Ryszard Bosek

Ryszard Bosek (born 12 April 1950) is a Polish former volleyball player and coach. He was a member of the Poland national team from 1969 to 1986, and a participant in three Olympic Games (1972, 1976, 1980). During his career, he won gold medals in the 1974 World Championship and the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Ryszard Bosek
Personal information
Nickname	Bubu
Born	(1950-04-12) 12 April 1950 Kamienna Góra, Poland
Height	189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Coaching information
Previous teams coached Years Teams 1983–1984 1984–1985 1985–1987 1987–1990 2000–2001 2006–2007 Pallavolo Padova (AC) Pallavolo Padova Płomień Milowice AZS Częstochowa (AC) Poland Jastrzębski Węgiel
Career
Years Teams 1969–1973 1973–1980 1980–1985 AZS AWF Warsaw Płomień Milowice Pallavolo Padova
National team
1969–1986 Poland (359)
Honours Men's volleyball Representing Poland Olympic Games 1976 Montreal FIVB World Championship 1974 Mexico CEV European Championship 1975 Yugoslavia 1977 Finland 1979 France

Personal life

Bosek was born in Kamienna Góra, Poland. In 2008, he had cancer, and returned to health after receiving treatment. He worked as a volleyball expert for Polsat Sport, and as a manager of a few volleyball players (Bartosz Kurek, Piotr Nowakowski, Jakub Jarosz).

Career

National team

Bosek participated in several World Championships: 1970 (5th place), 1974, and 1978 (8th place). In 1974, Poland won the World Championship title for the very first time.

Among Bosek's achievements, he has three silver medals of the European Championship (1975, 1977, 1979). In all three cases, Poland lost to the Soviet Union.

Bosek was a participant in the following Olympic Games: 1972 Munich, 1976 Montreal, and 1980 Moscow. In 1976, as one of the players of the team led by Hubert Jerzy Wagner, he won a gold medal. Poland won the final match of the tournament against the Soviet Union on 30 July 1976.

Honours

As a player

• CEV European Champions Cup
  • 1977–78 – with Płomień Milowice
• Domestic
  • 1976–77 Polish Championship, with Płomień Milowice
  • 1978–79 Polish Championship, with Płomień Milowice

External links

• Player profile at Olympics.com
• Player profile at Olympedia
• Player profile at LegaVolley.it (in Italian)
• Player profile at Volleybox.net