–2010
2010–		 AZS Politechnika Warszawska
PGE Skra Bełchatów
National team
2009– Poland (100)
Honours
Representing  Poland
Men's volleyball
FIVB World Championship
2014 Poland
CEV European Championship
2011 Austria/Czech Republic
2019 Belgium/France/Netherlands/Slovenia
FIVB World Cup
2019 Japan
2015 Japan
FIVB Nations League
2019 Chicago
FIVB World League
2011 Gdańsk

Personal life

On July 15, 2017 he married Aleksandra Dudzicka.

Career

Clubs

Kłos moved to PGE Skra Bełchatów in 2010. He signed a new contract with PGE Skra towards the end of the 2014/2015 season.[1] On May 27, 2014 his team won the Polish Championship after final matches against Asseco Resovia Rzeszów. This was his second national title.[2] On October 8, 2014 his team won ENEA Polish SuperCup 2014.[3] On May 6, 2015 during the Polish Championship.[4] he won the bronze medal with PGE Skra Bełchatów .

In May 2015 he extended his contract with PGE Skra Bełchatów until the end of the 2016/2017 season.[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

On September 21, 2014 won the title of World Champion 2014 and received an individual award for Best Middle Blocker.[8][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 to promote Polish in the world.[12] In April 2015 he was announced as the new captain of national team.[13] But he was injured and he did not take part in intercontinental round of the World League 2015, so he was replaced by Michał Kubiak.

Sporting achievements

Individually

State awards
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gollark: Maybe I should just fork musl or that really tiny libc.
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gollark: Thank you!
gollark: Where can I find the list of libc functions?

References
  1. Karol Kłos podpisał nowy kontrakt z PGE Skrą – sport.wp.pl – 18-04-2012
  2. PGE Skra mistrzem Polski – plusliga.pl – 27-04-2014
  3. ENEA Super Puchar w piłce siatkowej 2014 dla PGE Skry Bełchatów – plusliga.pl – 08-10-2014
  4. PGE Skra z brązowym medalem – plusliga.pl – 06-05-2015
  5. Kłos i Wrona zostają w PGE Skrze – plusliga.pl – 07-05-2015
  6. POLISH CUP M: Venture of all time – Skra win trophy after annulling 3–8 in tie-break! – worldofvolley.com – 07-02-2016
  7. BRĄZOWA PGE SKRA! – skra.pl – 26-04-2016
  8. Poland win second World Championship title at home – fivb.org – 21-09-2014
  9. Poland put an end to the reign of Brazil – fivb.org – 21-09-2014
  10. FIVB MŚ Polska 2014: Polska ze złotym medalem – plusliga.pl – 21-09-2014
  11. Poland in dreamland and in Dream Team – poland2014.fivb.org – 21-09-2014
  12. "Dziękuję za chwile wzruszenia i dumy" Archived 2014-10-27 at the Wayback Machine – prezydent.pl – 27-10-2014
  13. Kłos nowym kapitanem kadry siatkarzy – sport.wp.pl – 17-04-2015
  14. Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 23 października 2014 r. o nadaniu orderów i odznaczeń – isap.sejm.gov.pl – 23-10-2014
Awards
Preceded by
Robertlandy Simón		 Best Middle Blocker of
FIVB World Championship
2014
ex aequo Marcus Böhme		 Succeeded by
Piotr Nowakowski
ex aequo Lucas Saatkamp
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