Wiesław Stanisław Gawłowski (19 May 1950 – 14 November 2000) was a Polish volleyball player and coach. He was a member of the Poland national team with which he won gold medals in the 1974 World Championship and the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Wiesław Gawłowski
Personal information
Full nameWiesław Stanisław Gawłowski
Born(1950-05-19)19 May 1950
Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland
Died14 November 2000(2000-11-14) (aged 50)
Białobrzegi, Poland
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Volleyball information
PositionSetter
Career
YearsTeams
1969–1973
1973–1980
1980–1985
1985–1990
AZS AWF Warsaw
Płomień Milowice
Vianello Pescara
Pallavolo Pineto
National team
1969–1980 Poland (366)
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  Poland
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1976 Montreal
FIVB World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1974 Mexico
CEV European Championship
Silver medal – second place 1975 Yugoslavia
Silver medal – second place 1977 Finland
Silver medal – second place 1979 France

Personal life

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Wiesław Gawłowski was born in Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland. He attended the University of Physical Education in Warsaw, graduating in 1974. He had a wife, Barbara, and two sons, Maciej and Wojciech.

Honours

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Club

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Death

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Wiesław Gawłowski died in a car crash in Białobrzegi, near Płock.

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