Zbigniew Bartman

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| name = Zbigniew Bartman

| image = Zbigniew Bartman 2. 2010-05-29.jpg

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| full_name = Zbigniew Andrzej Bartman

| nickname = Zibi

| nationality = Polish

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|5|4|df=y}}

| birth_place = Warsaw, Poland

| hometown =

| height = 1.98 m

| weight = 97 kg

| spike = 363 cm

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| position = Outside hitter / Opposite

| years = 2004–2005
2005–2007
2007–2008
2008–2009
2009
2009–2010
2010–2011
2011–2012
2012–2013
2013–2014
2014–2015
2015–2016
2016
2016
2016–2017
2017–2019
2019–2020
2020
2021

| teams = Płomień Sosnowiec
BluVolley Verona
Halkbank Ankara
AZS Częstochowa
Gazprom-Ugra Surgut
Prisma Volley
AZS Politechnika Warszawska
Jastrzębski Węgiel
Asseco Resovia
Modena Volley
Jastrzębski Węgiel
Sichuan Chengdu
Stade Poitevin Poitiers
Al Rayyan SC
Galatasaray
UPCN Vóley Club
Asseco Resovia
Stal Nysa
Al–Nasr Dubai

| nationalyears = 2008–2013

| nationalteam = {{vb|POL}} (137)

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry| {{POL}} }}

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Zbigniew Andrzej Bartman (born 4 May 1987) is a Polish former professional volleyball player, a member of the Poland national team in 2008–2013, a participant in the 2012 Olympic Games, 2009 European Champion, and the 2012 World League winner.

Personal life

Zbigniew Bartman was born in 1987 in Warsaw. He has a child born in 2019.

[https://www.przegladsportowy.pl/siatkowka/zbigniew-bartman-zostal-ojcem-i-wraca-do-argentyny/1b9kpm4 Zibi Został Ojcem I Wraca Do Argentyny. Teraz Bartman Celuje W Obronę Tytułu] – date = 30-01-19

| access-date = 14-05-19

Career

Before his career as an indoor volleyball player, Bartman played beach volleyball with Michał Kubiak. They won a gold medal at the European U-18 Championship in 2004 and a silver medal at the World U-18 Championship,[http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/U21/2004/menU18/maindrawres.asp Men's U18 Event 2004 Results] – fivb.org – 12-09-2004 also in 2004. Both Kubiak and Bartman gave up playing beach volleyball.

=Club=

Bartman debuted in PlusLiga for the club MOS Wola Warszawa during a match against Skra Bełchatów in 2003. In 2013/2014, he played for Italian club Casa Modena.[http://eurosport.onet.pl/siatkowka/reprezentacje/media-zbigniew-bartman-zagra-w-casa-modena/6lllw Zbigniew Bartman zagra w Casa Modena ] – eurosport.onet.pl – 05-06-2013 With the Italian team, he played in the semifinals of the Italian Championship, but lost in matches against Lube Banca Macerata. In July 2014, Bartman announced he would be returning to Polish club, Jastrzębski Węgiel, where he played in the 2012/2013 season.[http://www.jastrzebskiwegiel.pl/wielki_powrot_zbigniew_bartman_ponownie_w_jastrzebskim_weglu,aktualnosci,1214.html Wielki powrót. Zbigniew Bartman ponownie w Jastrzębskim Węglu!] – jastrzebskiwegiel.pl – 24-070-2014 His team took 4th place in 2014–15 PlusLiga. On 19 June 2015 he announced that he moved to Chinese team Sichuan Chengdu, together with Michal Lasko – one of his teammates from previous club.[http://www.worldofvolley.com/News/Latest_news/Poland/53943/breaking-bartman-and-lasko-in-chinese-sichuan.html Bartman and Lasko in Chinese Sichuan!] – worldofvolley.com – 19-06-2015 In February 2016 Bartman decided to change club and moved to French Stade Poitevin Poitiers because of the injury crisis affecting the French club.[http://www.spvb.net/actualites/detail/nouveau-jocker-medical-au-spvb Nouveau jocker médical au SPVB] – spvb.net – 04-02-2016

=National team=

In 2009, he won a gold medal in the European Championship. He began his career as an outside hitter, but the coach of Polish national team at the time, Andrea Anastasi, persuaded him to change his position on the court to wing-spiker. On 14 September 2009 he was awarded Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta.[http://www.prezydent.pl/aktywnosc/ordery-i-odznaczenia/art,695,reprezentacja-siatkarzy-odznaczona-przez-prezydenta.html Reprezentacja siatkarzy odznaczona przez prezydenta] – prezydent.pl – 15-09-2009 The Order was conferred on the following day by the Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk. With the Polish national team, he won two medals in 2011: silver at World Cup[http://www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyball/Competitions/WorldCup/2011/Men/viewPressRelease.asp?No=33340&Language=en Poland shoot up World Rankings on back of World Cup silver] – fivb.org – 06-12-2011 and bronze at World League,[http://www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyball/Competitions/WorldLeague/2011/FIVB_WorldLeague_FinalReport_2011/#/78/ 2011 FIVB Volleyball World League Final Report] – fivb.org – 10-07-2011 where during the Poland – Bulgaria match, he was injured. For this reason, he did not participate in the European Championship, where his teammates won bronze medals. He was a gold medalist at the World League 2012 in Sofia, Bulgaria.[http://www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyball/Competitions/WorldLeague/2012/viewPressRelease.asp?No=35977&Language=en# Poland beat USA to claim first World League title] – fivb.org – 08-07-2012[http://www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyball/Competitions/WorldLeague/2012/viewPressRelease.asp?No=35974&Language=en# Poland wins historical gold at the 2012 World League] – fivb.org – 08-07-2012 In addition, he received an award for Best Spiker.

Honours

=Club=

FIVB Club World Championship
16px Doha 2011 – with Jastrzębski Węgiel
Domestic
2007–08 16px Turkish Championship, with Halkbank Ankara
2012–13 16px Polish Championship, with Asseco Resovia
2017–18 16px Argentine SuperCup, with UPCN Vóley Club
2017–18 16px Argentine Championship, with UPCN Vóley Club

=Youth national team=

2005 16px CEV U19 European Championship

=Beach volleyball=

2004 16px CEV U18 European Championship, with Michał Kubiak
2004 16px FIVB U19 World Championship, with Michał Kubiak

=Individual awards=

2012: FIVB World League – Best spiker

=State awards=

2009: File:POL Polonia Restituta Kawalerski BAR.svg Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta

=Statistics=

2008–09 PlusLiga – [https://www.plusliga.pl/statsRanking/tournament_1/2008.html Best scorer] (483 points)
2008–09 PlusLiga – [https://www.plusliga.pl/statsRanking/tournament_1/2008.html Best spiker] (411 points)

External links

[https://www.cev.eu/PlayerDetail.aspx?PlayerID=23811 Player profile] at CEV.eu
[https://www.plusliga.pl/players/id/82 Player profile] at PlusLiga.pl
[https://volleybox.net/zbigniew-bartman-p958 Player profile] at Volleybox.net

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| after = {{flagicon|BUL}} Tsvetan Sokolov

| title = Best Spiker of
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| years = 2012

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