Karol Kłos | |||||
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Born | (1989-08-08) 8 August 1989 (age 35) Warsaw, Poland | ||||
Height | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||||
Weight | 87 kg (192 lb) | ||||
Spike | 355 cm (140 in) | ||||
Block | 340 cm (134 in) | ||||
Volleyball information | |||||
Position | Middle blocker | ||||
Current club | Asseco Resovia | ||||
Number | 6 | ||||
Career | |||||
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Karol Kłos (born 8 August 1989) is a Polish professional volleyball player who plays as a middle blocker for Asseco Resovia. He is a former member of the Poland national team, a participant in the Olympic Games Rio 2016 and the 2014 World Champion.
Personal life
On 15 July 2017, he married Aleksandra Dudzicka. He is a graduate of the Miguel de Cervantes Liceum in Warsaw.
Career
Club
Kłos moved to Skra Bełchatów in 2010. He signed a new contract with Skra towards the end of the 2014/2015 season. On 27 May 2014 his team won the Polish Championship after final matches against Asseco Resovia. That was his second national title. On 8 October 2014 his team won the Polish SuperCup. On 6 May 2015 he won a bronze medal of the Polish Championship.
In May 2015 he extended his contract with Skra Bełchatów until the end of the 2016/2017 season. On 7 February 2016 alongside PGE Skra he won the Polish Cup after beating ZAKSA in the final. In April 2016 he was a member of the same team which won a bronze medal of the Polish Championship.
National team
On 21 September 2014 he won a title of the 2014 World Champion and received an individual award for the Best Middle Blocker of the tournament. On 27 October 2014 Kłos received a state award granted by the Polish President Bronisław Komorowski – Gold Cross of Merit for outstanding sports achievements and worldwide promotion of Poland. In April 2015 he was announced as a new captain of the national team. Due to an injury, he did not take part in the intercontinental round of the 2015 World League and was replaced by Michał Kubiak.
Honours
Club
- CEV Champions League
- 2011–12 – with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- FIVB Club World Championship
- Doha 2010 – with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- CEV Cup
- 2023–24 – with Asseco Resovia
- Domestic
- 2010–11 Polish Cup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2010–11 Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2011–12 Polish Cup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2012–13 Polish SuperCup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2013–14 Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2014–15 Polish SuperCup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2015–16 Polish Cup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2017–18 Polish SuperCup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2017–18 Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2018–19 Polish SuperCup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
Youth national team
Universiade
- 2013 Summer Universiade
Individual awards
- 2014: FIVB World Championship – Best middle blocker
State awards
- 2014: Gold Cross of Merit
Statistics
- 2021–22 PlusLiga – Best blocker (97 blocks)
References
- "Mistrz świata będzie grał w Asseco Resovii! Klub z Rzeszowa ogłosił pierwsze wzmocnienie". Nowiny 24 (in Polish). 3 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- "Karol Kłos - Czasy kiedy jeszcze można było chodzić do szkoły👨🏻🎓Przed Państwem 34 LO podczas meczu domowego 🤩 Dobrze widzicie... to graffiti na ścianie 🎨 A Pączek nosi Lebrony 2 zapinane na rzep dzieciaki😎🔥". Facebook (in Polish). 26 March 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- "Karol Kłos podpisał nowy kontrakt z PGE Skrą". sport.onet.pl (in Polish). 18 April 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- "PGE Skra zdobyła ENEA Super Puchar w piłce siatkowej Mężczyzn 2014". pzps.pl (in Polish). 8 October 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- "PGE Skra z brązowym medalem". plusliga.pl (in Polish). 6 May 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- "Kłos i Wrona zostają w PGE Skrze". plusliga.pl (in Polish). 7 May 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- "PGE Skra Bełchatów z brązowym Medalem PlusLigi". sport.interia.pl (in Polish). 26 April 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- "Poland win second World Championship title at home". fivb.org. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- "Poland put an end to the reign of Brazil". fivb.org. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- "FIVB MŚ Polska 2014: Polska ze złotym medalem". plusliga.pl (in Polish). 21 September 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- "Poland in dreamland and in Dream Team". fivb.org. 21 September 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- "Dziękuję za chwile wzruszenia i dumy". prezydent.pl (in Polish). 27 October 2014. Archived from the original on 27 October 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- "OFICJALNIE: Karol Kłos nowym kapitanem reprezentacji Polski!". volleyworld.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 23 października 2014 r. o nadaniu orderów i odznaczeń". sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 23 October 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
External links
- Player profile at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Player profile at PlusLiga.pl (in Polish)
- Player profile at Volleybox.net
- Player profile at Olympics.com
- Player profile at Olympedia (archive)
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Volleyball players from Warsaw
- Polish men's volleyball players
- Polish Champions of men's volleyball
- Olympic volleyball players for Poland
- Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Summer World University Games medalists in volleyball
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for Poland
- Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade
- Recipients of the Gold Cross of Merit (Poland)
- Projekt Warsaw players
- Skra Bełchatów players
- Resovia (volleyball) players
- Middle blockers
- 21st-century Polish sportsmen