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{{Short description|Polish volleyball player and coach}}
{{Infobox volleyball player
| name             = Sebastian Świderski
| image            = Sebastan Świderski (8087193637).jpg
| caption          = 
| fullname         = Sebastian Krzysztof Świderski
| nickname         = ''Świder''
| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|1977|6|26|df=y}}
| birth_place      = [[Skwierzyna]], Poland
| position         = Outside hitter
| height           = 1.93 m
| currentnumber    = 
| nationalteam     = {{vb|POL}} <small>(322)</small>
| nationalyears    = 1996–2011
| currentcoachteam = 
| coachyears       = 2012<br> 2012–2013<br> 2013–2015
| coachteams       = [[KPS Kielce|Fart Kielce]]<br> [[ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle]] ({{Tooltip|AC|Assistant coach}})<br> [[ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle]]
| years            = 1995–2000<br> 2000–2003<br> 2003–2007<br> 2007–2010<br> 2010–2012
| clubs            = Stilon Gorzów Wielkopolski<br> [[ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle|Mostostal Azoty Kędzierzyn-Koźle]]<br> [[Umbria Volley]]<br> [[Volley Lube]]<br> [[ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle]]
| medaltemplates   =
{{MedalSport| Men's [[volleyball]] }}
{{MedalCountry| {{POL}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship|FIVB World Championship]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2006 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship|2006 Japan]]|}}
}}
[[File:At Katowice 2024 285.jpg|thumb|right|Hand prints and signature at the Avenue of Volleyball Stars, [[Katowice]]]]
'''Sebastian Krzysztof Świderski''' (born 26 June 1977) is a Polish former professional [[volleyball]] player and coach. He was a member of the [[Poland men's national volleyball team|Poland national team]] from 1996 to 2011, a participant in the [[Olympic Games]] ([[2004 Summer Olympics|Athens 2004]], [[2008 Summer Olympics|Beijing 2008]]), and a silver medallist at the [[2006 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship|2006 World Championship]]. Since 2021, Świderski has been president of the Polish Volleyball Federation.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pzps.pl/pl/aktualnosci/217-artykuly/21497-sebastian-swiderski-prezesem-polskiego-zwiazku-pilki-siatkowej |title=Sebastian Świderski prezesem Polskiego Związku Piłki Siatkowej |work=pzps.pl |language=pl |date=27 September 2021 |access-date=27 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.przegladsportowy.pl/siatkowka/plusliga/grupa-azoty-zaksa-kedzierzyn-kozle/sebastian-swiderski-prezesem-zaks-y-kedzierzyn-kozle/gvdf3zy |title=Sebastian Świderski zmienia dres na garnitur. Został prezesem! |work=przegladsportowy.pl |language=pl |date=13 October 2015 |access-date=29 July 2021}}</ref>

==Career as player==
===Club===
[[File:Sebastian Świderski.jpg|thumb|As a player of [[Umbria Volley|Perugia Volley]] after a match in [[Piacenza]] in 2006.]]

Świderski's first club as a player was Znicz Gorzów Wielkopolski. Then, he played for Stilon Gorzów Wielkopolski, with whom he won bronze and silver medals of the Polish Championship and Polish Cup in 1997. In 2000, he started playing for [[ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle|Mostostal Azoty Kędzierzyn-Koźle]]. With the club from [[Kędzierzyn-Koźle]], Świderski won the Polish Cup twice (in 2001, 2002) and three titles of Polish Champion in 2001, 2002, 2003. During the 2002/2003 season, the club won the bronze medal in the [[CEV Champions League]]. He moved to Italian Serie A in 2003, where he played four seasons in [[Umbria Volley|Perugia Volley]] and three seasons in [[Volley Lube|Lube Banca Macerata]]. He played in shirt number 16 in order to honor the memory of the player [[Arkadiusz Gołaś]], who died tragically on his way to the club from [[Macerata]]. With the club from [[Perugia]], Świderski won a silver medal at the Italian Championship in season 2004/2005. Whilst playing for Lube Banca Macerata, he won two Italian Cups (2008, 2009), the Italian SuperCup, 2008 and a bronze medal in the Italian Championship 2008/2009. He ended his sporting career after his final two seasons in [[PlusLiga]] playing for [[ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle|ZAKSA]]. In 2011, he won a silver medal in the [[CEV Cup]] and the Polish Championship.

===National team===
Świderski made his international debut for Poland in December 1997 against Israel, losing 3-1. He has since participated in the [[Olympic Games]] at both [[Athens]] in 2004 and [[Beijing]] in 2008 for Poland, finishing 5th both times. He is a silver medalist of the [[2006 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship|World Championship 2006]]. He ended his career during an official ceremony after a match of the national team in 2012 in [[Katowice]].

==Career as coach==
In 2012, Świderski made his debut as a coach; he was appointed to work in this role for a [[PlusLiga]] club, [[KPS Kielce|Fart Kielce]]. In the next season, he worked as an assistant coach in ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle, where the first coach was [[Daniel Castellani]]. From 2013 to 2015, he was the head coach of ZAKSA.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sport.onet.pl/siatkowka/plusliga/plusliga-sebastian-swiderski-nowym-trenerem-zaksa-kedzierzyn-kozle/cvh88 |title=PlusLiga: Sebastian Świderski nowym trenerem ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle |work=sport.onet.pl |language=pl |date=26 April 2013 |access-date=29 July 2021}}</ref> The first trophy which he won as the head coach, was the Polish Cup in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.plusliga.pl/news/id/8627.html |title=Pierwszy triumf trenera Świderskiego |work=plusliga.pl |language=pl |date=18 March 2014 |access-date=29 July 2021}}</ref>

==Honours==
===As a player===
* '''[[CEV Cup]]'''
** [[File:Simple silver cup.svg|16px]] [[2010–11 CEV Cup|2010–11]] – with [[ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle]]
* '''Domestic'''
** '''1996–97''' [[File:Simple gold cup.svg|16px]] Polish Cup, with Stilon Gorzów Wielkopolski
** '''2000–01''' [[File:Simple gold cup.svg|16px]] [[Polish Men's Volleyball Cup#Winners|Polish Cup]], with Mostostal Azoty Kędzierzyn-Koźle
** '''2000–01''' [[File:Gold medal with cup.svg|16px]] [[2000–01 Polish Volleyball League|Polish Championship]], with Mostostal Azoty Kędzierzyn-Koźle
** '''2001–02''' [[File:Simple gold cup.svg|16px]] [[Polish Men's Volleyball Cup#Winners|Polish Cup]], with Mostostal Azoty Kędzierzyn-Koźle
** '''2001–02''' [[File:Gold medal with cup.svg|16px]] [[2001–02 Polish Volleyball League|Polish Championship]], with Mostostal Azoty Kędzierzyn-Koźle
** '''2002–03''' [[File:Gold medal with cup.svg|16px]] [[2002–03 Polish Volleyball League|Polish Championship]], with Mostostal Azoty Kędzierzyn-Koźle
** '''2007–08''' [[File:Simple gold cup.svg|16px]] Italian SuperCup, with [[Volley Lube|Lube Banca Marche Macerata]]
** '''2007–08''' [[File:Simple gold cup.svg|16px]] Italian Cup, with Lube Banca Marche Macerata
** '''2008–09''' [[File:Simple gold cup.svg|16px]] Italian Cup, with Lube Banca Marche Macerata
* '''Youth national team'''
** '''1996''' [[File:Gold medal europe.svg|16px]] [[1996 Men's Junior European Volleyball Championship|CEV U20 European Championship]]
** '''1997''' [[File:Gold medal world centered-2.svg|16px]] [[1997 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship|FIVB U21 World Championship]]

===As a coach===
* '''Domestic'''
** '''2013–14''' [[File:Simple gold cup.svg|16px]] [[2013–14 Polish Men's Volleyball Cup|Polish Cup]], with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle

===Individual awards===
* '''2000:''' Polish Championship – Most valuable player
* '''2008:''' [[Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament#Awards|Olympic Games]] – Best spiker

===State awards===
* '''2006:''' [[File:POL Złoty Krzyż Zasługi BAR.svg|60px|Ribbon]] [[Cross of Merit (Poland)|Gold Cross of Merit]]

== Trophies won by Polish Volleyball Federation during presidency ==

* '''2023:''' [[2023 Men's European Volleyball Championship|European Championship]] – Championship
* '''2023:''' [[2023 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League|Nations League]] – Championship

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons}}
* {{CEV coach|5568|Coach profile}}
* {{CEV player|5568|Player profile}}
* [https://www.legavolley.it/player/SWI-SEB-77 Player profile] at ''LegaVolley.it'' {{in lang|it}}
* [https://www.plusliga.pl/players/id/388 Player profile] at ''PlusLiga.pl'' {{in lang|pl}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|sebastian-swiderski|Player profile}}
* {{Olympedia|109306|Player profile}}
* [https://volleybox.net/sebastian-swiderski-p937 Coach/Player profile] at ''Volleybox.net''

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