Ryszard Bosek

Ryszard Bosek (born 12 April 1950) is a Polish former volleyball player and coach, a member of the Poland national team from 1969 to 1986, and a participant in 3 Olympic Games (1972, 1976, 1980). During his career, he won the titles of the 1976 Olympic Champion and the 1974 World Champion.

Ryszard Bosek
Personal information
NicknameBubu
NationalityPolish
Born (1950-04-12) 12 April 1950
Kamienna Góra, Poland
Coaching information
Previous teams coached
YearsTeams
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
YearsTeams
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
Gold medal – first place1976 Montreal
FIVB World Championship
Gold medal – first place1974 Mexico
CEV European Championship
Silver medal – second place1975 Yugoslavia
Silver medal – second place1977 Finland
Silver medal – second place1979 France

Personal life

Bosek was born in Kamienna Góra, Poland. In 2008 he had cancer. After removing the salivary glands and nerve shoulder he returned to health. 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 took part in a few editions of the World Championship: 1970 (5th place), 1974 and 1978 (8th place). In 1974, Poland, including Bosek, won the World Champions title. It was the first title of the World Champions in the history of Polish volleyball.

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

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

Honours

As a player

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