Dawid Konarski

Dawid Konarski
Personal information
Full name Dawid Andrzej Konarski
Nickname Konar
Nationality Polish
Born (1989-08-31) 31 August 1989
Świecie, Poland
Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight 93 kg (205 lb)
Spike 353 cm (139 in)
Block 320 cm (126 in)
Volleyball information
Position Opposite
Current club Jastrzębski Węgiel
Number 3
Career
YearsTeams
2008–2013
2013–2015
2015–2017
2017–2018
2018–
Delecta Bydgoszcz
Asseco Resovia Rzeszów
ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Ziraat Bankası Ankara
Jastrzębski Węgiel
National team
2012–Poland
Last updated: 30 September 2018

Dawid Konarski (born 31 August 1989) is a Polish volleyball player, a member of Poland men's national volleyball team and Polish club Jastrzębski Węgiel, a participant of the Olympic Games (Rio 2016), 2014 World Champion, a bronze medalist of the 2015 World Cup, Polish Champion (2015, 2016, 2017).

Personal life

Konarski was born in Świecie, Poland. On June 30, 2012 he married to Sabina Rożek.

Career

Clubs

In April 2015 moved to ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle.[1]

National team

Konarski was appointed first time to Poland men's national volleyball team by Andrea Anastasi in 2012. He debuted in friendly match with Australia at Atlas Arena in Łódź on May 11, 2012. He played in intercontinental round of World League 2014. On August 16, 2014 was appointed to squad by Stephane Antiga at World Championship held in Poland.[2][3] On September 21, 2014 won a title of World Champion 2014.[4][5][6] 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.[7] On April 2, 2015 was appointed to the Polish national team by head coach Stephane Antiga.[8] After the training camp in Spała he went to team B of Polish national team led by Andrzej Kowal. He took part in 1st edition of 2015 European Games.

On September 30, 2018 Poland achieved title of the 2018 World Champion[9]. Poland beat Brazil in the finale 3-0 and defended the title from 2014.

Sporting achievements

Clubs

CEV Champions League

National championship

National team

Individual

State awards

References

  1. Dawid Konarski w ZAKSIE - zaksa.pl - 30-04-2015
  2. FIVB Mistrzostwa świata w piłce siatkowej mężczyzn Polska 2014. Trener Antiga ogłosił skład - plusliga.pl - 17-08-2014
  3. Polish team named for the FIVB Men's World Championship Poland 2014 - fivb.org - 17-08-2014
  4. Poland win second World Championship title at home - fivb.org - 21-09-2014
  5. Poland put an end to the reign of Brazil - fivb.org - 21-09-2014
  6. FIVB MŚ Polska 2014: Polska ze złotym medalem - plusliga.pl - 21-09-2014
  7. "Dziękuję za chwile wzruszenia i dumy" Archived 2014-10-27 at the Wayback Machine. - prezydent.pl - 27-10-2014
  8. Antiga podał szeroki skład kadry: Z Kurkiem, ale bez Żygadły i Bartmana! - przegladsportowy.pl - 03-04-2015
  9. "Poland triumph over Brazil to retain World title for years more years". FIVB. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  10. Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 23 października 2014 r. o nadaniu orderów i odznaczeń – isap.sejm.gov.pl – 23-10-2014
  11. "Odznaczenia dla Mistrzów Świata w Piłce Siatkowej Mężczyzn 2018". prezydent.pl (in Polish). 2 October 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
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