Łukasz Żygadło | |||||
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Full name | Łukasz Tomasz Żygadło | ||||
Nickname | Ziomek | ||||
Nationality | Polish | ||||
Born |
Sulechów, Poland |
August 2, 1979 ||||
Height | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||||
Weight | 91 kg (201 lb) | ||||
Spike | 342 cm (135 in) | ||||
Block | 321 cm (126 in) | ||||
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Position | Setter | ||||
Current club | Sarmayeh Bank Tehran | ||||
Number | 15 | ||||
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Last updated: 6 February 2017 |
Łukasz Tomasz Żygadło (born 2 August 1979) is a Polish volleyball player, a member of Poland men's national volleyball team and Iranian club Sarmayeh Bank Tehran, a participant of the Olympic Games London 2012, gold medalist of the 2012 World League, silver medalist of the 2006 World Championship and the 2011 World Cup, bronze medalist of the 2011 World League and the 2011 European Championship, 2000 Polish Champion, 2012 and 2015 Italian Champion, 2016 Iranian Champion. He is medalist of leagues: Polish, Greek, Italian, Iranian and Turkish. He is a multiple winner of the CEV Champions League and FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship with the Italian club Trentino Volley. He is one of the most successful Polish volleyball players.
Łukasz Żygadło was born in Sulechów, Poland. He attended School of Sports Championship in Rzeszów. He graduated with a master's degree in Management and Marketing. He is married to Agnieszka. He is an honorary resident of Trentino, Italy.
He started his career in club Orion Sulechów. When he was 15, he moved to . After graduation, he continued his career at the club from . Between 1997-2001, he won gold, silver and bronze medals in the Polish Championship and Polish Cup of 1998. Then he played for Polish clubs Nordea Czarni Radom and Skra Bełchatów. In the 2003/2004 season, he won the Polish Cup with his club, Polska Energia Sosnowiec. In 2004 he moved to Greece, to play for Panathinaikos Athens. With this club, he won the bronze medal of the Greek Championship. In the next season, 2005/2006, he played for Halkbank Ankara and won the bronze medal of the Turkish Championship. He was awarded the title of best setter of the Turkish League in 2006. In next the two seasons, he played for Polish club, ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle and Russian club Dinamo Kaliningrad.