Paweł Zagumny

Paweł Zagumny
Personal information
Full name	Paweł Lech Zagumny
Nickname	Guma
Born	(1977-10-18) 18 October 1977 (age 47) Jasło, Poland
Hometown	Warsaw, Poland
Height	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Setter
Career
Years Teams 1995–1997 1997–2000 2000–2003 2003–2009 2009–2010 2010–2015 2015–2017 Czarni Radom Morze Bałtyk Szczecin Pallavolo Padova AZS Olsztyn Panathinaikos ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle AZS Politechnika Warszawska
National team
1996–2014  Poland (427)
Honours Men's volleyball Representing  Poland FIVB World Championship 2014 Poland 2006 Japan FIVB World Cup 2011 Japan FIVB World League 2012 Sofia CEV European Championship 2009 Turkey

Hand prints and signature at the Avenue of Volleyball Stars, Katowice

Paweł Zagumny [ˈpavɛw zaˈɡumnɨ] ^ⓘ (born 18 October 1977) is a Polish former professional volleyball player. Zagumny was a member of the Poland national team from 1996 to 2014 and a participant in 4 Olympic Games (Atlanta 1996, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012). During his career, he won the 2014 World Champion title, 2012 World League, and the 2009 European Champion title.

Personal life

Paweł Zagumny was born in Jasło, but he grew up in Warsaw, in Ursynów district.[1] He is Hanna and Lech Zagumny's son, his father is a former volleyball player and a coach. Zagumny has a sister, Agnieszka. On 19 July 2003 Zagumny married Oliwia Brochocka-Zagumny. They have two children - a daughter Wiktoria (born 2004) and a son Mikołaj (born 2010).[2]

Zagumny as AZS Olsztyn player in the 2005/2006 season.

Zagumny with Kadziewicz and Bąkiewicz during the match of Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner in 2006.

Zagumny before a match of the 2012 World League at Spodek in Katowice.

Career

Club

He began to play in 1992 with MKS MDK Warsaw volleyball junior club. His talent was quickly seen and in 1995 at age 18 he was transferred to professional team Czarni Radom, where he played for 2 years. With Zagumny Czarni Radom club won Poland Championship in 1996 and got second place in 1997. Next, he played for Bosman Morze Szczecin for 3 years. In 2000 he was transferred to Italian club Edilbasso Padua, where he stayed for three years. Afterwards he came back to Poland, playing for Mlekpol AZS Olsztyn. In 2010 went to Polish club ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle. He achieved with this club two Polish Cups (2013, 2014) and two silver (2011, 2013) and bronze (2012) medal of Polish Championship. In April 2015 he announced that he is going to leave Kędzierzyn-Koźle.[3] In May 2015 he signed a contract with AZS Politechnika Warszawska.[4]

He ended up club career on 9 April 2017 after the last match of the season 2016–17 as ONICO AZS Politechnika Warszawska player. The official thanks for his club career was held the day before at Torwar Hall with almost 5,000 fans.[5] His shirt number 5 in ONICO AZS Politechnika Warszawska was reserved until 2022.

National team

In 2006 he was awarded the best setter of FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship in Japan, where Polish national team won silver medal. In 2007 he was awarded the best setter of FIVB World League in Poland. In 2008 he was awarded the best setter of Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. Zagumny was in the Polish squad when the Polish national team won the gold medal of European Championship 2009, where was awarded Best Setter. On 14 September 2009 he was awarded The Order of Polonia Restituta. The Order was conferred on the following day by the Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk. In 2011 the gained silver medal at World Cup.[6] On 8 July 2012 he won a gold medal of World League 2012 in Sofia, Bulgary.[7][8] On 21 September 2014 he won a title of World Champion 2014.[9][10] On 27 October 2014 he received a state award granted by the Polish President Bronisław Komorowski - Officer's Cross of Polonia Restituta for outstanding sports achievements and worldwide promotion of Poland. After winning title of 2014 World Champion he announced that the finale was his last match in national team.

On 11 September 2016 an all-star match was organized in Katowice, which was Zagumny's official farewell to the Polish national team and its supporters (12,000 fans at Spodek).[11][12] In the match Poland vs. the Rest of world took part the most titled and the best players in the history of Polish and world volleyball. Zagumny played 427 matches in the Polish national team.

Honours

Club

• CEV Cup
  • 2010–11 – with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
• Domestic
  • 1997–98 Polish Championship, with Morze Bałtyk Szczecin
  • 2003–04 Polish Championship, with AZS Olsztyn
  • 2004–05 Polish Championship, with AZS Olsztyn
  • 2009–10 Greek Cup, with Panathinaikos
  • 2009–10 Greek Championship, with Panathinaikos
  • 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

Youth national team

• 1996 CEV U21 European Championship
• 1997 FIVB U21 World Championship

Individual awards

• 2006: FIVB World Championship – Best setter
• 2007: FIVB World League – Best setter
• 2008: Olympic Games – Best setter
• 2009: Polish Cup – Best setter
• 2009: CEV European Championship – Best setter
• 2011: Polish Cup – Best setter
• 2013: Polish Cup – Best setter
• 2014: Polish Cup – Most valuable player

State awards

• 2006: Gold Cross of Merit[13]
• 2009: Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta[14]
• 2014: Officer's Cross of Polonia Restituta[15]

References

1. Paweł Zagumny (2015). Życie to mecz. Wydawnictwo Akurat. pp. 13–17.
2. Roman Stęporowski (8 October 2012). "Paweł Zagumny. Na boisku charyzmatyczny, perfekcyjny, przywódczy". nto.pl. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
3. "Zagumny: odchodzę z Zaksy". wp.pl. 12 April 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
4. "Paweł Zagumny w Politechnice!". onicowarszawa.pl. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
5. "Ostatni warszawski mecz Pawła Zagumnego". plusliga.pl. 8 April 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
6. "Poland shoot up World Rankings on back of World Cup silver". fivb.org. FIVB. 6 December 2011. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
7. "Poland beat USA to claim first World League title". fivb.org. FIVB. 8 July 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
8. "Poland wins historical gold at the 2012 World League". fivb.org. FIVB. 8 July 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
9. "Poland put an end to the reign of Brazil". fivb.org. FIVB. 21 September 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
10. "Poland win second World Championship title at home". fivb.org. FIVB. 21 September 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
11. "Paweł Zagumny pożegnał się z reprezentacją Polski! Legenda odchodzi po meczu gwiazd". polsatsport.pl. 11 September 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
12. "Paweł Zagumny odśpiewał hymn po raz ostatni!". polsatsport.pl. 11 September 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
13. "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 5 grudnia 2006 r. o nadaniu orderów i odznaczeń". sejm.gov.pl. ISAP. 5 December 2006. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
14. "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 14 września 2009 r. o nadaniu orderów". sejm.gov.pl. ISAP. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
15. "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 23 października 2014 r. o nadaniu orderów i odznaczeń". sejm.gov.pl. ISAP. 23 October 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2018.

External links

• Player profile at the European Volleyball Confederation
• Player profile at PlusLiga.pl (in Polish)
• Player profile at Volleybox.net

Awards
Preceded by Nikola Grbić	Best Setter of FIVB World Championship 2006	Succeeded by Nikola Grbić
Preceded by Andrey Zhekov	Best Setter of FIVB World League 2007	Succeeded by Lloy Ball
Preceded by Ricardo Garcia	Best Setter of Olympic Games Beijing 2008	Succeeded by Georgi Bratoev
Preceded by Vadim Khamuttskikh	Best Setter of CEV European Championship 2009	Succeeded by Dragan Travica