Łukasz Kozub

Łukasz Kozub (born 3 November 1997) is a Polish volleyball player, a member of Polish club Trefl Gdańsk, U19 European Champion 2015, U19 World Champion 2015, U20 European Champion 2016, U21 World Champion 2017.

Łukasz Kozub
Personal information
Full nameŁukasz Kozub
Nationality Polish
Born (1997-11-03) November 3, 1997
Rzeszów, Poland
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight88 kg (194 lb)
Spike320 cm (130 in)
Volleyball information
PositionSetter
Current club Trefl Gdańsk
Number4
Career
YearsTeams
2016–2018
2018–2019
2019–		 MKS Będzin
Asseco Resovia
Trefl Gdańsk
National team
2015
2016–2017		 Poland U19
Poland U21

Career

National team

On April 12, 2015 Poland men's national under-19 volleyball team, including Kozub, won title of U19 European Champion 2015. They beat Italy U19 in the final (3–1).[1][2] 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 final his team beat hosts - Argentina (3–2).[3] On September 10, 2016 he achieved title of the 2016 CEV U20 European Champion after winning 7 of 7 matches in tournament and beating Ukraine U21 in the final (3–1).[4] On July 2, 2017 Poland U21, including Kozub, achieved title of U21 World Champion 2017 after beating Cuba U21 in the final (3–0).[5] Kozub was awarded an individual award for the Best Setter of the whole tournament.[6][7] His national team won 47 matches in the row and never lost.[8] The U21 World Champion title ended up his time in youth national teams.

Sporting achievements

Individually

References
  1. ME kadetów: Ogromny sukces reprezentacji Polski! Jest złoto! – sportowefakty.pl – 12-04-2015
  2. Poland crown fabulous campaign with gold, Italy and Turkey complete podium – cev.eu – 12-04-2015
  3. History rewritten for Poland as they grab first ever Boys’ U19 gold medal – fivb.org – 23-08-2015
  4. Poland triumph with U20 European gold in Plovdiv – cev.eu – 10-09-2016
  5. Poland shut out Cuba to triumph with U21 World Championship gold! – fivb.org – 02-07-2017
  6. Poland’s leader Kochanowski recognized as U21 World Champ – fivb.org – 02-07-2017
  7. Great generation of Polish players crown time together with U21 world title – fivb.org – 02-07-2017
  8. 47 games without losing! I am so proud of these boys – coach Pawlik – fivb.org – 02-07-2017
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