Zbigniew Bartman

Summary

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.

Zbigniew Bartman
Personal information
Full nameZbigniew Andrzej Bartman
NicknameZibi
NationalityPolish
Born (1987-05-04) 4 May 1987 (age 36)
Warsaw, Poland
Height1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight97 kg (214 lb)
Spike363 cm (143 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter / Opposite
Career
YearsTeams
2004–2005
2005–2007
2007–2008
2008–2009
2009
2009–2010
2010–2011
2011–2012
2012–2013
2013–2014
2014–2015
2015–2016
2016
2016
2016–2017
2017–2019
2019–2020
2020
2021
Płomień Sosnowiec
BluVolley Verona
Halkbank Ankara
AZS Częstochowa
Gazprom-Ugra Surgut
Prisma Volley
AZS Politechnika Warszawska
Jastrzębski Węgiel
Asseco Resovia
Modena Volley
Jastrzębski Węgiel
Sichuan Chengdu
Stade Poitevin Poitiers
Al Rayyan SC
Galatasaray
UPCN Vóley Club
Asseco Resovia
Stal Nysa
Al–Nasr Dubai
National team
2008–2013 Poland (137)
Honours
Representing  Poland
Men's volleyball
FIVB World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2011 Japan
FIVB World League
Gold medal – first place 2012 Sofia
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Gdańsk
CEV European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2009 Turkey

Personal life edit

Zbigniew Bartman was born in 1987 in Warsaw. He has a child born in 2019.[1]

Career edit

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,[2] also in 2004. Both Kubiak and Bartman gave up playing beach volleyball.

Club edit

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.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] In February 2016 Bartman decided to change club and moved to French Stade Poitevin Poitiers because of the injury crisis affecting the French club.[6]

National team edit

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.[7] 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 Cup[8] and bronze at World League,[9] 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.[10][11] In addition, he received an award for Best Spiker.

Honours edit

Club edit

Youth national team edit

Beach volleyball edit

Individual awards edit

State awards edit

Statistics edit

  • 2008–09 PlusLiga – Best scorer (483 points)
  • 2008–09 PlusLiga – Best spiker (411 points)

External links edit

  • Player profile at CEV.eu
  • Player profile at PlusLiga.pl
  • Player profile at Volleybox.net
Awards
Preceded by Best Spiker of
FIVB World League

2012
Succeeded by

References edit

  1. ^ Zibi Został Ojcem I Wraca Do Argentyny. Teraz Bartman Celuje W Obronę Tytułu – date = 30-01-19 | access-date = 14-05-19
  2. ^ Men's U18 Event 2004 Results – fivb.org – 12-09-2004
  3. ^ Zbigniew Bartman zagra w Casa Modena – eurosport.onet.pl – 05-06-2013
  4. ^ Wielki powrót. Zbigniew Bartman ponownie w Jastrzębskim Węglu! – jastrzebskiwegiel.pl – 24-070-2014
  5. ^ Bartman and Lasko in Chinese Sichuan! – worldofvolley.com – 19-06-2015
  6. ^ Nouveau jocker médical au SPVB – spvb.net – 04-02-2016
  7. ^ Reprezentacja siatkarzy odznaczona przez prezydenta – prezydent.pl – 15-09-2009
  8. ^ Poland shoot up World Rankings on back of World Cup silver – fivb.org – 06-12-2011
  9. ^ 2011 FIVB Volleyball World League Final Report – fivb.org – 10-07-2011
  10. ^ Poland beat USA to claim first World League title – fivb.org – 08-07-2012
  11. ^ Poland wins historical gold at the 2012 World League – fivb.org – 08-07-2012