Michał Zygmunt Ruciak (born 22 August 1983) is a Polish former professional volleyball player. He was a member of the Poland national team from 2004 to 2014, a participant in the Olympic Games London 2012, the 2009 European Champion and the 2012 World League winner.
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Full name | Michał Zygmunt Ruciak | ||||
Nickname | Rucek | ||||
Born | Świnoujście, Poland | 22 August 1983||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||
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Position | Outside hitter | ||||
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Personal life
editMichał Ruciak was born in Świnoujście, Poland. On 22 September 2007 he married Justyna (née Terlecka). They have two sons: Rafał (born on 2 June 2008) and Filip (born on 18 March 2011). In 2014 they split up. In 2016 he married Paulina. In April 2018 they revealed they are expecting their first child.
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Career
editClub
editHe 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
editMichał 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]
Honours
editClub
edit- CEV Cup
2010–11 – with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
- Domestic
- 2004–05
Polish Championship, with AZS Olsztyn
- 2010–11
Polish Championship, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
- 2012–13
Polish Cup, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
- 2012–13
Polish Championship, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
- 2013–14
Polish Cup, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
- 2004–05
Youth national team
editIndividual awards
edit- 2013: Polish Cup – Best server
- 2014: Polish Cup – Best receiver
State awards
editStatistics
editReferences
edit- ^ Zmiany w ZAKSIE – plusliga.pl – 21-04-2015
- ^ 2009 CEV European Championships Results – cev.eu – 03-09-2009
- ^ Reprezentacja siatkarzy odznaczona przez prezydenta Archived 2014-03-09 at the Wayback Machine – prezydent.pl – 15-09-2009
- ^ Poland shoot up World Rankings on back of World Cup silver – fivb.org – 06-12-2011
- ^ 2011 FIVB Volleyball World League Final Report – fivb.org – 10-07-2011
- ^ Bartosz Kurek is the man of the day as Poland strikes bronze at EuroVolley – cev.eu – 18-09-2011
- ^ Poland beat USA to claim first World League title – fivb.org – 08-07-2012
- ^ Poland wins historical gold at the 2012 World League – fivb.org – 08-07-2012
External links
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- Player profile at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Player profile at PlusLiga.pl (in Polish)
- Player profile at Volleybox.net