Karol Bielecki

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Karol Bielecki
Personal information
Born (1982-01-23) 23 January 1982 (age 42)
Sandomierz, Poland
Nationality Polish
Height 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)
Playing position Left back
Senior clubs
Years Team
1997–1999
Wisła Sandomierz
1999–2004
Vive Targi Kielce
2004–2007
SC Magdeburg
2007–2012
Rhein-Neckar Löwen
2012–2018
PGE Vive Kielce
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2017
Poland 255 (955)
Medal record
World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2007 Germany
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Croatia
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Qatar

Karol Bielecki (born 23 January 1982) is a Polish former handball player who played for the Polish national team.[1]

Career

He played for the

World Handball Championship in 2007 and a bronze in 2009 and 2015. He announced his retirement from the national team on 13 April 2012, following the unsuccessful Olympic campaign of Poland.[2]

Karol Bielecki during a match with the national team

On 11 June 2010, Bielecki received severe eye injury during a friendly match against

Bundesliga debut after the injury.[4]

On 1 February 2015, Poland, including Bielecki, won the bronze medal of the 2015 World Championship.[5][6]

He participated at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where he was the topscorer in the men's handball tournament.

On 20 May 2018, he announced his retirement as a player.[7]

Achievements

PGE Vive Kielce
SC Magdeburg
  • EHF Cup
    : 2006–07
Individual

State awards

References

  1. ^ "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 January 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Karol Bielecki retires from National Team!". Planet Handball. 13 April 2012. Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  3. ^ Verletzung im Testspiel - Handballprofi Bielecki bleibt auf linkem Auge blind (in German)
  4. ^ Piłka ręczna. 11 bramek Karola Bieleckiego Archived 2012-02-29 at the Wayback Machine (in Polish)
  5. ^ France on top again, silver for Qatar, bronze for Poland Archived 2016-01-31 at the Wayback Machine - qatarhandball2015.com - 01-02-2015
  6. ^ Bronze goes to Poland - ihf.info - 01-02-2015
  7. ^ Karol Bielecki kończny kariere (in Polish)

External links

Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for  Poland
Rio de Janeiro 2016
Succeeded by