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Tomasz Grzegorz Wójtowicz (22 September 1953 – 24 October 2022) was a Polish volleyball player. In his later life, he worked as a volleyball commentator. As a member of the Poland national team, he won the titles of the 1976 Olympic Champion and the 1974 World Champion.

Wójtowicz was considered one of the first volleyball players in the world to start attacking from the back row.[1] In 2001, he was listed by the International Volleyball Federation as one of the top eight volleyball players in the world.[2][3] In 2002, he became the first Polish volleyball player to be inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame.

Wójtowicz died after a long illness on 24 October 2022, at the age of 69.[4]

Honours

Club

Youth national team

Individual awards

State awards

References

  1. ^ "Biography". International Volleyball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Maszyna do wygrywania". Przegląd Sportowy (in Polish). 22 May 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  3. ^ "La Stagione 1983/84, quella del doppio straniero". volleyball.it (in Italian). 21 December 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Zmarł Tomasz Wójtowicz, jeden z najwybitniejszych polskich siatkarzy". PZPS (in Polish). 24 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Tomasz Wójtowicz odznaczony Krzyżem Komandorskim". PZPS (in Polish). 6 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.

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