Gwardia Wrocław (women's volleyball)

Gwardia Wrocław, officially Volleyball Wrocław stylised as #VolleyWrocław for sponsorship reasons, is a Polish women's volleyball club based in Wrocław and playing in the Polish Volleyball League.

Previous names Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names: KS Gwardia Wrocław (1945–1990s) ZEC ESV Gwardia Wrocław (1990s–2004) ZEC SV Gwardia Wrocław (2004–2006) Dialog Gwardia Wrocław (2006–2007) Impel Gwardia Wrocław (2007–2012) Impel Wrocław (2012–2018) #VolleyWrocław (2018–present)

History The club was established in July 1945 as the police sports club and was named . It offered many different sports (at its peak in the 1980s it had 19 sports departments) and volleyball has always been one of its most important departments. It gained importance in the 1990s when women's volleyball started to become professional in Poland. That commercialization brought sponsors (the club has been renamed few times through the years) and investors. The club first played in the highest Polish Women's Volleyball League in 1999 and has also participated in European competitions (Top Teams Cup and Challenge Cup).

2010–2011 season Since the new season there was more money in the budget. Impel Gwardia Wroclaw could afford good athletes. The top athletes in the club: Katarzyna Mroczkowska, Bogumiła Barańska, Joanna Wołosz, Monika Czypiruk, Zuzanna Efimienko, Dominika Sobolska, Ola Krzos have been preserved. The team left Olga Owczynnikowa, Aleksandra Szafraniec, Marta Czerwińska. Another player- Agnieszka Jagiełło ended his career volleyball. There have been interesting transfers. The team joined Anna Witczak of Muszynianka Muszyna, Ewa Matyjaszek and Maja Tokarska of PTPS Piła, the sister of Dominika Sobolska - Marta and returning after maternity leave Katarzyna Jaszewska. Additionally there was a change on the coach of physician coach- Christian Verona, who worked last season with the club Monte Schiavo Banca Marche Jesi. Ultimately, the team finished the game on the 5th place.

2011–2012 season

In 2011 the owner of the Impel Gwardia Wrocław became Impel S.A. The investor responsible for the team supervision is Impel Volleyball S.A.- the company belonging to the Impel Group. The core team from last season: Katarzyna Mroczkowska, Bogumiła Pyziołek or Anna Witczak hasn't been changed. The contract with the club has also renewed Katarzyna Jaszewska – Impel's Gwardia best volleyball player in the 2010/2011 season. Jaszewska along with Susan Efimienko represented our country at the last European Championship volleyball team taking the 5th place. Joanna Wołosz and Maja Tokarska left the team to join BKS Bielsko-Biała and Atom Trefl Sopot, respectively. In return the team strengthened: Arielle Wilson (from the USA - academic game), Milena Rosner, member of the Poland national team, which won the 2005 Women's European Volleyball Championship, Marta Haładyn (from MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza) and Dorota Medyńska (SMS Sosnowiec / TOP Bolesławiec). The injury healed Aleksandra Folta, which together with Dorota Medyńska is the youngest part of the Impel Gwardia. Women's team played in Women PlusLiga so far 15 matches, winning five of them. Team has the 17 points and followed by the 7th position. Team is doing very well in the Challenge Cup, advancing to 1 / 8 of the tournament. The team finished the game on the 5th place.

Honours Polish Championship Runners-up (1): 2013–14 Polish Cup: Runners-up (3): 1960–61, 2002–03, 2003–04

Team Season 2016–2017, as of March 2017. Number Player Position Height (m) Weight (kg) Birth date1 Andrea KossanyiováOutside hitter1.85653 Monika PtakMiddle blocker1.88764 Katarzyna KoniecznaOpposite1.84785 Agnieszka KąkolewskaMiddle blocker1.99856 Barbara CembrzyńskaOpposite1.85707 Joanna KaczorOpposite1.91709 Agata SawickaLibero1.817210 Izabela BałuckaMiddle blocker1.857712 Micha HancockSetter1.807813 Adrianna WysockaSetter1.867214 Natalia MędrzykOutside hitter1.847515 Magdalena StasiakLibero1.636017 Megan CourtneyOutside hitter1.866618 Aleksandra SikorskaMiddle blocker1.8567 First coach : Marek Solarewicz Second coach: Wojciech Kurczyński Assistant coach: Mateusz Żarczyński Physiotherapist : Artur Hnida

2015–2016 Team NumberName and surnameDate of birthHeightNationalityPosition 1Andrea Kossanyiová August 6, 1993 1,85 outside hitter 3Monika Ptak May 14, 1990 1,88 middle blocker 4Karolina Piśla August 5, 1996 1,84 outside hitter 5Agnieszka Kąkolewska October 17, 1994 1,99 middle blocker 6Barbara Cembrzyńska May 19, 1997 1,85 opposite 7Joanna Kaczor September 16, 1984 1,91 opposite 8Lenka Dürr December 10, 1990 1,71 libero 9Agata Sawicka January 17, 1985 1,81 libero 10Kristin Hildebrand June 30, 1985 1,85 outside hitter 11Aleksandra Sikorska April 28, 1993 1,86 middle blocker 12Milena Radecka October 18, 1984 1,78 setter 13Magdalena Gryka March 28, 1994 1,78 setter 14Aleksandra Sochacka May 5, 1997 1,81 outside hitter 15Magdalena Stasiak July 10, 1995 1,63 libero 17Katarzyna Skowrońska-Dolata June 30, 1983 1,89 opposite 18Carolina Costagrande October 15, 1980 1,88 outside hitter First coach : Jacek Grabowski Second coach and statistics : Marek Solarewicz Physiotherapist : Artur Hnida Physician coach: Christian Verona Menager: Dariusz Gintowt

2011–2012 TeamNumberName and surnameDate of birthHeightNationalityIn the club sincePosition 1Arielle Wilson January 3, 1989 1,91 2011 middle blocker 2Katarzyna Mroczkowska December 30, 1980 1,82 2002Grała w Gwardii w latach 1999-2001 opposite 3Anna Witczak March 2, 1982 1,82 2010 receiver 4Marta Sobolska February 16, 1987 1,80/ 2010 receiver 5Aleksandra Folta June 20, 1992 1,82 ward receiver 6Monika Czypiruk July 27, 1982 1,86 2009 opposite 7Ewa Matyjaszek April 23, 1979 1,76 2010 setter 8Aleksandra Krzos June 23, 1989 1,81 ward libero 9Katarzyna Jaszewska December 6, 1981 1,81 2010 receiver 10Bogumiła Pyziołek December 1, 1986 1,80 2002 receiver 11Dorota Medyńska April 25, 1993 1,68 2011 libero 12Marta Haładyn January 3, 1988 1,79 wardW latach 2009-2011 reprezentowała Tauron MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza. setter 13Milena Rosner January 4, 1980 1,80 2011 receiver 15Dominika Sobolska December 3, 1991 1,91/ 2009 middle blocker 16Zuzanna Efimienko August 8, 1989 1,97 2007 middle blocker First coach : Rafał Błaszczyk Second coach and statistics : Marek Solarewicz Physiotherapist : Artur Hnida Physician coach: Christian Verona Menager: Dariusz Gintowt

2009–2010 TeamNumberNameHeightNationalityIn club sincePosition 1 Olga Owczynnikowa 1,80 / 2009 Setter 2 Katarzyna Mroczkowska 1,812002 Middle Blocker 6 Monika Czypiruk 1,842009 Wing Spiker 8 Aleksandra Krzos 1,802007 Opposite / Libero 9 Marta Czerwińska 1,792008 Wing Spiker 10 Bogumiła Barańska 1,802002 Wing Spiker 11 Agnieszka Jagiełło 1,67? Opposite / Libero 12 Joanna Wołosz 1,812009 Setter 13 Aleksandra Szafraniec 1,922008 Middle Blocker 15 Dominika Sobolska 1,91 / 2009 Middle Blocker 16 Zuzanna Efimienko 1,962007 Middle Blocker Manager : Rafał Błaszczyk Physiotherapist: Artur Hnida Statistics: Marek Solarewicz

References

External links

Official website