Lidia Chmielnicka-Żmuda

Lidia Chmielnicka-Żmuda
Personal information
Full name	Lidia Teresa Chmielnicka-Żmuda
Nationality	Polish
Born	(1939-03-08)8 March 1939 Lubliniec, Poland
Died	27 September 2002(2002-09-27) (aged 63) Opole, Poland
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	60 kg (130 lb)
National team
1963–1968 Poland
Honours Women's volleyball Representing Poland Olympic Games Bronze medal – third place 1968 Mexico European Championship Silver medal – second place 1963 Romania Silver medal – second place 1967 Turkey
Last updated: 26 June 2015

Lidia Teresa Chmielnicka-Żmuda (8 March 1939 – 27 September 2002) was a former female Polish volleyball player, a member of Poland women's national volleyball team in 1963–1968, bronze medalist of Olympic Games Mexico 1968 and silver medalist of European Championship (1963 and 1967), eight-time Polish Champion (1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1971, 1972).

Career

In Polish national team she played 119 times in 1963-1968. She won a bronze medal of Olympic Games Mexico 1968 and double-silver of European Championship (Romania 1963 and Turkey 1967). Her club career began in Opole and then moved to AZS AWF Wawrszawa. She won with this club 6 titles of Polish Champion and silver medal of Polish Championship in season 1960/1961. Her next club was Start Łódź and she won with this team bronze, silver and two gold medals of Polish Championship.

Sporting achievements

Clubs

National championships

• 1959/1960 File:Gold medal with cup.svg Polish Championship, with AZS-AWF Warszawa
• 1960/1961 File:Silver medal with cup.svg Polish Championship, with AZS-AWF Warszawa
• 1961/1962 File:Gold medal with cup.svg Polish Championship, with AZS-AWF Warszawa
• 1962/1963 File:Gold medal with cup.svg Polish Championship, with AZS-AWF Warszawa
• 1963/1964 File:Gold medal with cup.svg Polish Championship, with AZS-AWF Warszawa
• 1964/1965 File:Gold medal with cup.svg Polish Championship, with AZS-AWF Warszawa
• 1965/1966 File:Gold medal with cup.svg Polish Championship, with AZS-AWF Warszawa
• 1968/1969 File:Bronze medal with cup.svg Polish Championship, with Start Łódź
• 1969/1970 File:Silver medal with cup.svg Polish Championship, with Start Łódź
• 1970/1971 File:Gold medal with cup.svg Polish Championship, with Start Łódź
• 1971/1972 File:Gold medal with cup.svg Polish Championship, with Start Łódź

National team

• 1963 File:Silver medal with cup.svg CEV European Championship
• 1967 File:Silver medal with cup.svg CEV European Championship
• 1968 File:Bronze medal with cup.svg Olympic Games

External links

• Lidia Chmielnicka at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Lidia Chmielnicka at Olympics.com