Michał Winiarski

{{Infobox volleyball biography

| name = Michał Winiarski

| image = Michał Winiarski 2014 02.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Winiarski in 2014

| full_name = Michał Jerzy Winiarski

| nickname = Winiar

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|9|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bydgoszcz, Poland

| hometown =

| height = 2.00 m

| college =

| position = Outside hitter

| currentcoachteam = Germany
Warta Zawiercie

| coachyears = 2017–2019
2019–2022
2022–
2022–

| coachteams = Skra Bełchatów ({{Tooltip|AC|Assistant coach}})
Trefl Gdańsk
Germany
Warta Zawiercie

| years = 2002–2005
2005–2006
2006–2009
2009–2013
2013–2014
2014–2017

| teams = AZS Częstochowa
Skra Bełchatów
Trentino Volley
Skra Bełchatów
Fakel Novy Urengoy
Skra Bełchatów

| nationalyears = 2004–2014

| nationalteam = {{vb|POL}} (240)

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry| {{POL}} }}

}}

File:At Katowice 2024 282.jpg]]

Michał Jerzy Winiarski (born 28 September 1983) is a Polish professional volleyball coach and former player. Winiarski was a member of the Poland national team from 2004 to 2014, a participant in the Olympic Games (Beijing 2008, London 2012), 2014 World Champion, and the 2012 World League winner. He serves as head coach for the Germany national team and the Polish PlusLiga team, Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie.{{cite web |url=https://www.volleyball-verband.de/de/redaktion/2022/april/halle--micha---winiarski-neuer-bundestrainer-der-deutschen-maenner/ |title=Michał Winiarski neuer Bundestrainer der deutschen Männer |work=German Volleyball Association |language=de |date=6 April 2022 |access-date=6 April 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://www.polsatsport.pl/wiadomosc/2022-06-03/plusliga-michal-winiarski-trenerem-aluronu-cmc-warty-zawiercie/ |title=PlusLiga: Michał Winiarski trenerem Aluronu CMC Warty Zawiercie |work=Polsat Sport |language=pl |date=3 June 2022 |access-date=12 June 2022}}

Personal life

Michał Winiarski was born in Bydgoszcz, Poland. He graduated from the Sports Championship School in Spała. He studied at the Management and Administration College in Opole. On 13 May 2006, he married Dagmara (née Stęplewska). On 28 November 2006, their son Oliwier was born. On 13 March 2014, his wife gave birth to their second son, named Antoni.

File:Michal Winiarski.jpg player in 2009.]]

File:Radość polskich siatkarzy.jpg in Katowice (2012 World League). In the foreground from left: Zbigniew Bartman, Bartosz Kurek, Winiarski, and Krzysztof Ignaczak.]]

Career as a player

=Club=

With AZS Częstochowa, Winiarski is a two–time bronze medallist of the Polish Championship (2004, 2005). He spent the 2005/2006 season as a player of BOT Skra Bełchatów, and won the Polish Championship and Polish Cup with this team. From 2006 to 2009, he played for Italian team Itas Diatec Trentino. With this team, he won the 2008–09 CEV Champions League, and was also named the Best Blocker of the tournament. He has a gold (2008) and silver (2009) medal from the Italian Championship. In 2009, he returned to PGE Skra Bełchatów. They won the Polish Championship in 2010, and 2011. He has a silver medal at the Club World Championship in 2010. In 2010, PGE Skra Bełchatów, including Winiarski, won a bronze medal of the CEV Champions League. They improved this result in 2012, when they won a silver medal of the CEV Champions League, after a match against Zenit Kazan at the Final Four held in Łódź, Poland.{{cite web |url=https://www-old.cev.eu/Competition-Area/CompetitionNews.aspx?ID=548&NewsID=12263 |title=Zenit KAZAN shatters PGE Skra dreams of home glory |work=CEV |date=18 March 2012 |access-date=22 March 2021}} Michał Winiarski was named the Best Receiver of the tournament. In 2013, he signed a 2–year contract with Fakel Novy Urengoy, but eventually spent only one season in Russia.{{cite web |url=http://www.lodz.sport.pl/sport-lodz/1,124022,13848204,Michal_Winiarski_odszedl_z_PGE_Skry_Belchatow____Propozycja.html |title=Michał Winiarski odszedł z PGE Skry Bełchatów: – Propozycja z Rosji była nie do odrzucenia |work=lodz.sport.pl |language=pl |date=4 May 2013 |access-date=22 March 2021}} On 16 June 2014, it was officially announced that Winiarski is returning to Bełchatów, and had signed a two–year contract with PGE Skra Bełchatów.{{cite web |url=https://belchatow.naszemiasto.pl/michal-winiarski-wraca-do-skry-belchatow/ar/c2-2325262 |title=Michał Winiarski wraca do Skry Bełchatów |work=Bełchatów Nasze Miasto |language=pl |date=16 June 2014 |access-date=22 March 2021}} On 8 October 2014, his team won the Polish SuperCup. On 7 February 2016, he won the Polish Cup after beating ZAKSA in the final.{{cite web |url=https://worldofvolley.com/Latest_news/Poland/64921/polish-cup-m-venture-of-all-time---skra-win-trophy-after-annulling-3-8-in-tie-break.html |title=POLISH CUP M: Venture of all time – Skra win trophy after annulling 3-8 in tie-break! |work=WorldofVolley |date=7 February 2016 |access-date=22 March 2021}} After the 2016–17 PlusLiga season, Winiarski decided to end his volleyball career.

=National team=

In 2003, he captained the Polish national volleyball team to a gold medal at the U21 World Championship. He debuted as a senior national team player on 7 January 2004, in a match against Russia. In 2006, he took part in the World Championship, where the Polish team finished 2nd. During the course of the Poland–Brazil match for the gold medal, his first son was born. In 2008, he took part in the Olympic Games Beijing 2008, where Poland came in fifth, and Winiarski received an award for the Best Receiver of the tournament. In 2011, he and the rest of his national team, won a silver medal at the World Cup.{{cite web |url=http://www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyball/Competitions/WorldCup/2011/Men/viewPressRelease.asp?No=33340&Language=en |title=Poland shoot up World Rankings on back of World Cup silver |work=FIVB |date=6 December 2011 |access-date=22 March 2021}} On 8 July 2012, the Polish national team won a gold medal at the 2012 World League with the final tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.{{cite web |url=http://www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyball/Competitions/WorldLeague/2012/viewPressRelease.asp?No=35977&Language=en# |title=Poland beat USA to claim first World League title |work=FIVB |date=8 July 2012 |access-date=22 March 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyball/Competitions/WorldLeague/2012/viewPressRelease.asp?No=35974&Language=en# |title=Poland wins historical gold at the 2012 World League |work=FIVB |date=8 July 2012 |access-date=22 March 2021}} In May 2014, Winiarski was chosen as the new captain of the national team, replacing the previous one, Marcin Możdżonek.{{cite web |url=https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/siatkowka/437496/reprezentacja-polski-po-spotkaniu-z-dzialaczami-pzps-i-wyborze-nowego-kapitana |title=Reprezentacja Polski po spotkaniu z działaczami PZPS i wyborze nowego kapitana |work=SportoweFakty |language=pl |date=7 May 2014 |access-date=22 March 2021}} On 21 September 2014, Poland, with Winiarski as the captain, won a title of the World Champions.{{cite web |url=http://poland2014.fivb.org/en/news/poland-win-second-world-championship-title-at?id=49498 |title=Poland win second World Championship title at home |work=FIVB |date=22 September 2014 |access-date=22 March 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://poland2014.fivb.org/en/news/poland-put-an-end-to-the-reign?id=49500 |title=Poland put an end to the reign of Brazil |work=FIVB |date=22 September 2014 |access-date=22 March 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.plusliga.pl/news/id/9650.html |title=FIVB MŚ Polska 2014: Polska ze złotym medalem |work=PlusLiga |language=pl |date=21 September 2014 |access-date=22 March 2021}} On the same day, Winiarski announced his retirement from the national team.

On 27 October 2014, Winiarski received a state award granted by the Polish President, Bronisław Komorowski: the Officer's Cross of Polonia Restituta for outstanding sports achievements and worldwide promotion of Poland.{{cite web |url=http://www.prezydent.pl/aktualnosci/ordery-i-odznaczenia/art,1382,dziekuje-za-chwile-wzruszenia-i-dumy.html |title="Dziękuję za chwile wzruszenia i dumy" |work=prezydent.pl |language=pl |date=27 October 2014 |access-date=22 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027165935/http://www.prezydent.pl/aktualnosci/ordery-i-odznaczenia/art,1382,dziekuje-za-chwile-wzruszenia-i-dumy.html |archive-date=27 October 2014}}

Honours

=As a player=

CEV Champions League
16px 2008–09 – with Itas Diatec Trentino
16px 2011–12 – with PGE Skra Bełchatów
Domestic
2005–06 16px Polish Cup, with BOT Skra Bełchatów
2005–06 16px Polish Championship, with BOT Skra Bełchatów
2007–08 16px Italian Championship, with Itas Diatec Trentino
2009–10 16px Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
2010–11 16px Polish Cup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
2010–11 16px Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
2011–12 16px Polish Cup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
2014–15 16px Polish SuperCup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
2015–16 16px Polish Cup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
Youth national team
2003 16px FIVB U21 World Championship

=As a coach=

Domestic
2023–24 16px Polish Cup, with Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie
2024–25 16px Polish SuperCup, with Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie

=Individual awards=

2006: Polish Cup – Best server
2008: Olympic Games – Best receiver
2009: CEV Champions League – Best blocker
2011: Polish Cup – Best receiver
2012: CEV Champions League – Best receiver
2012: Polish Cup – Best receiver

=State awards=

2006: File:POL Złoty Krzyż Zasługi BAR.svg Gold Cross of Merit
2014: File:POL Polonia Restituta Oficerski BAR.svg Officer's Cross of Polonia Restituta{{cite web |url=http://isap.sejm.gov.pl/DetailsServlet?id=WMP20150000014 |title=Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 23 października 2014 r. o nadaniu orderów i odznaczeń |work=Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej |language=pl |date=23 October 2014 |access-date=22 March 2021}}

References

External links

{{CEV player|1681|Player profile}}
[https://www.legavolley.it/player/WIN-MIC-83 Player profile] at LegaVolley.it {{in lang|it}}
[https://www.plusliga.pl/players/id/150 Player profile] at PlusLiga.pl {{in lang|pl}}
{{Olympics.com profile|michal-winiarski|Player profile}}
{{Olympedia|114326|Player profile}}
{{CEV coach|1681|Coach profile}}
[https://volleybox.net/michal-winiarski-p897 Coach/Player profile] at Volleybox.net