Michał Ruciak
Polish volleyball player
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| Full name | Michał Zygmunt Ruciak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Rucek | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Polish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1983-08-22) 22 August 1983 (age 40) Świnoujście, Poland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Outside hitter / Libero | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Michał Zygmunt Ruciak (born 22 August 1983) is a Polish former professional volleyball player. He was part of the Polish national team in 2004–2014, a participant at the Olympic Games London 2012, the 2009 European Champion and the 2012 World League winner.
Personal life
Michał Ruciak was born in Świnoujście, Poland. On 22 September 2007 he married Justyna (née Terlecka). They have two sons: Rafał (born on 2 June 2008) and Filip (born on 18 March 2011). In 2014 they split up. In 2016 he married Paulina. In April 2018 they revealed they are expecting their first child.
Career
Clubs
He began to play with Maraton Świnoujście, later moving to Morze Szczecin, Skra Bełchatów and AZS Olsztyn. In 2008 moved to ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle. After 7 seasons in ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle, he left this club in April 2015.[1]
National team
Michał Ruciak was in the Polish squad when the Polish national team won the gold medal of European Championship 2009.[2] On September 14, 2009 he was awarded Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta.[3] The Order was conferred on the following day by the Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk. He won with Polish team three medals in 2011 - silver at World Cup[4] and two bronzes at World League[5] and European Championship.[6] He is a gold medalist of World League 2012 in Sofia, Bulgaria.[7][8]
Honours
Club
- CEV Cup
2010–11 – with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
- Domestic
- 2004–05
Polish Championship, with AZS Olsztyn - 2010–11 Polish Championship, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
- 2012–13
Polish Cup, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle - 2012–13 Polish Championship, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
- 2013–14 Polish Cup, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
- 2004–05
Youth national team
Individual awards
- 2013: Polish Cup – Best server
- 2014: Polish Cup – Best receiver
State awards
Statistics
- 2008–09 PlusLiga – Best receiver
- 2011–12 PlusLiga – Best receiver
- 2017–18 PlusLiga – Best receiver
References
- ^ Zmiany w ZAKSIE – plusliga.pl – 21-04-2015
- ^ 2009 CEV European Championships Results – cev.eu – 03-09-2009
- ^ Reprezentacja siatkarzy odznaczona przez prezydenta Archived 2014-03-09 at the Wayback Machine – prezydent.pl – 15-09-2009
- ^ Poland shoot up World Rankings on back of World Cup silver – fivb.org – 06-12-2011
- ^ 2011 FIVB Volleyball World League Final Report – fivb.org – 10-07-2011
- ^ Bartosz Kurek is the man of the day as Poland strikes bronze at EuroVolley – cev.eu – 18-09-2011
- ^ Poland beat USA to claim first World League title – fivb.org – 08-07-2012
- ^ Poland wins historical gold at the 2012 World League – fivb.org – 08-07-2012
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Michał Ruciak.
- Player profile at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Player profile at PlusLiga.pl (in Polish)
- Player profile at Volleybox.net
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Poland men's volleyball squad – 2009 CEV European Championship – Gold medal | ||
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Poland – 2011 FIVB World Cup – Silver medal | ||
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Poland – 2012 FIVB World League – Gold medal | ||
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