Ryszard Bosek | |||||
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Full name | Ryszard Bosek | ||||
Nationality | Polish | ||||
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Kamienna Góra, Poland |
12 April 1950 ||||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||
Weight | 88 kg (194 lb) | ||||
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Last updated: 6 February 2017 |
Ryszard Bosek (born 12 April 1950) is a former Polish volleyball player, a member of Poland men's national volleyball team in 1969–1986, a participant of the Olympic Games (1972, 1976, 1980), Olympic Champion 1976, World Champion 1974, silver medalist of the European Championship (1975, 1977, 1979).
Bosek was born in Kamienna Góra, Poland. In 2008 he had cancer. After removing the salivary glands and nerve shoulder he returned to health. Currently, he is an expert of volleyball in Polsat Sport and he worked as manager of few volleyball players (Bartosz Kurek, Piotr Nowakowski, Jakub Jarosz).
Bosek took part in World Championships three times in: 1970 (5th place), 1974 and 1978 (8th place). In 1974 Poland, including Bosek, achieved title of World Champion 1974. It was first title of World Champion in history of Polish volleyball.