Paweł Zagumny | |||||
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Full name | Paweł Lech Zagumny | ||||
Nickname | Guma | ||||
Nationality | Polish | ||||
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Jasło, Poland |
October 18, 1977 ||||
Hometown | Warszawa, Poland | ||||
Height | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||||
Weight | 88 kg (194 lb) | ||||
Spike | 330 cm (130 in) | ||||
Block | 320 cm (130 in) | ||||
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Position | Setter | ||||
Number | 5 | ||||
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Last updated: 9 April 2017 |
Paweł Zagumny [ˈpavɛw zaˈɡumnɨ] (born 18 October 1977) is a former Polish volleyball player, a member of Poland men's national volleyball team in 1996–2014, a participant of the Olympic Games (Atlanta 1996, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012), 2014 World Champion, 2009 European Champion, a gold medalist of the 2012 World League, silver medalist of the 2006 World Championship and 2011 World Cup.
Paweł Zagumny was born in Jasło, but he grew up in Warszawa, in Ursynów district. He is Hanna and Lech Zagumny's son, his father is a former volleyball player and a coach. Zagumny has a sister, Agnieszka. On July 19, 2003 Zagumny married Oliwia Brochocka-Zagumny. They have two children - a daughter Wiktoria (born 2004) and a son Mikołaj (born 2010).
He began to play in 1992 with MKS MDK Warszawa volleyball junior club. His talent was quickly seen and in 1995 at age 18 he was transferred to professional team Czarni Radom, where he played for 2 years. With Zagumny Czarni Radom club won Poland Championship in 1996 and got second place in 1997. Next, he played for Bosman Morze Szczecin for 3 years. In 2000 he was transferred to Italian club Edilbasso Padua, where he stayed for three years. Afterwords he came back to Poland, playing for Mlekpol AZS Olsztyn. In 2010 went to Polish club ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle. He achieved with this club two Polish Cups (2013, 2014) and two silver (2011, 2013) and bronze (2012) medal of Polish Championship. In April 2015 he announced that he is going to leave ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle. In May 2015 he signed a contract with AZS Politechnika Warszawska.