Artur Szalpuk | |||||
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Full name | Artur Kacper Szalpuk | ||||
Nickname | Szalupa | ||||
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 | Asseco Resovia | ||||
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Artur Kacper Szalpuk (born 20 March 1995) is a Polish professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for Asseco Resovia and the Poland national team. [1] [2] Szalpuk won a gold medal at the 2018 World Championship held in Italy.
On 2 April 2015, Szalpuk was called up to the national team by Stéphane Antiga. After the training camp in Spała he joined team B led by Andrzej Kowal. He took part in the 1st edition of the 2015 European Games, where Poland took 4th place. In July, he joined Poland's team A during an intercontinental round of the 2015 World League held in Kraków. He made his debut in the senior national team on 4 July 2015 in a lost match against the United States (1–3).
On 30 September 2018, Poland claimed their third 2018 World Champions title. [3] Poland beat Brazil in the final 3–0 and defended the title from 2014.