Tomasz Grzegorz Wójtowicz (22 September 1953 – 24 October 2022) was a Polish volleyball player. In his later life, he worked as a volleyball commentator. As a member of the Poland national team, he won the titles of the 1976 Olympic Champion and the 1974 World Champion.
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Full name | Tomasz Grzegorz Wójtowicz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Polish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1953-09-22)22 September 1953 Lublin, Poland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 24 October 2022(2022-10-24) (aged 69) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wójtowicz was considered one of the first volleyball players in the world to start attacking from the back row.[1] In 2001, he was listed by the International Volleyball Federation as one of the top eight volleyball players in the world.[2][3] In 2002, he became the first Polish volleyball player to be inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame.
Wójtowicz died after a long illness on 24 October 2022, at the age of 69.[4]
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