Tomasz Fornal

Tomasz Fornal (born 31 August 1997) is a Polish volleyball player, a member of the Polish club Jastrzębski Węgiel, U19 European Champion 2015, U19 World Champion 2015, U21 European Champion 2016, U21 World Champion 2017.

Tomasz Fornal
Personal information
Nationality Polish
Born (1997-08-31) August 31, 1997
Kraków, Poland
Height200 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Weight92 kg (203 lb)
Spike348 cm (137 in)
College(s)University College of Environmental Sciences in Radom
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Current club Jastrzębski Węgiel
Number21
Career
YearsTeams
2016–2019
2019–		 Cerrad Czarni Radom
Jastrzębski Węgiel
Honours
Representing  Poland
Men's volleyball
FIVB Nations League
2019 Chicago

Personal life

His father Marek is a former volleyball player, Polish Champion (1988, 1989).[1] He has an older brother Jan (born 1995), who also plays volleyball professionally.[2] Since 2016 Tomasz has been studying Occupational Safety and Health at University College of Environmental Sciences in Radom.[3]

Career

Clubs

In May 2016 he signed a contract with PGE Skra Bełchatów, but he was loaned to another Polish club Cerrad Czarni Radom and he debuted in PlusLiga.

National team

On April 12, 2015 Poland men's national under-19 volleyball team, including Fornal, won title of U19 European Champion 2015. They beat in final Italy U19 (3–1).[4][5] He took part in European Youth Olympic Festival with Polish national U19 team. On August 1, 2015 he achieved gold medal (final match with Bulgaria 3–0). On August 23, 2015 Poland achieved first title of U19 World Champion. In the finale his team beat hosts - Argentina (3–2).[6] On September 10, 2016 he achieved title of the 2016 CEV U21 European Champion after winning 7 of 7 matches in tournament and beating Ukraine U21 in the finale (3–1).[7] On July 2, 2017 Poland U21, including Fornal, achieved title of U21 World Champion 2017 after beating Cuba U21 in the finale (3–0).[8][9] His national team won 47 matches in the row and never lost.[10] The U21 World Champion title ended up his time in youth national teams.

Sporting achievements

Individually
  • 2014: CEV U20 European Championship – Best Receiver
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References
  1. Po latach Fornal znowu w Czarnych. Kiedyś grał Marek, teraz zagra Tomasz – echodnia.eu – 25-08-2016
  2. Jan Fornal. Przez Kraków do ekstraklasy – dziennikpolski24.pl – 26-11-2015
  3. Tomasz Fornal: Byłbym koszykarzem i grałbym w NBA cz. 2 – volleyflash.pl – 05-04-2017
  4. ME kadetów: Ogromny sukces reprezentacji Polski! Jest złoto! – sportowefakty.pl – 12-04-2015
  5. Poland crown fabulous campaign with gold, Italy and Turkey complete podium – cev.eu – 12-04-2015
  6. History rewritten for Poland as they grab first ever Boys’ U19 gold medal – fivb.org – 23-08-2015
  7. Poland triumph with U20 European gold in Plovdiv – cev.eu – 10-09-2016
  8. Poland shut out Cuba to triumph with U21 World Championship gold! – fivb.org – 02-07-2017
  9. Great generation of Polish players crown time together with U21 world title – fivb.org – 02-07-2017
  10. 47 games without losing! I am so proud of these boys – coach Pawlik – fivb.org – 02-07-2017
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