Michał Bąkiewicz

Michał Bąkiewicz
Personal information
Full name	Michał Bogusław Bąkiewicz
Nickname	Bąku
Born	(1981-03-22) 22 March 1981 (age 43) Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland
Height	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Coaching information
Current team	Skra Bełchatów
Previous teams coached Years Teams 2014–2017 2017–2022 2022– AZS Częstochowa SMS PZPS Spała Skra Bełchatów (AC)
Volleyball information
Position	Outside hitter
Career
Years Teams 2000–2003 2003–2004 2004–2007 2007–2013 2013–2014 AZS Częstochowa Skra Bełchatów AZS Olsztyn Skra Bełchatów AZS Częstochowa
National team
2001–2011  Poland (205)
Honours Men's volleyball Representing  Poland FIVB World Championship 2006 Japan FIVB World League 2011 Gdańsk CEV European Championship 2009 Turkey

Michał Bogusław Bąkiewicz (born 22 March 1981) is a Polish professional volleyball coach and former player. He is a former member of the Poland national team, a participant in the Olympic Games Athens 2004, a silver medallist at the 2006 World Championship and the 2009 European Champion. He serves as an assistant coach for PGE Skra Bełchatów.^[1]

As a player of PGE Skra Bełchatów during the PlusLiga match against Lotos Trefl Gdańsk.

Career

Club

In 2013, after six seasons spent in PGE Skra Bełchatów, he moved to AZS Częstochowa.^[2] In early December 2014, he decided to end his career and officially joined the coaching staff of AZS Częstochowa.^[3]

National team

Bąkiewicz was a member of the Polish national volleyball team that won a silver medal at the 2006 World Championship. In 2009, he won a title of the European Champion. On 14 September 2009, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta.^[4] The Order was conferred on the following day by the Prime Minister of Poland of that time, Donald Tusk.

Honours

As a player

• CEV Champions League
  • 2011–12 – with PGE Skra Bełchatów
• FIVB Club World Championship
  • Doha 2009 – with PGE Skra Bełchatów
  • Doha 2010 – with PGE Skra Bełchatów
• Domestic
  • 2007–08 Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
  • 2008–09 Polish Cup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
  • 2008–09 Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
  • 2009–10 Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
  • 2010–11 Polish Cup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
  • 2010–11 Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
  • 2011–12 Polish SuperCup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
  • 2011–12 Polish Cup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów

As a coach

• 2021 FIVB U19 World Championship, with Poland U19^[5]

State awards

• 2006: Gold Cross of Merit
• 2009: Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta

References

1. "Spore zmiany w sztabie PGE Skry Bełchatów". siatka.org (in Polish). 1 July 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
2. "PGE Skra żegna legendę. Michał Bąkiewicz odchodzi z Bełchatowa". belchatow.naszemiasto.pl (in Polish). 29 May 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
3. "Michał Bąkiewicz w sztabie trenerskim AZS Częstochowa". plusliga.pl (in Polish). 3 December 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
4. "Reprezentacja siatkarzy odznaczona przez prezydenta". prezydent.pl (in Polish). 15 September 2009. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
5. "Gleaming Poland stop Bulgaria in their tracks for second Boys' U19 world title". volleyballworld.com. 2 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.

External links

• Player profile at the European Volleyball Confederation
• Player profile at Olympics.com
• Player profile at Olympedia (archive)
• Player profile at PlusLiga.pl (in Polish)
• Coach profile at the European Volleyball Confederation
• Coach/Player profile at Volleybox.net