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.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,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.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.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.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.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.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 CupPoland shoot up World Rankings on back of World Cup silver – fivb.org – 06-12-2011 and bronze at World League,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.Poland beat USA to claim first World League title – fivb.org – 08-07-2012Poland 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 Doha 2011 – with Jastrzębski Węgiel Domestic 2007–08 Turkish Championship, with Halkbank Ankara 2012–13 Polish Championship, with Asseco Resovia 2017–18 Argentine SuperCup, with UPCN Vóley Club 2017–18 Argentine Championship, with UPCN Vóley Club
Youth national team 2005 CEV U19 European Championship
Beach volleyball 2004 CEV U18 European Championship, with Michał Kubiak 2004 FIVB U19 World Championship, with Michał Kubiak
Individual awards 2012: FIVB World League – Best spiker
State awards 2009: Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta
Statistics 2008–09 PlusLiga – Best scorer (483 points) 2008–09 PlusLiga – Best spiker (411 points)
External links Player profile at CEV.eu Player profile at PlusLiga.pl Player profile at Volleybox.net
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