Arkadiusz Gołaś | |||||
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Personal information | |||||
Full name | Arkadiusz Gołaś | ||||
Nationality | Polish | ||||
Born |
Przasnysz, Poland |
May 10, 1981||||
Died | September 16, 2005 Griffen, Austria |
(aged 24)||||
Hometown | Ostrołęka, Poland | ||||
Height | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||||
Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||||
Spike | 370 cm (150 in) | ||||
Block | 352 cm (139 in) | ||||
Volleyball information | |||||
Position | Middle blocker | ||||
Number | 16 | ||||
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Last updated: 6 February 2017 |
Arkadiusz Gołaś (10 May 1981 – 16 September 2005) was a Polish volleyball player, a member of Poland men's national volleyball team in 2001–2005, a participant of the Olympic Games Athens 2004.
He married to Agnieszka (née Dziewońska) on July 21, 2005. His best man was another volleyball player, his best friend Krzysztof Ignaczak. On September 16, 2005 Arkadiusz died in Griffen, Austria near Klagenfurt in Austria on the A2 motorway when the car he was riding in struck a concrete wall. His wife, Agnieszka, who was driving, survived. They were on their way to Macerata, where Arkadiusz was due to begin playing his first season at the club Lube Banca Macerata. His last match with the Polish national team was on September 8, 2005, when Poland beat Portugal (3-0). His funeral held on September 22, 2005 in Ostrołęka.