Michał Ruciak

Michał Ruciak
Personal information
Full nameMichał Zygmunt Ruciak
NicknameRucek
Born (1983-08-22) 22 August 1983 (age 41)
Świnoujście, Poland
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Career
YearsTeams
2002–2003
2003–2004
2004–2008
2008–2015
2015–2016
2016–2018
2018–2020
2020–2022		Morze Bałtyk Szczecin
Skra Bełchatów
AZS Olsztyn
ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Transfer Bydgoszcz
Espadon Szczecin
Czarni Radom
Stal Nysa
National team
2004–2014 Poland (166)
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  Poland
FIVB World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2011 Japan
FIVB World League
Gold medal – first place 2012 Sofia
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Gdańsk
CEV European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2009 Turkey
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Austria/Czech Republic

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.

Personal life

Michał 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.

Ruciak during the match with Trefl Gdańsk on 14 October 2012.

Career

Club

He 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

Michał 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

Club

Youth national team

Individual awards

State awards

Statistics

References

  1. ^ Zmiany w ZAKSIE – plusliga.pl – 21-04-2015
  2. ^ 2009 CEV European Championships Results – cev.eu – 03-09-2009
  3. ^ Reprezentacja siatkarzy odznaczona przez prezydenta Archived 2014-03-09 at the Wayback Machine – prezydent.pl – 15-09-2009
  4. ^ Poland shoot up World Rankings on back of World Cup silver – fivb.org – 06-12-2011
  5. ^ 2011 FIVB Volleyball World League Final Report – fivb.org – 10-07-2011
  6. ^ Bartosz Kurek is the man of the day as Poland strikes bronze at EuroVolley – cev.eu – 18-09-2011
  7. ^ Poland beat USA to claim first World League title – fivb.org – 08-07-2012
  8. ^ Poland wins historical gold at the 2012 World League – fivb.org – 08-07-2012
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