Danuta Kordaczuk
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Danuta Kordaczuk-Wagner (2 September 1939 – 10 April 1988) was a Polish volleyball player and head coach, a member of Poland women's national volleyball team in 1956–1970, a bronze medalist of the Olympic Games Tokyo 1964, a bronze medalist of the World Championship (1956, 1962) and medalist of the European Championship (silver in 1963, bronze in 1958).
Personal life
She was born in Warsaw, Poland on 2 September 1939, the second day after the outbreak of World War II in Poland. On 15 October 1963 she married Hubert Wagner, volleyball player and head coach of Polish men's national volleyball team, which he led to titles of World Champions 1974 and Olympic Champions 1976. On 13 December 1965 she gave birth to their son Grzegorz, who was also volleyball player (also as setter like his parents).[1] In 1978 she got divorced. She died on 10 April 1988 in Warszawa.
Career as player
National team
Her first medal – bronze, with Poland women's national volleyball team, she achieved at World Championship 1956 in France. Then she won bronze of European Championship 1958 held in Czechoslovakia. In 1962, she won bronze medal of World Championship, and one year later silver of European Championship 1963. In 1964, she took part in Olympic Games Tokyo 1964. She played in all five matches and Poland, including Kordaczuk, won bronze medal in the Olympic tournament. Kordaczuk was considered as one of the best setters in the world and she played on the national team 164 times.
Sporting achievements
Clubs
National championship
- 1957/1958 File:Bronze medal with cup.svg Polish Championship, with Impel Wrocław
- 1959/1960 File:Bronze medal with cup.svg Polish Championship, with Impel Wrocław
- 1960/1961 File:Gold medal with cup.svg Polish Championship, with Legia Warszawa
- 1961/1962 File:Silver medal with cup.svg Polish Championship, with Legia Warszawa
- 1962/1963 File:Silver medal with cup.svg Polish Championship, with Legia Warszawa
- 1963/1964 File:Silver medal with cup.svg Polish Championship, with Legia Warszawa
- 1964/1965 File:Silver medal with cup.svg Polish Championship, with Legia Warszawa
- 1966/1967 File:Silver medal with cup.svg Polish Championship, with Legia Warszawa
- 1967/1968 File:Silver medal with cup.svg Polish Championship, with Legia Warszawa
- 1968/1969 File:Silver medal with cup.svg Polish Championship, with Legia Warszawa
- 1969/1970 File:Bronze medal with cup.svg Polish Championship, with Legia Warszawa
- 1970/1971 File:Bronze medal with cup.svg Polish Championship, with Legia Warszawa
- 1971/1972 File:Bronze medal with cup.svg Polish Championship, with Legia Warszawa
References
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- ↑ Fragment: "KAT. Biografia Huberta Wagnera" Grzegorz Wagner, Krzysztof Mecner - onet.pl - 27-06-2014
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- 1939 births
- 1988 deaths
- Volleyball players from Warsaw
- Polish women's volleyball players
- Volleyball players at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Olympic volleyball players for Poland
- Olympic medalists in volleyball
- Olympic bronze medalists for Poland
- Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century Polish sportswomen