Hubert Wagner

{{Infobox volleyball biography

| name = Hubert Wagner

| image = Gwiazda Hubert Wagner.JPG

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| fullname = Hubert Aleksander Wagner

| nickname = Jurek, Gruby, Kat

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1941|3|4|df=y}}

| birth_place = Poznań, Poland

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2002|3|13|1941|3|4|df=y}}

| death_place = Warsaw, Poland

| hometown =

| nationalteam = {{vb|POL}} (194)

| nationalyears = 1963–1971

| currentcoachteam =

| coachyears = 1973–1976
1977–1985
1978–1979
1983–1985
1986–1987
1987–1988
1991–1993
1994–1995
1996–1997
1996–1998
1997–1998
1997–1999
1999–2000

| coachteams = Poland
Legia Warsaw
Poland (W)
Poland
Filament Bursa
Tunisia
Halkbank Ankara
Stilon Gorzów Wielkopolski
Skra Warsaw ({{Tooltip|W|Women's team}})
Poland
Dick Black Andrychów ({{Tooltip|W|Women's team}})
Morze Bałtyk Szczecin
Legia Warsaw

| college =

| years = {{0|000000000}}

| clubs = AZS Poznań
AZS AWF Warsaw
Skra Warsaw

| medaltemplates =

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{{MedalSport| Head coach {{vb|POL}} }}

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Hubert Aleksander Wagner ({{Aka}} Hubert Jerzy Wagner) (4 March 1941 – 13 March 2002) was a Polish volleyball player and coach. He was a member of the Poland national team from 1963 to 1971, a participant in the Mexico 1968 Olympics, and a bronze medallist at the 1967 European Championship. As a head coach, he led Poland to become the 1974 World Champions and the 1976 Olympic Champions.

Personal life

Wagner was born in Poznań. His parents were Romuald and Zofia (née Kotlińska). He had two younger siblings, Elżbieta (born 1946) and Leszek.

Wagner was married twice. On 15 October 1963, he married Danuta Kordaczuk, an Olympic medal winning volleyball player with medals in the World and European Championships. The couple had one son, Grzegorz Wagner (born 1965), a professional volleyball setter and coach.[http://ksiazki.onet.pl/fragmenty-ksiazek/fragment-kat-biografia-huberta-wagnera-grzegorz-wagner-krzysztof-mecner/cn8pn Fragment: "KAT. Biografia Huberta Wagnera" Grzegorz Wagner, Krzysztof Mecner] – onet.pl – 27-06-2014 The couple divorced in 1978.

In 1979, he married Anna Baraniecka. In the last two years of his life, his partner was Danuta Marzec. He had three grandchildren: Iwo (born 1991), who played as a setter and is now a scout; Jakub (born 1993), who is also a volleyball player; and Sara (born 2003).[http://www.sportowefakty.pl/siatkowka/470744/jaki-ojciec-taki-syn-czyli-tymi-samymi-sladami-na-siatkarskim-szlaku/11 Jaki ojciec, taki syn, czyli tymi samymi śladami na siatkarskim szlaku] – sportowefakty.pl – 27-09-2014

Coaching

In 1973, he became head coach of the Polish men's national volleyball team at 32 years old. He was demanding and greatly valued physical preparation of his players. In 1974, he led the team to win the Volleyball Men's World Championship.[http://www.sportowefakty.pl/siatkowka/459201/historia-ms-meksyk-1974-historyczny-triumf-reprezentacji-polski-pod-wodza-hubert Historia MŚ: Meksyk 1974 - historyczny triumf reprezentacji Polski pod wodzą Huberta Wagnera] – sportowefakty.pl – 12-08-2014 In the subsequent year, they won silver in the European Championship 1975 held in Yugoslavia.

On 30 July 1976, the national men's volleyball team became the 1976 Olympic Champions.[http://eurosport.onet.pl/igrzyska/historia/druzyna-siatkarzy/y97rx Drużyna siatkarzy] – onet.pl – 17-04-2012 Despite Polish volleyball players spending {{frac|11|1|2}} hours on the court while their opponents only spent five hours, Wagner's team still beat the Soviet Union in a tie-break. Two months after this success, he left the national team.

Honours

=As a player=

Domestic
1962–63 16px Polish Championship, with AZS AWF Warsaw
1964–65 16px Polish Championship, with AZS AWF Warsaw
1965–66 16px Polish Championship, with AZS AWF Warsaw
1967–68 16px Polish Championship, with AZS AWF Warsaw

=As a coach=

Domestic
1982–83 16px Polish Championship, with Legia Warsaw
1991–92 16px Turkish Championship, with Halkbank Ankara
1992–93 16px Turkish Championship, with Halkbank Ankara

Death

On 13 March 2002, after a meeting with the Polish Association of Volleyball in Warsaw, Wagner suffered a car accident triggered by a heart attack.[http://wiadomosci.wp.pl/kat,1347,title,Trener-siatkarski-Hubert-Wagner-nie-zyje,wid,249053,wiadomosc.html?ticaid=115108 Trener siatkarski Hubert Wagner nie żyje] – wp.pl – 22-06-2002 Despite rapid resuscitation, he died. An autopsy showed advanced coronary artery disease. He was buried at the Northern Communal Cemetery in Warsaw.{{Cite web|url=https://dziennikpolski24.pl/pozegnanie-huberta-wagnera/ar/2130474|title=Pożegnanie Huberta Wagnera|date=March 22, 2002|website=Dziennik Polski|language=pl}}

Legacy

The Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner is an annual three-day volleyball tournament with four national teams invited by Poland held since 2003.

Wagner was admitted to the International Volleyball Hall of Fame in 2010.[http://www.volleyhall.org/hubert-wagner.html Hubert Wagner – International Hall of Fame] – volleyball.org

Five schools and two sports arenas in Poland are named after him.

References

External links

{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/hubert-wagner-1.html |title=Hubert Wagner |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016132320/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/hubert-wagner-1.html |archive-date=2015-10-16 |url-status=dead}}

{{succession box

| before = {{flagicon|POL}} Tadeusz Szlagor

| after = {{flagicon|POL}} Jerzy Welcz

| title = Head coach of Poland

| years = 1973–1976

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{{succession box

| before = {{flagicon|POL}} Aleksander Skiba

| after = {{flagicon|POL}} Stanisław Gościniak

| title = Head coach of Poland

| years = 1983–1986

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