NOWAKOWSKI Piotr

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Men	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
5	Men	2012	London, GBR

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Men	2018
1	Men	2014	Poland
13	Men	2010	Italy

Nations League - Final Round

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Men	2021	Italy

European Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Men	2019

Iceman, Pipen, Piter, Cichy Pit [because he is a quiet person, and 'cichy' is Polish for 'silent']. (volleyballworldblog.blog.pl, 29 Jun 2013; s-w-o.pl, 07 Feb 2012)

Watching sport. (kierunektokio.pl, 04 Dec 2019)

Athlete

Wife Aleksandra, daughter Oliwia [2017]

English, Polish, Russian

VERVA Warszawa ORLEN Paliwa [Poland] since 2019/20

Andrea Anastasi [club], ITA; Vital Heynen [national], BEL

Middle blocker (FIVB, 23 May 2014)

Right (przegladsportowy.pl, 15 Jul 2019)

2008 for Poland Against Montenegro, International Tournament in Olsztyn, Poland (FIVB Media Guide, 2012)

He injured his back during the semifinal of the 2018 World Championship in Turin, Italy, but was able to return in time for the final. (wyborcza.pl, 07 Oct 2018)

In November 2015 he had surgery on a herniated disc in his spine. He returned to training in early 2016. (sport.pl, 04 May 2016; eurosport.onet.pl, 23 Nov 2015)

PlusLiga [POL] (polsatsport.pl, 22 Apr 2021)

He took up volleyball in primary school in Miedzyborow, Poland. (volleyball-movies.net, 27 Jul 2012)

Volleyball was a popular sport at school in his hometown of Miedzyborow, Poland, and his physical education teacher was a volleyball coach, so when he started getting taller he was encouraged to play. (volleyball-movies.net, 27 Jul 2012; ipla.tv, 21 Sep 2014)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (tvp.pl, 06 Feb 2020; rdc.pl, 31 Jan 2021)

Winning gold at the 2014 and 2018 World Championships. (tvp.pl, 06 Feb 2020; kierunektokio.pl, 04 Dec 2019)

In 2018 he was presented with the Commander's Cross of Polonia Restituta by the president of Poland. (prezydent.pl, 02 Oct 2018)

He was named the Best Middle Blocker at the 2018 World Championship in Bulgaria and Italy. (dziennik.pl, 30 Sep 2018)

In 2015 he was named Best Blocker in the Polish Cup and the European Champions League Final Four. (sport.pl, 19 Apr 2015)

In 2014 he was presented with the Officer's Cross of Polonia Restituta by the president of Poland. (sejm.gov.pl, 23 Oct 2014)

He received the Best Blocker award in the 2010/11 edition of the Polish PlusLiga. (volleyballworldblog.blog.pl, 29 Jun 2013)

In 2009 he was presented with the Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta by the president of Poland. (sejm.gov.pl, 14 Sep 2009)