Michał Ruciak

Michał Zygmunt Ruciak (born 22 August 1983) is a Polish volleyball player, a member of Poland men's national volleyball team and Polish club Cerrad Czarni Radom, a participant of the Olympic Games London 2012, European Champion 2009 and gold medalist of the World League 2012, silver medalist of the World Cup 2011, bronze medalist of the European Championship 2011 and the World League 2011.

Michał Ruciak
Personal information
Full nameMichał Zygmunt Ruciak
NicknameRucek
Nationality Polish
Born (1983-08-22) August 22, 1983
Świnoujście, Poland
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Spike336 cm (132 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter / Libero
Current team Cerrad Czarni Radom
Number11
Career
YearsTeams


1999–2002
2003–2004
2004–2008
2008–2015
2015–2016
2016–2018
2018–		 Maraton Świnoujście
Morze Bałtyk Szczecin
SMS PZPS Spała
Skra Bełchatów
Indykpol AZS Olsztyn
ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Transfer Bydgoszcz
Espadon Szczecin
Cerrad Czarni Radom
National team
2004–2014 Poland (166)
Honours
Representing  Poland
Men's Volleyball
World Cup
2011 Japan
European Championship
2009 Turkey
2011 Austria/Czech Republic
World League
2012 Sofia
2011 Gdańsk

Personal life

Michał Ruciak was born in Świnoujście, Poland. On September 22, 2007 he married to Justyna (née Terlecka). They have two sons: Rafał (born on June 2, 2008) and Filip (born on March 18, 2011). In 2014 he separated from his wife and he started dating with new girlfriend Paulina. In 2016 he married to Paulina. In April 2018 they revealed they are expecting their first child together.

Ruciak during the match with Lotos Trefl Gdańsk on October 14, 2012.

Career

Clubs

He began to play with Maraton Świnoujście, later moving to Morze Szczecin, Skra Bełchatów and AZS Olsztyn. In 2008 moved to ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle. After 7 seasons in ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle, he left this club in April 2015.[1]

National team

Michał Ruciak was in the Polish squad when the Polish national team won the gold medal of European Championship 2009.[2] On September 14, 2009 he was awarded Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta.[3] The Order was conferred on the following day by the Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk. He won with Polish team three medals in 2011 - silver at World Cup[4] and two bronzes at World League[5] and European Championship.[6] He is a gold medalist of World League 2012 in Sofia, Bulgaria.[7][8]

Sporting achievements

Individually
  • 2014: Polish Cup – Best Receiver

State awards

References
  1. Zmiany w ZAKSIE – plusliga.pl – 21-04-2015
  2. 2009 CEV European Championships Results – cev.eu – 03-09-2009
  3. Reprezentacja siatkarzy odznaczona przez prezydenta Archived 2014-03-09 at the Wayback Machine – prezydent.pl – 15-09-2009
  4. Poland shoot up World Rankings on back of World Cup silver – fivb.org – 06-12-2011
  5. 2011 FIVB Volleyball World League Final Report – fivb.org – 10-07-2011
  6. Bartosz Kurek is the man of the day as Poland strikes bronze at EuroVolley – cev.eu – 18-09-2011
  7. Poland beat USA to claim first World League title – fivb.org – 08-07-2012
  8. Poland wins historical gold at the 2012 World League – fivb.org – 08-07-2012
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