Michał Kubiak

Michał Kubiak
Personal information
Full name Michał Jarosław Kubiak
Nickname Misiek, Kubi
Nationality Polish
Born (1988-02-23) February 23, 1988
Wałcz, Poland
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 87 kg (192 lb)
Spike 328 cm (129 in)
Block 312 cm (123 in)
Volleyball information
Position Outside hitter
Current club Turkey Halkbank Ankara
Number 13
Career
YearsTeams
2002–2005
2005–2006
2006–2007
2007–2008
2008–2009
2009–2010
2010–2011
2011–2014
2014–		Poland Maraton Świnoujście
Poland Joker Piła
Poland AZS Olsztyn
Poland KS Poznań
Israel Hapoel Ironi Qiryat Ata
Italy Antonveneta Padova
Poland AZS Politechnika Warszawska
Poland Jastrzębski Węgiel
Turkey Halkbank Ankara
National team
2011– Poland
Honours
Representing  Poland
Men's volleyball
World Championship
2014 Poland
World Cup
2011 Japan
2015 Japan
European Championship
2011 Austria/Czech Republic
World League
2012 Sofia
2011 Gdańsk
Last updated: 25 April 2016

Michał Kubiak (born 23 February 1988) is a Polish volleyball player, a member of Polish national team and Turkish club Halkbank Ankara, a participant of the Olympic Games (London 2012), 2014 World Champion, a gold medalist of the 2012 World League, silver medalist of the 2011 World Cup, bronze medalist of the 2011 European Championship and the 2011 World League, 2016 Turkish Champion.

Personal life

Michał Kubiak was born in Wałcz, Poland. He has an older brother Błażej, who is also a volleyball player. On February 23, 2014 (Kubiak's 26th birthday) his fiancée Monika gave birth to their daughter - Pola.

Michał Kubiak and Zbigniew Bartman during the match at Spodek in Katowice (World League 2012).
Kubiak, Łukasz Żygadło and Paweł Zagumny during the Poland-USA match in Katowice (World League 2012).

Career

Before his career as an indoor volleyball player, Michał Kubiak played beach volleyball with Zbigniew Bartman. They won a gold medal at the European U-18 Championship in 2004 and a silver medal at the World U-18 Championship,[1] also in 2004. Both Kubiak and Bartman gave up playing beach volleyball.

Clubs

Kubiak made his debut in the Polish volleyball league during the season 2005/2006. He played in three Polish clubs before moving to foreign leagues. In season 2008/2009, he played for Israeli club Hapoel Kiryat Ata. His career accelerated after a good performances in the B squad of the Polish national team. After that he moved to Italian Serie A2 Volley Padwa. In season 2010/2011, he returned to PlusLiga, specifically to AZS Politechnika Warszawska, where he played with Zbigniew Bartman again. He wanted to leave the Warsaw club in 2011, but the club stated that their contract was still valid and filed a lawsuit.[2] Finally, Kubiak moved to Jastrzębski Węgiel. With this club, he won a silver medal in the World Club Championship 2011. In season 2012/3013 won a bronze medal in the Polish Championships. In 2013/2014 the club advanced to the Final Four of the Champions League in Ankara and after defeating VC Zenit Kazan won the bronze medal.[3][4] His team beat ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle in last matches in the fight for a medal. Jastrzębski Węgiel, including Kubiak, ended the season with a second bronze in the Polish Championships.[5] In July 2014, a year before his contract was due to end, Kubiak requested an early termination. The club agreed, and Kubiak will play for the Turkish club Halkbank Ankara from season 2014/2015.[6] Kubiak agreed with Jastrzębski Węgiel, that after the end of the contract in Turkey, he will return to the Polish club.[7] On March 29, 2015 he achieved Turkish Cup with his team Halkbank Ankara. In final match, his team beat Arkas Izmir 3-0 and Kubiak scored 11 points.[8]

National team

Kubiak was first appointed to represent the Polish national team by coach Andrea Anastasi in 2011. With the Polish team, he won three medals in 2011 - silver at World Cup[9] and two bronzes at World League[10] and European Championship.[11] He is a gold medalist of World League 2012 in Sofia, Bulgary.[12][13] On August 16, 2014 was appointed to squad at World Championship held in Poland.[14][15] On September 21, 2014 won a title of World Champion 2014.[16][17][18] On October 27, 2014 received a state award granted by the Polish President Bronisław Komorowski - Gold Cross of Merit for outstanding sports achievements and to promote Polish in the world.[19]

In November 2015 he was nominated to Polish Sportspersonality of the Year of Plebiscite of Przegląd Sportowy.[20] He took 5th place in the list of 2015 Polish Sportspersonality of the Year.

Sporting achievements

Beach volleyball

Clubs

CEV Champions League

FIVB Club World Championship

National championships

National team

Individually

State awards

References

  1. ↑ Men's U18 Event 2004 Results - fivb.org - 12-09-2004
  2. ↑ Stanowisko AZS PW w sprawie Michała Kubiaka - plusliga.pl - 04-10-2011
  3. ↑ JASTRZEBSKI edge former champions Zenit to strike first CL medal - zenit-kazan.com - 23-03-2014
  4. ↑ Jastrzębski Węgiel trzecią siłą w Europie. Mamy brązowy medal Ligi Mistrzów!!! - jastrzebskiwegiel.pl - 23-03-2014
  5. ↑ PlusLiga: Brązowe Jastrzębie - przegladsportowy.pl - 28-04-2014
  6. ↑ Michał Kubiak przenosi się do Turcji! - s-w-o.pl - 04-07-2014
  7. ↑ Dziękujemy i czekamy na powrót - jastrzebskiwegiel.pl - 04-07-2014
  8. ↑ TURKISH CUP M: HalkBank clinched the trophy! - worldofvolley.com - 29-03-2015
  9. ↑ Poland shoot up World Rankings on back of World Cup silver - fivb.org - 06-12-2011
  10. ↑ 2011 FIVB Volleyball World League Final Report - fivb.org - 10-07-2011
  11. ↑ Bartosz Kurek is the man of the day as Poland strikes bronze at EuroVolley - cev.lu - 18-09-2011
  12. ↑ Poland beat USA to claim first World League title - fivb.org - 08-07-2012
  13. ↑ Poland wins historical gold at the 2012 World League - fivb.org - 08-07-2012
  14. ↑ FIVB Mistrzostwa świata w piłce siatkowej mężczyzn Polska 2014. Trener Antiga ogłosił skład - plusliga.pl - 17-08-2014
  15. ↑ Polish team named for the FIVB Men's World Championship Poland 2014 - fivb.org - 17-08-2014
  16. ↑ Poland win second World Championship title at home - fivb.org - 21-09-2014
  17. ↑ Poland put an end to the reign of Brazil - fivb.org - 21-09-2014
  18. ↑ FIVB MŚ Polska 2014: Polska ze złotym medalem - plusliga.pl - 21-09-2014
  19. ↑ "Dziękuję za chwile wzruszenia i dumy" - prezydent.pl - 27-10-2014
  20. ↑ Michał Kubiak nominowany w 81. Plebiscycie „Przeglądu Sportowego” na 10 Najlepszych Sportowców Polski 2015 - plisliga.pl - 26-11-2015
  21. ↑ Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 23 października 2014 r. o nadaniu orderów i odznaczeń - isap.sejm.gov.pl - 23-10-2014

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