Artur Szalpuk

Artur Kacper Szalpuk (born 20 March 1995) is a Polish professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for Projekt Warsaw and the Poland national team.^[1] Szalpuk won a gold medal at the 2018 World Championship held in Italy.

Artur Szalpuk
Personal information
Full name	Artur Kacper Szalpuk
Born	(1995-03-20) 20 March 1995 (age 29) Olsztyn, Poland
Height	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)
Weight	91 kg (201 lb)
Spike	348 cm (137 in)
Block	338 cm (133 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Outside hitter
Current club	Projekt Warsaw
Number	12
Career
Years Teams 2013–2015 2015–2016 2016–2017 2017–2018 2018–2020 2020–2021 2021–2022 2022– AZS Politechnika Warszawska Czarni Radom Skra Bełchatów Trefl Gdańsk Skra Bełchatów Projekt Warsaw Epicentr-Podolyany Projekt Warsaw
National team
2015–  Poland
Honours Men's volleyball Representing  Poland FIVB World Championship 2018 Bulgaria/Italy FIVB World Cup 2019 Japan 2015 Japan CEV European Championship 2019 Belgium/France/Netherlands/Slovenia

Hand prints and signature at the Avenue of Volleyball Stars, Katowice

Career

National team

On 2 April 2015, Szalpuk was called up to the Poland national team by head coach Stéphane Antiga. After the training camp in Spała he went to team B of Polish national team led by Andrzej Kowal. He took part in 1st edition of 2015 European Games, where his national team took 4th place. In July he joined team A of Poland on matches with United States during intercontinental round of World League 2015 in Kraków. He made his debut in senior team on 4 July 2015 in lost match with United States (1–3).

On 30 September 2018 Poland achieved title of the 2018 World Champion.^[2] Poland beat Brazil in the final 3–0 and defended the title from 2014.

Honours

Club

• CEV Challenge Cup
  • 2023–24 – with Projekt Warsaw^[3]

• Domestic
  • 2017–18 Polish Cup, with Trefl Gdańsk
  • 2018–19 Polish SuperCup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
  • 2021–22 Ukrainian Championship, with Epicentr-Podolyany

Youth national team

• 2013 CEV U19 European Championship
• 2013 European Youth Olympic Festival

Individual awards

• 2017: Polish Cup – Best server
• 2018: Polish Cup – Best opposite

State awards

• 2018: Gold Cross of Merit^[4]

References

1. "Artur Szalpuk odchodzi z Trefla Gdańsk". treflgdansk.pl (in Polish). 25 May 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
2. "Poland triumph over Brazil to retain World title for years more years". fivb.com. 30 September 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
3. "Poland's Projekt Warszawa Claims CEV Challenge Cup 2024 Men's Title". CEV. 27 February 2024. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
4. "Odznaczenia dla Mistrzów Świata w Piłce Siatkowej Mężczyzn 2018". prezydent.pl (in Polish). 2 October 2018. Archived from the original on 7 October 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.

External links

• Player profile at the European Volleyball Confederation
• Player profile at PlusLiga.pl (in Polish)
• Player profile at Volleybox.net