Ryszard Bosek

Ryszard Bosek (born 12 April 1950) is a Polish former volleyball player and coach. He was a member of the Poland national team from 1969 to 1986, and a participant in three Olympic Games (1972, 1976, 1980). During his career, he won gold medals in the 1974 World Championship and the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Personal life

Bosek was born in Kamienna Góra, Poland. In 2008, he had cancer, and returned to health after receiving treatment. He worked as a volleyball expert for Polsat Sport, and as a manager of a few volleyball players (Bartosz Kurek, Piotr Nowakowski, Jakub Jarosz).

Career

National team

Bosek participated in several World Championships: 1970 (5th place), 1974, and 1978 (8th place). In 1974, Poland won the World Championship title for the very first time.

Among Bosek's achievements, he has three silver medals of the European Championship (1975, 1977, 1979). In all three cases, Poland lost to the Soviet Union.

Bosek was a participant in the following Olympic Games: 1972 Munich, 1976 Montreal, and 1980 Moscow. In 1976, as one of the players of the team led by Hubert Jerzy Wagner, he won a gold medal. Poland won the final match of the tournament against the Soviet Union on 30 July 1976.

Honours

As a player

• CEV European Champions Cup
  • File:Gold medal europe.svg 1977–78 – with Płomień Milowice
• Domestic
  • 1976–77 File:Gold medal with cup.svg Polish Championship, with Płomień Milowice
  • 1978–79 File:Gold medal with cup.svg Polish Championship, with Płomień Milowice

External links

• Template:Olympics.com profile
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• Player profile at LegaVolley.it Template:In lang
• Player profile at Volleybox.net