Zbigniew Bartman

Zbigniew Bartman
Personal information
Full name	Zbigniew Andrzej Bartman
Nickname	Zibi
Nationality	Polish
Born	(1987-05-04) May 4, 1987 (age 30) Warszawa, Poland
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	91 kg (201 lb)
Spike	363 cm (143 in)
Block	330 cm (130 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Outside hitter/Opposite
Current team	Galatasaray Istanbul
Number	9
Career
Years Teams 1997–2003 2003–2004 2004–2005 2005–2006 2006–2007 2007–2008 2008–2009 2009–2009 2009–2010 2010–2011 2011–2012 2012–2013 2013–2014 2014–2015 2015–2016 2016 2016 2016– Metro Warszawa MOS Wola Warszawa AZS Politechnika Warszawska Płomień Sosnowiec Marmi Lanza Verona Halkbank Ankara Gazprom-Ugra Surgut Prisma Volley AZS Politechnika Warszawska Jastrzębski Węgiel Asseco Resovia Rzeszów Casa Modena Jastrzębski Węgiel Sichuan Chengdu Stade Poitevin Poitiers Al Rayan SC Galatasaray Istanbul
National team
2008–2013  Poland (137)
Honours Representing  Poland Men's volleyball World Cup 2011 Japan World League 2012 Sofia 2011 Gdańsk European Championship 2009 Turkey
Last updated: 30 January 2017

Zbigniew Andrzej Bartman (born 4 May 1987) is a Polish volleyball player, a member of Poland men's national volleyball team in 2008–2013 and Turkish club Galatasaray Istanbul, a participant at the 2012 Olympic Games, 2009 European Champion, a gold medalist at the 2012 World League, silver medalist of the 2011 World Cup, a bronze medalist of the 2011 World League and Polish Champion (2013).

Zbigniew Bartman was born in Warszawa, Poland to parents Leon and Jadwiga Bartman. His father is schoolmaster of SMS PZPS Spała. He has an older sister, Katarzyna (born 1979). On July 11, 2015 he married to Joanna Michalska, who is pole vaulter.

Before his career as an indoor volleyball player, Bartman played beach volleyball with Michał Kubiak. They won a gold medal at the European U-18 Championship in 2004 and a silver medal at the World U-18 Championship, also in 2004. Both Kubiak and Bartman gave up playing beach volleyball.

Bartman debuted in PlusLiga for the club MOS Wola Warszawa during a match against Skra Bełchatów in 2003. In 2013/2014, he played for Italian club Casa Modena. With the Italian team, he played in the semifinals of the Italian Championship, but lost in matches against Lube Banca Macerata. On July 2014, Bartman announced he would be returning to Polish club, Jastrzębski Węgiel, where he played in the 2012/2013 season. His team took 4th place in 2014–15 PlusLiga. On June 19, 2015 he announced that he moved to Chinese team Sichuan Chengdu, together with Michal Lasko - one of his team mates from previous club. In February 2016 Bartman decided to change club and moved to French Stade Poitevin Poitiers because of the injury crisis affecting the French club.

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