Michał Szyba

Michał Szyba

Personal information
Born	18 March 1988 Lublin, Poland
Nationality	Polish
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position	Right back
Nickname	Zegarek
Club information
Current club	RK Gorenje Velenje
Number	18
Senior clubs
2004–2014 2014–	KS Azoty-Puławy RK Gorenje Velenje
National team
2013–	Poland	44 (60)
Medal record World Championship 2015 Qatar

Michał Szyba (born 18 March 1988) is a Polish handball player, a member of Poland national handball team and Slovenian club RK Gorenje Velenje, bronze medalist of the World Championship 2015.

Career

National team

He debuted in national team on June 4, 2013 in friendly match against Sweden (27:29). On January 24, 2014 Polish national team, including Szyba, took 6th place of the European Championship. On February 1, 2015 Poland won bronze medal of the World Championship 2015. They won bronze medal match (29:28) against Spain.^[1][2] Followed by the majority of the tournament was a substitute for Andrew Rojewski. In the match for the bronze medal he threw goal that gave to national team a draw and overtime in which the Poles won.

Sporting achievements

National team

IHF World Championship

• 2015 Qatar

State awards

• 2015 Silver Cross of Merit

References

1. France on top again, silver for Qatar, bronze for Poland - qatarhandball2015.com - 01-02-2015
2. Bronze goes to Poland - ihf.info - 01-02-2015

External links

• Polish Handball Association player profile