Ryszard Bosek
Ryszard Bosek (born 12 April 1950) is a Polish former volleyball player and coach. He was a member of the Polish national team from 1969 to 1986, and was a participant in three Olympic Games (1972, 1976, 1980). During his career, he won gold medals in the 1974 World Championship and the 1976 Summer Olympics. Personal life
Bosek was born in Kamienna Góra, Poland. In 2008, he had cancer, and returned to health after receiving treatment. He worked as a volleyball expert for Polsat Sport, and as a manager of a few volleyball players (Bartosz Kurek, Piotr Nowakowski, Jakub Jarosz). Career

National team
Bosek participated in several World Championships: 1970 (5th place), 1974, and 1978 (8th place). In 1974, Poland won the World Championship title for the very first time. Among Bosek's achievements, he has three silver medals of the European Championship (1975, 1977, 1979). In all three cases, Poland lost to the Soviet Union. Bosek was a participant in the following Olympic Games: 1972 Munich, 1976 Montreal, and 1980 Moscow. In 1976, as one of the players of the team led by Hubert Jerzy Wagner, he won a gold medal. Poland won the final match of the tournament against the Soviet Union on 30 July 1976. Honours

As a player
 CEV European Champions Cup
  1977–78 – with Płomień Milowice
 Domestic
 1976–77  Polish Championship, with Płomień Milowice
 1978–79  Polish Championship, with Płomień Milowice

References

External links

 
 
 Player profile at LegaVolley.it 
 Player profile at Volleybox.net

1950 births
Living people
People from Kamienna Góra
Volleyball players from Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Polish men's volleyball players
Polish volleyball coaches
Olympic volleyball players for Poland
Volleyball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Volleyball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Volleyball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Poland
Olympic medalists in volleyball
Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Recipients of the Gold Cross of Merit (Poland)
Polish expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Expatriate volleyball players in Italy
Jastrzębski Węgiel coaches