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Full name | Paweł Mateusz Woicki | ||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Wujek | ||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Polish | ||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland |
June 29, 1983 ||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||
Spike | 315 cm (124 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
Block | 305 cm (120 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Setter | ||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Indykpol AZS Olsztyn | ||||||||||||||||||
Number | 20 (club), 12 (national team) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Last updated: 6 February 2017 |
Paweł Mateusz Woicki (born 29 June 1983) is a Polish volleyball player, a member of Poland men's national volleyball team and Polish club Indykpol AZS Olsztyn, a participant of the Olympic Games Beijing 2008, European Champion 2009, bronze medalist of the World League 2011, Polish Champion (2011).
He was born in Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland. In 2008 he married Joanna. In 2009 his wife gave birth to their son Mateusz.
In 2013 Woicki signed a contract with Transfer Bydgoszcz. After two years he decided to move to Indykpol AZS Olsztyn.
In 2009 he achieved the title of European Champion. On September 14, 2009 he was awarded the Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta. The Order was conferred on the following day by the Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk. On July 10, 2011 he won with his national team the first medal of the World League for Poland in history. They won a bronze medal after defeating Argentina. On April 2, 2015 he was appointed to the Polish national team by head coach Stephane Antiga. After the training camp in Spała he went to team B of the Polish national team led by Andrzej Kowal. He took part in the first edition of 2015 European Games. He was a captain of Poland during this tournament.