Gwardia Wrocław (women's volleyball)
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| Full name | Volleyball Wrocław Spółka Akcyjna | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1945 | ||
| Ground | Hala Orbita, Wrocław, Poland (Capacity: 3,000) | ||
| Chairman | Jacek Grabowski | ||
| Head coach | Marek Solarewicz | ||
| League | Polish Volleyball League | ||
| 2020–21 | 10th | ||
| Uniforms | |||
Gwardia Wrocław, officially Volleyball Wrocław stylised as #VolleyWrocław for sponsorship reasons, is a Polish women's volleyball club based in Wrocław and playing in the Polish Volleyball League.
Previous names
Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names:
- KS Gwardia Wrocław (1945–1990s)
- ZEC ESV Gwardia Wrocław (1990s–2004)
- ZEC SV Gwardia Wrocław (2004–2006)
- Dialog Gwardia Wrocław (2006–2007)
- Impel Gwardia Wrocław (2007–2012)
- Impel Wrocław (2012–2018)
- #VolleyWrocław (2018–present)
History
The club was established in July 1945 as the police sports club and was named Klub Sportowy Gwardia Wrocław. It offered many different sports (at its peak in the 1980s it had 19 sports departments) and volleyball has always been one of its most important departments. It gained importance in the 1990s when women's volleyball started to become professional in Poland. That commercialization brought sponsors (the club has been renamed few times through the years) and investors. The club first played in the highest Polish Women's Volleyball League in 1999 and has also participated in European competitions (Top Teams Cup and Challenge Cup).[1]
2010–2011 season
Since the new season there was more money in the budget. Impel Gwardia Wroclaw could afford good athletes. The top athletes in the club: Katarzyna Mroczkowska, Bogumiła Barańska, Joanna Wołosz, Monika Czypiruk, Zuzanna Efimienko, Dominika Sobolska, Ola Krzos have been preserved. The team left Olga Owczynnikowa, Aleksandra Szafraniec, Marta Czerwińska. Another player- Agnieszka Jagiełło ended his career volleyball. There have been interesting transfers. The team joined Anna Witczak of Muszynianka Muszyna, Ewa Matyjaszek and Maja Tokarska of PTPS Piła, the sister of Dominika Sobolska - Marta and returning after maternity leave Katarzyna Jaszewska. Additionally there was a change on the coach of physician coach- Christian Verona, who worked last season with the club Monte Schiavo Banca Marche Jesi. Ultimately, the team finished the game on the 5th place.
2011–2012 season
In 2011 the owner of the Impel Gwardia Wrocław became Impel S.A. The investor responsible for the team supervision is Impel Volleyball S.A.- the company belonging to the Impel Group. The core team from last season: Katarzyna Mroczkowska, Bogumiła Pyziołek or Anna Witczak hasn't been changed. The contract with the club has also renewed Katarzyna Jaszewska – Impel's Gwardia best volleyball player in the 2010/2011 season. Jaszewska along with Susan Efimienko represented our country at the last European Championship volleyball team taking the 5th place. Joanna Wołosz and Maja Tokarska left the team to join BKS Bielsko-Biała and Atom Trefl Sopot, respectively. In return the team strengthened: Arielle Wilson (from the USA - academic game), Milena Rosner, member of the Poland national team, which won the 2005 Women's European Volleyball Championship, Marta Haładyn (from MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza) and Dorota Medyńska (SMS Sosnowiec / TOP Bolesławiec). The injury healed Aleksandra Folta, which together with Dorota Medyńska is the youngest part of the Impel Gwardia. Women's team played in Women PlusLiga so far 15 matches, winning five of them. Team has the 17 points and followed by the 7th position. Team is doing very well in the Challenge Cup, advancing to 1 / 8 of the tournament. The team finished the game on the 5th place.[1]
Honours
- Polish Championship
- Runners-up (1): 2013–14
- Runners-up (3): 1960–61, 2002–03, 2003–04
Team
Season 2016–2017, as of March 2017.[2][3]
| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Weight (kg) | Birth date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czech Republic Andrea Kossanyiová | Outside hitter | 1.85 | 65 | 6 August 1993 |
| 3 | Poland Monika Ptak | Middle blocker | 1.88 | 76 | 14 May 1990 |
| 4 | Poland Katarzyna Konieczna | Opposite | 1.84 | 78 | 22 March 1985 |
| 5 | Poland Agnieszka Kąkolewska | Middle blocker | 1.99 | 85 | 17 October 1994 |
| 6 | Poland Barbara Cembrzyńska | Opposite | 1.85 | 70 | 19 May 1997 |
| 7 | Poland Joanna Kaczor | Opposite | 1.91 | 70 | 16 September 1984 |
| 9 | Poland Agata Sawicka | Libero | 1.81 | 72 | 17 January 1985 |
| 10 | Poland Izabela Bałucka | Middle blocker | 1.85 | 77 | 15 February 1993 |
| 12 | United States Micha Hancock | Setter | 1.80 | 78 | 10 November 1992 |
| 13 | Poland Adrianna Wysocka | Setter | 1.86 | 72 | 12 June 1998 |
| 14 | Poland Natalia Mędrzyk | Outside hitter | 1.84 | 75 | 13 January 1992 |
| 15 | Poland Magdalena Stasiak | Libero | 1.63 | 60 | 10 July 1995 |
| 17 | United States Megan Courtney | Outside hitter | 1.86 | 66 | 27 October 1993 |
| 18 | Poland Aleksandra Sikorska[4] | Middle blocker | 1.85 | 67 | 28 April 1993 |
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| 2015–2016 Team | |||||
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| Number | Name and surname | Date of birth | Height | Nationality | Position |
| 1 | Andrea Kossanyiová | August 6, 1993 | 1,85 | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg CZE | outside hitter |
| 3 | Monika Ptak | May 14, 1990 | 1,88 | File:Flag of Poland.svg POL | middle blocker |
| 4 | Karolina Piśla | August 5, 1996 | 1,84 | File:Flag of Poland.svg POL | outside hitter |
| 5 | Agnieszka Kąkolewska | October 17, 1994 | 1,99 | File:Flag of Poland.svg POL | middle blocker |
| 6 | Barbara Cembrzyńska | May 19, 1997 | 1,85 | File:Flag of Poland.svg POL | opposite |
| 7 | Joanna Kaczor | September 16, 1984 | 1,91 | File:Flag of Poland.svg POL | opposite |
| 8 | Lenka Dürr | December 10, 1990 | 1,71 | File:Flag of Germany.svg GER | libero |
| 9 | Agata Sawicka | January 17, 1985 | 1,81 | File:Flag of Poland.svg POL | libero |
| 10 | Kristin Hildebrand | June 30, 1985 | 1,85 | File:Flag of the United States.svg USA | outside hitter |
| 11 | Aleksandra Sikorska | April 28, 1993 | 1,86 | File:Flag of Poland.svg POL | middle blocker |
| 12 | Milena Radecka | October 18, 1984 | 1,78 | File:Flag of Poland.svg POL | setter |
| 13 | Magdalena Gryka | March 28, 1994 | 1,78 | File:Flag of Poland.svg POL | setter |
| 14 | Aleksandra Sochacka | May 5, 1997 | 1,81 | File:Flag of Poland.svg POL | outside hitter |
| 15 | Magdalena Stasiak | July 10, 1995 | 1,63 | File:Flag of Poland.svg POL | libero |
| 17 | Katarzyna Skowrońska-Dolata | June 30, 1983 | 1,89 | File:Flag of Poland.svg POL | opposite |
| 18 | Carolina Costagrande | October 15, 1980 | 1,88 | File:Flag of Italy.svg ITA | outside hitter |
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Historia" (in polski). Impel Wrocław. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ↑ "Team" (in polski). Impel Wrocław. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ↑ "Impel Wrocław Team". Orlen Liga (in polski). Archived from the original on 9 May 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ↑ "Aleksandra Sikorska odchodzi z Impel Wrocław". Impel Wrocław. 20 December 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ↑ Grała w Gwardii w latach 1999-2001
- ↑ W latach 2009-2011 reprezentowała Tauron MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza.
External links
- Official website (in Polish)