KUBIAK Michal

23 Feb 1988
33
Male
1.91/6'3''
WALCZ
 
Poland
OSAKA
 
Japan

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
5Men2012London, GBR

World Championship
RankEventYearLocation
1Men2018
1Men2014Poland

Nations League - Final Round
RankEventYearLocation
2Men2021Italy

European Championship
RankEventYearLocation
3Men2019
10Men2017Poland
:
Misiek, Kubi (azspw.com, 25 Aug 2010; przegladsportowy.pl, 07 Apr 2018)
:
Cars, playing poker, watching mixed martial arts. (TVP Sport YouTube channel, 03 Feb 2020)
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Athlete
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Sports Marketing - School of Management and Administration, Opole, POL
:
Wife Monika, daughters Pola and Zoja
:
English, Polish
:
Panasonic Panthers [Osaka, JPN] since 2016
:
Shinji Kawamura [club], JAP; Vital Heynen [national], BEL
:
Wing spiker (tvp.pl, 08 Jul 2016)
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Right (Volleyball World YouTube channel, 29 May 2019)
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His father Jaroslaw has coached volleyball at domestic level in Poland, and his brother Blazej has played volleyball at club level in Norway and Poland. (sportowefakty.pl, 06 Nov 2013; jastrzebskiwegiel.pl, 30 Nov 2012; volley24.pl, 03 Jul 2012)
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He won a gold medal at the 2004 European U18 Beach Volleyball Championships, and a silver medal at the 2004 World U19 Beach Volleyball Championships in Termoli, Italy. (siatkowkaplazowa.com.pl, 18 Jul 2013)
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2011 for Poland Against Brazil, World League in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (aktualnosci.siatka.org, 05 Jun 2011)
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He suffered pyelonephritis [inflammation of the kidney] after the 2011 European Championship. He suffered the same condition after the 2017 European Championship and during the 2018 World Championship, where he was unable to play in one game due to illness. (sport.pl, 20 Nov 2018)

In May 2014 he required surgery after breaking two fingers on his right hand. He returned to training two months later. (czassiatkowki.pl, 25 Jul 2014)
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V.League Division 1 [JPN] (fivb.org, 13 Mar 2016)
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He took up volleyball in 1996 in Walcz, Poland. (jastrzebskiwegiel.pl, 2013)
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He attended a volleyball group that was coached by his father Jaroslaw. At the same time he played tennis, but at age 10 his coach told him he was too old to train to become a professional player, so he concentrated on volleyball. (sport.pl, 13 Oct 2015)
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To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (TVP Sport YouTube channel, 03 Feb 2020)
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Winning gold at the 2014 and 2018 World Championship. (sport.pl, 20 Nov 2018)
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Brazilian volleyball player Dante Amaral. (sport.pl, 20 Nov 2018)
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His family, and coaches Lorenzo Bernardi and Vital Heynen. (TVP Sport YouTube channel, 03 Feb 2020; sport.pl, 20 Nov 2018)
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"I want to make the maximum use of my time. I want to have a feeling that I have devoted myself 100% to volleyball." (Ludzie Ze Zlota, 31 Jul 2019)
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He was named Best Outside Hitter at the 2019 Asian Club Championship in Chinese Taipei. (tvp.pl, 27 Apr 2019)

In 2018 he received the Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta by the president of Poland.(prezydent.pl, 02 Oct 2018)

He was selected the Best Outside Hitter at the 2018 World Championship in Italy and Bulgaria. (fivb.com, 30 Sep 2018)

In 2018 he was named the Most Valuable Player [MVP] of the Japanese V.League 1. (tvp.pl, 19 Mar 2018)

He was named the Best Outside Spiker at the 2015 World League Final in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (FIVB, 19 Jul 2015)

In 2014 he was presented with the Gold Cross of Merit by the president of Poland. (sejm.gov.pl, 23 Oct 2014)
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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