BIENIEK Mateusz

5 Apr 1994
27
Male
2.10/6'10''
BLACHOWNIA
 
Poland
BELCHATOW
 
Poland

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
VVO Volleyball Men 5

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Ariake Arena
POL
Poland
2
IRI
Islamic Rep. of Iran
3
Finished
Ariake Arena
POL
Poland
3
ITA
Italy
0
Finished
Ariake Arena
POL
Poland
3
VEN
Venezuela
1
Finished
Ariake Arena
JPN
Japan
0
POL
Poland
3
Finished
Ariake Arena
POL
Poland
3
CAN
Canada
0
Finished
Ariake Arena
POL
Poland
2
FRA
France
3
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

:
Olympic Games
RankEventYearLocation
5Men2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championship
RankEventYearLocation
1Men2018

Nations League - Final Round
RankEventYearLocation
2Men2021Italy
5Men2018France

European Championship
RankEventYearLocation
3Men2019
10Men2017Poland
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Bieniu, Visotto [after Brazilian volleyball player Leandro Visotto]. (echodnia.eu, 12 Feb 2016)
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Athlete
:
English, Italian, Polish
:
Cucine Lube Civitanova [Italy] since 2019/20
:
Vital Heynen [national], BEL
:
Middle blocker (gazetalubuska.pl, 15 Sep 2019)
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Right (onet.pl, 30 Sep 2018)
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2015 for Poland Against Russia, World League in Gdansk, Poland (eurosport.onet.pl, 28 May 2015)
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He missed a few matches in February 2021 due to injury but returned to competition later that month. (skra.pl, 07 Feb 2021; interia.pl, 28 Feb 2021)

After suffering a knee injury during training camp with the national team in June 2020, he underwent surgery on the patellar tendon in his left knee. He returned to training in August 2020. (se.pl, 10 Jun 2020; polsatsport.pl, 27 Jul 2020)

His training was disrupted ahead of the 2017 European Championship in Poland due to a sprained ankle. (przegladsportowy.pl, 20 Aug 2017)

In February 2016 he injured the levator scapulae muscle in his neck and needed three weeks of recovery. (eurosport.onet.pl, 04 Mar 2016)
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SuperLega [ITA] (skra.pl, 21 May 2021)
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He took up volleyball at age 15. (m-volley.pl, 24 Apr 2015)
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His father was an amateur volleyball player and always wanted him to take up volleyball. "I wasn't particularly interested. I wanted to become a football player. I only went to my first volleyball training so that my dad would stop nagging me." (m-volley.pl, 24 Apr 2015)
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To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (tvp.pl, 05 Apr 2021)
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Winning a gold medal at the 2018 World Championship in Italy and Bulgaria. (TVP Sport YouTube channel, 12 Apr 2019)
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In 2018 he was presented with the Golden Cross of Merit by the president of Poland. (prezydent.pl, 02 Oct 2018)

He was named the Best Middle Blocker of the 2016 European Olympic Qualification Tournament in Berlin, Germany. (onet.pl, 12 Jan 2016)

In 2015 he was named Best Athlete in the Swietokrzyskie region of Poland. (echodnia.eu, 12 Feb 2016)

General Interest

General
ON LOAN
He joined Polish club PGE Skra Belchatow on loan from his parent club Cucine Lube Civitanova ahead of the 2020/21 season. In May 2021 he announced he was extending the loan spell at the club for the 2021/22 season. "I am glad that I am staying at PGE Skra, a club with great traditions. Last season, I had the opportunity to see the organisational and sports level at which it operates and without much thought I decided to extend the contract." (tvp.pl, 08 Feb 2020, 05 Apr 2021; skra.pl, 21 May 2021)

NICKNAME
His nickname 'Visotto' originated when he compared his performance to Brazilian volleyball player Leandro Visotto. "Once I performed a wing attack and I said that I did it like Leandro Visotto [Brazilian volleyball player]. And probably we look a bit similar so this nickname stuck to me." (przegladsportowy.pl, 07 Nov 2018)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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