Artur Szalpuk | |||||
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Full name | Artur Kacper Szalpuk | ||||
Nationality | Polish | ||||
Born | Olsztyn, Poland | 20 March 1995||||
Height | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) | ||||
Weight | 91 kg (201 lb) | ||||
Spike | 348 cm (137 in) | ||||
Block | 338 cm (133 in) | ||||
Volleyball information | |||||
Position | Outside hitter | ||||
Current club | Projekt Warsaw | ||||
Number | 12 | ||||
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Artur Kacper Szalpuk (born 20 March 1995) is a Polish professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for Projekt Warsaw and the Poland national team.[1] Szalpuk won a gold medal at the 2018 World Championship held in Italy.
On 2 April 2015, Szalpuk was called up to the Poland national team by head coach Stéphane Antiga. After the training camp in Spała he went to team B of Polish national team led by Andrzej Kowal. He took part in 1st edition of 2015 European Games, where his national team took 4th place. In July he joined team A of Poland on matches with United States during intercontinental round of World League 2015 in Kraków. He made his debut in senior team on 4 July 2015 in lost match with United States (1–3).
On 30 September 2018 Poland achieved title of the 2018 World Champion.[2] Poland beat Brazil in the final 3–0 and defended the title from 2014.