Katarzyna Skowrońska-Dolata

{{Infobox volleyball player

| name = Katarzyna Skowrońska-Dolata

| image = Katarzyna Skowrońska-Dolata 02 - FIVB World Championship European Qualification Women Łódź January 2014.jpg

| fullname = Katarzyna Ewa Skowrońska-Dolata

| nickname = Kasia

| nationality = Polish

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|6|30|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Warsaw, Poland

| position = Opposite spiker / Wing spiker

| height = {{height|m=1.89|precision=0}}

| weight = {{convert|75|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| spike = {{convert|317|cm|abbr=on}}

| block = {{convert|302|cm|abbr=on}}

| team =

| currentnumber =

| nationalteam = {{vbw|POL}}

| nationalyears = 2003–2016

| updated = 14 May 2016

| years =

1995–1998
1998–2001
2001–2003
2003–2005
2005–2006
2006–2008
2008–2010
2010–2011
2011–2013
2013–2015
2015–2016
2016–2017
2017–2019

| clubs =

{{flagicon|POL}} Skra Warszawa
{{flagicon|POL}} SMS PZPS Sosnowiec
{{flagicon|POL}} AZS AWF Danter Poznań
{{flagicon|POL}} Nafta-Gaz Piła
{{flagicon|ITA}} Vicenza Volley
{{flagicon|ITA}} Asystel Novara
{{flagicon|ITA}} Scavolini Pesaro
{{flagicon|TUR}} Fenerbahçe Istanbul
{{flagicon|CHN}} Guangdong Evergrande
{{flagicon|AZE}} Rabita Baku
{{flagicon|POL}} Impel Wrocław
{{flagicon|ITA}} Foppapedretti Bergamo
{{flagicon|BRA}} Hinode Barueri

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry | {{POL}} }}

}}

Katarzyna Ewa Skowrońska-Dolata (born 30 June 1983) is a Polish former volleyball player, a member of Poland women's national volleyball team and Italian club Foppapedretti Bergamo, double European Champion (2003, 2005), gold medalist of Italian, Turkish, Chinese and Azeri national championships.

Personal life

Skowrońska was born in Warsaw, Poland. On June 17, 2006 she married Jakub Dolata, her manager.

Early years

She became interested in volleyball as a teenager, after watching her brother play the sport. As a 15 year old Skowrońska went to the School of Sports Championship Polish Volleyball Federation in Sosnowiec and started to play as a middle blocker. Her first success when she was a student of this school was the gold medal of Cadet European Championship 1999 and Junior European Championship 2000. File:KatarzynaSkowronska1.jpg in 2010.]]

Career

Skowrońska-Dolata began her career as an attacker at the club Skra Warszawa, where her coach was Teofil Czerwiński. In 2003 she debuted in the Polish national team. During her debut season she won the title of European Champion 2003 in Ankara, Turkey.[http://eurosport.onet.pl/siatkowka/polskie-siatkarki-mistrzyniami-europy/xl25y Polskie siatkarki mistrzyniami Europy! ] - eurosport.onet.pl - 28-09-2003

In 2001-2003, she was a player of AZS AWF Danter Poznań and won with this club a silver medal of Polish Championship in season 2002/2003. Then after two seasons 2003-2005 in Polish club Nafta-Gaz Piła and winning a bronze medal of Polish Championship 2004/2005 she moved to Italian League to Vicenza Volley, where spent season 2005/2006. In 2005 the Polish national team repeated its success from 2003 and Skowrońska won the second title of European Champion 2005 in Zagreb, Croatia. For her sport achievements, she received the Golden Cross of Merit in 2005 by Aleksander Kwaśniewski.[http://www.prezydent.pl/archiwalne-aktualnosci/rok-2005/art,303,spotkanie-prezydenta-rp-z-polskimi-siatkarkami-mistrzyniami-europy.html Spotkanie Prezydenta RP z polskimi siatkarkami – mistrzyniami Europy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140725033558/http://www.prezydent.pl/archiwalne-aktualnosci/rok-2005/art,303,spotkanie-prezydenta-rp-z-polskimi-siatkarkami-mistrzyniami-europy.html |date=2014-07-25 }} - prezydent.pl - 27-09-2005 In 2007 Skowrońska achieve a title of Best Scorer in FIVB World Cup despite the fact that Poland has not won a qualifications for the Olympic Games.[http://aktualnosci.siatka.org/pokaz/2007-11-16-ps-wloszka-simona-gioli-mvp-japonskiego-turnieju PŚ: Włoszka Simona Gioli MVP japońskiego turnieju] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724131946/http://aktualnosci.siatka.org/pokaz/2007-11-16-ps-wloszka-simona-gioli-mvp-japonskiego-turnieju |date=2014-07-24 }} - siatka.org - 16-11-2007[http://sport.interia.pl/siatkowka/reprezentacja-kobiet/skowronska-wyrozniona-zdjecie,iId,599230,iAId,40039 Skowrońska wyróżniona] - sport.interia.pl - 16-11-2007

In the 2007-8 season she won a bronze medal in the CEV Champions League as well as the title of Best Scorer in the tournament alongside Asystel Novara. In 2008 she played at Olympic Games 2008. However the Polish women's national team was eliminated in the group stage. In 2008-2010 she played for the Italian side Scavolini Pesaro, a two-year period that was to prove amongst the most successful of her career. In 2008/2009 she won a SuperCup 2008, Italian Cup. She also won for the first time Italian Champion. In 2009/2010 she won the SuperCup 2009 and the Italian Champion for the second time.

At the end of the 2009/10 season, Skowrońska-Dolata moved to Turkish side Fenerbahçe Acıbadem Istanbul.[http://www.fenerbahce.org/fb2008/detay.asp?ContentID=19851 Türkiye’nin en büyük kulübündeyim] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605030734/http://www.fenerbahce.org/fb2008/detay.asp?ContentID=19851 |date=2010-06-05 }} - fenerbahce.org - 02-06-2010[http://www.sportowefakty.pl/siatkowka/145408/katarzyna-skowronska-podpisala-kontrakt-z-fenerbahce Katarzyna Skowrońska podpisała kontrakt z Fenerbahce!] - sportowefakty.pl - 02-06-2010

Here Katarzyna won the 2010 FIVB World Club Championship, played in Doha, Qatar. She earned the Most Valuable Player and the Best Scorer awards.[http://sport.wp.pl/kat,1912,title,KMS-Skowronska-Dolata-MVP-turnieju,wid,12970054,wiadomosc.html?ticaid=11319f&_ticrsn=3 KMŚ: Skowrońska-Dolata MVP turnieju!] - sport.wp.pl - 21-12-2010 Skowrońska won the bronze medal with Fenerbahçe Acıbadem at the CEV Champions League 2010/2011. In the same season she won the title of Turkish Champion.[http://eurosport.onet.pl/siatkowka/fenerbahce-stambul-ze-skowronska-dolata-mistrzem-turcji/yc9y2 Fenerbahce Stambuł ze Skowrońską-Dolatą mistrzem Turcji] - eurosport.onet.pl - 11-05-2011 In 2011 she moved to Chinese club - Guangdong Evergrande. With this club she won the title of Chinese Champion 2011/2012, silver medal of Chinese Championship 2012/2013 and Asian Club Championship 2013. In 2013 moved to Azeri Rabita Baku.[http://sport.fakt.pl/katarzyna-skowronska-rozpoczela-przygode-z-baku,artykuly,423149,1.html Skowronek w wieży Babel] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140730015327/http://sport.fakt.pl/katarzyna-skowronska-rozpoczela-przygode-z-baku,artykuly,423149,1.html |date=2014-07-30 }} - sport.fakt.pl - 12-10-2013 She won the bronze medal of the CEV Champions League 2013/2014 after losing match (0-3) against Russian Dinamo Kazan in the semifinals, but defeating 3-0 to the Turkish Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul in the third place match.[http://www.cev.lu/News.aspx?NewsID=16852&ID=678 Bronze consolation for Rabita at home Final Four] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821175952/http://www.cev.lu/News.aspx?NewsID=16852&ID=678 |date=2016-08-21 }} - cev.lu - 16-03-2014[http://eurosport.onet.pl/siatkowka/liga-mistrzow/rabita-baku-trzecia-druzyna-ligi-mistrzyn-2014/g7w3e Rabita Baku trzecią drużyną Ligi Mistrzyń 2014] - eurosport.onet.pl - 16-03-2014

Skowrońska won a title of Azeri Champion 2013/2014 after winning match 3-0 against Baki-Azeryol[http://www.volleyball.it/notizie.asp?s=118&n=80541&l=0 Azerbaijan: Sesto scudetto consecutivo per il Rabita] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419045412/http://www.volleyball.it/notizie.asp?s=118&n=80541&l=0 |date=2014-04-19 }} - volleyball.it - 18-04-2014 and Skowrońska was Best Scorer and Most Valuable Player of the final series.[http://www.volleyball.it/notizie.asp?s=118&n=80558&l=0 Azerbaijan: I premi individuali del campionato] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419031449/http://www.volleyball.it/notizie.asp?s=118&n=80558&l=0 |date=2014-04-19 }} - volleyball.it - 18-04-2014[http://eurosport.onet.pl/siatkowka/katarzyna-skowronska-dolata-mistrzynia-azerbejdzanu-z-rabita-baku/gbr8n Katarzyna Skowrońska-Dolata mistrzynią Azerbejdżanu z Rabitą Baku] - eurosport.onet.pl - 18-04-2014 In March 2014 Skowrońska-Dolata signed a new one-year contract with Rabita.[http://www.sport.pl/siatkowka/1,64948,15600774,Siatkowka__Skowronska_Dolata_zostaje_na_kolejny_sezon.html Skowrońska-Dolata zostaje na kolejny sezon w Rabicie Baku ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029012915/http://www.sport.pl/siatkowka/1,64948,15600774,Siatkowka__Skowronska_Dolata_zostaje_na_kolejny_sezon.html |date=2014-10-29 }} - sport.pl - 10-03-2014 In season 2013/2014 she achieved title of Azeri Champion and bronze medal of CEV Champions League.

In May 2015 she signed a contract with Polish club Impel Wrocław, making a return to the Polish league after a period of 10 years.[http://www.orlenliga.pl/news/id/7277 Katarzyna Skowrońska-Dolata wraca na polskie partkiety]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} - orlenliga.pl - 13-05-2015 She took part in 1st edition of European Games. Skowrońska-Dolata helped Poland beat Serbia in the semifinals, thereby qualifying for the tournaments final.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20170903205103/http://www.baku2015.com/news/article/poland-create-horror-movies-way-final.html?intcmp=nav_suggested Poland ‘create horror movies’ on way to final]}} - baku2015.com - 25-06-2015 On June 27, 2015 Poland was beaten by Turkey and Skowrońska-Dolata with her teammates achieved silver medal.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20190203101225/http://www.baku2015.com/news/article/turkey-win-women-volleyball-gold.html Turks triumph over Poland in final, Serbia beat Azerbaijan to bronze]}} - baku2015.com - 27-06-2015