Krzysztof Ignaczak
Krzysztof Ignaczak (born 15 May 1978) is a former Polish volleyball player, a member of Poland men's national volleyball team in 1998-2014, a participant of the Olympic Games (Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012), 2014 World Champion, 2009 European Champion, a gold medalist of the 2012 World League, silver medalist of the 2011 World Cup, six-time Polish Champion (2005, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2015), 2017 English Champion.
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Full name | Krzysztof Ignaczak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Igła | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Wałbrzych, Poland | May 15, 1978|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Libero | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal life
Krzysztof Ignaczak was born in Wałbrzych, Poland. He is married to Iwona. They have two children: a son, Sebastian, and a daughter, Dominika (who was born after the European Championship 2009). His best friend was volleyball player Arkadiusz Gołaś, who died in a tragic car accident in 2005. Since then Ignaczak played with his shirt number – 16.



Career
Clubs
With BOT Skra Bełchatów he achieved three titles of Polish Champion and won Polish Cup three times.
In 2012 after seven-year domination of PGE Skra Bełchatów, he won with Asseco Resovia Rzeszów title of Polish Champion.[1] In next year his team and he replied this success and gained second title of Polish Champions 2013.[2]). In season 2013/2014 won Polish SuperCup 2013 and Asseco Resovia Rzeszów, including Ignaczak, lost with PGE Skra Bełchatów in the final of Polish Championship and gained silver medal. On March 29, 2015 his team lost in final of 2014–15 CEV Champions League and achieved silver medal.[3][4] In April 2015 Ignaczak won third title of Polish Champion with Asseco Resovia and sixth title in career.[5] On September 21, 2016 Ignaczak ended up his sporting career and announced it on media.[6]
Despite previously having announced the end of his sporting career, he decided to sign a contract for the rest of the season with the team IBB Polonia London in the English volleyball league on March 10, 2017. His presence, as current World Champion, at the club serves to promote volleyball in Great Britain and in the world.[7]
National team
Krzysztof was in the Polish squad when the Polish national team won the gold medal at the European Championship 2009.[8] On September 14, 2009 he was awarded the Order of Polonia Restituta.[9] The Order was conferred on the following day by the Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk. In 2011 he gained three medals with the Polish team – silver at the World Cup,[10] bronze at the European Championship and bronze at the World League[11] in Gdańsk, Poland, where he also won an award for Best Libero. On July 8, 2012, he won a gold medal at the World League 2012 in Sofia, Bulgaria.[12][13] On September 21, 2014, the Polish national team, including Ignaczak, won the title of World Champion 2014.[14][15][16] On October 27, 2014 received a state award granted by the Polish President Bronisław Komorowski – Officer's Cross of Polonia Restituta for outstanding sports achievements and to promote Polish in the world.[17] After the World Championship, he announced he is retiring from his career in the national team.
Sporting achievements
CEV Champions League
2014/2015 – with Asseco Resovia Rzeszów
National championships
- 2000/2001
Polish Championship, with AZS Częstochowa - 2001/2002
Polish Championship, with AZS Częstochowa - 2002/2003
Polish Championship, with AZS Częstochowa - 2004/2005
Polish Cup, with KPS Skra Bełchatów - 2004/2005
Polish Championship, with KPS Skra Bełchatów - 2005/2006
Polish Cup, with BOT Skra Bełchatów - 2005/2006
Polish Championship, with BOT Skra Bełchatów - 2006/2007
Polish Cup, with BOT Skra Bełchatów - 2006/2007
Polish Championship, with BOT Skra Bełchatów - 2008/2009
Polish Championship, with Asseco Resovia Rzeszów - 2009/2010
Polish Championship, with Asseco Resovia Rzeszów - 2010/2011
Polish Championship, with Asseco Resovia Rzeszów - 2011/2012
Polish Championship, with Asseco Resovia Rzeszów - 2012/2013
Polish Championship, with Asseco Resovia Rzeszów - 2013/2014
Polish SuperCup, with Asseco Resovia Rzeszów - 2013/2014
Polish Championship, with Asseco Resovia Rzeszów - 2014/2015
Polish Championship, with Asseco Resovia Rzeszów - 2015/2016
Polish Championship, with Asseco Resovia Rzeszów - 2016/2017
English Cup, with IBB Polonia London - 2016/2017
English Championship, with IBB Polonia London
National team
- 1995
CEV U19 European Championship - 1996
CEV U21 European Championship - 1997
FIVB U21 World Championship - 2009
CEV European Championship - 2011
FIVB World League - 2011
CEV European Championship - 2011
FIVB World Cup - 2012
FIVB World League - 2014
FIVB World Championship
Individually
- 2005 Polish Championship – Best Libero
- 2010 Polish Cup – Best Receiver
- 2011 FIVB World League – Best Libero
- 2012 FIVB World League – Best Libero
- 2012 Olympic Games London – Best Receiver
- 2012 Polish Cup – Best Defender
- 2014 Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner – Best Libero
- 2015 Polish Cup – Best Defender
State awards
- 2009
Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta - 2014
Officer's Cross of Polonia Restituta[18] - 2014 Honorary citizenship of Bełchatów
- 2017
Gold Honor Badge Meritorious for the Lower Silesian Voivodeship
References
- Asseco Resovia mistrzem Polski – sport.wp.pl – 22-04-2012
- Asseco Resovia mistrzem Polski – plusliga.pl – 20-04-2013
- Asseco Resovia ze srebrnym medalem Ligi Mistrzów Archived 2015-04-01 at the Wayback Machine – assecoresovia.pl – 29-03-2015
- Three is the magic number for Russian armada from Tatarstan! – cev.eu – 29-03-2015
- POL M: Madhouse in Rzeszów – Resovia is new Polish champion! – worldofvolley.com – 28-04-2015
- Ignaczak: Dziękuję Wam. Nadszedł czas pożegnania z boiskiem – przegladsportowy.pl – 21-09-2016
- Ignaczak at IBB Polonia London – polonia.vc – 11-03-2017
- 2009 CEV European Championships Results – cev.eu – 03-09-2009
- Reprezentacja siatkarzy odznaczona przez prezydenta Archived 2014-03-09 at the Wayback Machine – prezydent.pl – 15-09-2009
- Poland shoot up World Rankings on back of World Cup silver – fivb.org – 06-12-2011
- Russia win second World League title in classic 2011 final – fivb.org – 11-07-2011
- Poland beat USA to claim first World League title – fivb.org – 08-07-2012
- Poland wins historical gold at the 2012 World League – fivb.org – 08-07-2012
- Poland win second World Championship title at home – fivb.org – 21-09-2014
- Poland put an end to the reign of Brazil – fivb.org – 21-09-2014
- FIVB MŚ Polska 2014: Polska ze złotym medalem – plusliga.pl – 21-09-2014
- "Dziękuję za chwile wzruszenia i dumy" Archived October 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine – prezydent.pl – 27-10-2014
- Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 23 października 2014 r. o nadaniu orderów i odznaczeń – isap.sejm.gov.pl – 23-10-2014
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Best Libero of FIVB World League 2011 2012 |
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Best Receiver Olympic Games London 2012 |
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