Stanisław Gościniak Explained

Stanisław Gościniak
Full Name:	Stanisław Kazimierz Gościniak
Birth Date:	18 July 1944
Birth Place:	Poznań, Poland
Position:	Setter
Years:	1964–1968 1968–1975
Teams:	Gwardia Wrocław Resovia
Nationalyears:	1965–1974
Nationalteam:	(218)
Coachyears:	1977–1992 1986–1987 1993–1998 2000–2001 2002–2003 2003–2004

Stanisław Kazimierz Gościniak (born 18 July 1944) is a Polish former volleyball player and coach, a member of the Poland national team from 1965 to 1974, and the 1974 World Champion. He was a participant in the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics. Gościniak was inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame in 2005.

Honours

As a player

• CEV European Champions Cup
  • 1972–73 – with Resovia
• Domestic
  • 1970–71 Polish Championship, with Resovia
  • 1971–72 Polish Championship, with Resovia
  • 1973–74 Polish Championship, with Resovia
  • 1974–75 Polish Cup, with Resovia
  • 1974–75 Polish Championship, with Resovia

As a coach

• Domestic
  • 1989–90 Polish Championship, with AZS Częstochowa
  • 1993–94 Polish Championship, with AZS Częstochowa
  • 1994–95 Polish Championship, with AZS Częstochowa
  • 1995–96 Polish SuperCup, with AZS Częstochowa
  • 1996–97 Polish Championship, with AZS Częstochowa
  • 1997–98 Polish Cup, with AZS Częstochowa

Individual awards

• 1974: FIVB World Championship – Most valuable player

State awards

• 1995: Gold Cross of Merit^[1]
• 2012: Officer's Cross of Polonia Restituta^[2]

External links

• • • Player profile at Volleyhall.org
• Coach/Player profile at Volleybox.net

Notes and References

1. Web site: Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 25 maja 1995 r. o nadaniu odznaczeń. . isap.sejm.gov.pl . pl . 25 May 1995 . 4 July 2021.
2. Web site: Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 21 października 2011 r. o nadaniu orderów . isap.sejm.gov.pl . pl . 21 October 2011 . 4 July 2021.