Jakub Jarosz | |||||
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Full name | Jakub Władysław Jarosz | ||||
Nickname | Jarski | ||||
Nationality | Polish | ||||
Born |
Nysa, Poland |
February 10, 1987 ||||
Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||
Weight | 94 kg (207 lb) | ||||
Spike | 360 cm (140 in) | ||||
Block | 335 cm (132 in) | ||||
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Position | Opposite | ||||
Current team | El Jaish | ||||
Number | 6 | ||||
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Last updated: 26 January 2017 |
Jakub Władysław Jarosz (born February 10, 1987) is a Polish volleyball player, a member of Poland men's national volleyball team and Qatar club El Jaish, a participant of the Olympic Games (London 2012), 2009 European Champion, a gold medalist of the 2012 World League, a silver medalist of the 2011 World Cup, a bronze medalist of the 2011 World League 2011 and 2011 European Championship and Polish Champion (2009).
Jakub Jarosz was born in Nysa, Poland. His grandfather and father Maciej (a three time silver medalist at the European Championships) are a former volleyball players. His brother Marcin is also volleyball player. On May 12, 2012 he married Agnieszka (née Trzcińska). On August 26, 2013 their first child was born, a son named Kacper. In 2017 his wife gave birth to their second son.
In 2009 the Poland men's national volleyball team, including Jarosz, won a title of the European Champion. On September 14, 2009 he was awarded Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta. The Order was conferred on the following day by the Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk. With the Polish team he won three medals in 2011 - silver at the World Cup and two bronzes in the World League and European Championship. He was a gold medalist of World League 2012 in Sofia, Bulgary.