Artur Szalpuk | |
Full Name: | Artur Kacper Szalpuk |
Birth Date: | 20 March 1995 |
Birth Place: | Olsztyn, Poland |
Height: | 2.02 m |
Weight: | 91 kg |
Spike: | 348 cm |
Block: | 338 cm |
Position: | Outside hitter |
Currentclub: | Projekt Warsaw |
Currentnumber: | 12 |
Years: | 2013–2015 2015–2016 2016–2017 2017–2018 2018–2020 2020–2021 2021–2022 2022– |
Teams: | AZS Politechnika Warszawska Czarni Radom Skra Bełchatów Trefl Gdańsk Skra Bełchatów Projekt Warsaw Epicentr-Podolyany Projekt Warsaw |
Nationalyears: | 2015– |
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.
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.