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Polish volleyball player

Jakub Jarosz
Personal information
Full name Jakub Władysław Jarosz
Nickname Jarski
Born (1987-02-10) 10 February 1987 (age 37)Nysa, Poland
Height 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight 91 kg (201 lb)
Spike 360 cm (142 in)
Volleyball information
Position Opposite
Current team Trefl Gdańsk
Number 87
Career
YearsTeams 2006c2008 2008–2009 2009–20112011–2013 2013–2014 2014–2016 2016–2017 2017–2019 2019–2024 2024–Mostostal Azoty Kędzierzyn-Koźle Skra Bełchatów ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle Top Volley Latina Trefl Gdańsk Transfer Bydgoszcz El Jaish Asseco Resovia GKS Katowice Trefl Gdańsk
National team
2009–2015 Poland (142)
Honours Men's volleyball Representing Poland FIVB World Cup Silver medal – second place 2011 Japan FIVB World League Gold medal – first place 2012 Sofia Bronze medal – third place 2011 Gdańsk CEV European Championship Gold medal – first place 2009 Turkey Bronze medal – third place 2011 Austria/Czech Republic

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

Jakub Władysław Jarosz (born 10 February 1987) is a Polish professional volleyball player who plays as an opposite spiker for Trefl Gdańsk.[1] He is a former member of the Poland national team, a participant in the Olympic Games London 2012, 2009 European Champion and the 2012 World League winner.

Jakub Jarosz was born in Nysa, Poland. His grandfather and father Maciej are former volleyball players. His brother Marcin was also a volleyball player. On 12 May 2012, he married Agnieszka (née Trzcińska). On 26 August 2013, their first child was born, a son named Kacper. In early 2017, his wife gave birth to their second son Leon.[2]

In 2009, the Polish national volleyball team, including Jarosz, won a title of the European Champions. On 14 September 2009, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta.[3] The Order was conferred on the following day by the Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk. With the national team, he won three medals in 2011 – silver at the 2011 World Cup, bronze at the 2011 World League and 2011 European Championship.[4][5] In 2012, he won a gold medal of the 2012 World League.[6]

Youth national team

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  1. ^ "Jakub Jarosz nowym atakującym Trefla Gdańsk". Trefl Gdańsk (in Polish). 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Jakub Jarosz: mieszkam w kraju Big Brothera". sport.onet.pl (in Polish). 24 January 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Reprezentacja siatkarzy odznaczona przez prezydenta". prezydent.pl (in Polish). 15 September 2009. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Poland shoot up World Rankings on back of World Cup silver". worldofvolley.com. 7 December 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Bartosz Kurek is the man of the day as Poland strikes bronze at EuroVolley". CEV. 18 September 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  6. ^ "WL M: Poland beat USA to claim first World League title". worldofvolley.com. 9 July 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2021.