Hand prints and signature at the Avenue of Volleyball Stars, Katowice

Artur Kacper Szalpuk (born 20 March 1995) is a Polish professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for Projekt Warsaw and the Poland national team.[1] Szalpuk won a gold medal at the 2018 World Championship held in Italy.

Career

National team

On 2 April 2015, Szalpuk was called up to the Poland national team by head coach Stéphane Antiga. After the training camp in Spała he went to team B of Polish national team led by Andrzej Kowal. He took part in 1st edition of 2015 European Games, where his national team took 4th place. In July he joined team A of Poland on matches with United States during intercontinental round of World League 2015 in Kraków. He made his debut in senior team on 4 July 2015 in lost match with United States (1–3).

On 30 September 2018 Poland achieved title of the 2018 World Champion.[2] Poland beat Brazil in the final 3–0 and defended the title from 2014.

Honours

Club

Youth national team

Individual awards

State awards

References

  1. ^ "Artur Szalpuk odchodzi z Trefla Gdańsk". treflgdansk.pl (in Polish). 25 May 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Poland triumph over Brazil to retain World title for years more years". fivb.com. 30 September 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Poland's Projekt Warszawa Claims CEV Challenge Cup 2024 Men's Title". CEV. 27 February 2024. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Odznaczenia dla Mistrzów Świata w Piłce Siatkowej Mężczyzn 2018". prezydent.pl (in Polish). 2 October 2018. Archived from the original on 7 October 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
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