Adam Wiśniewski (handball player)
Adam Wiśniewski (born October 24, 1980 in Płock ) is a Polish handball player .
The 1.92 m tall and 96 kg heavy right-hander is mostly used on the left wing and bears the number 10 on his back.
Adam Wiśniewski began playing handball in his hometown with Wisła Płock and has been a member of the professional squad since 1998. With Płock he won the Polish championship in 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2011 and the cup in 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007 and 2008. Internationally, he reached the round of 16 in the 2005/06 and 2006/07 European Cup Winners' Cup and in the EHF Champions League in 2011/12 and 2013/14.
With the Polish national team Wiśniewski (shirt number 11) took part in the European Championships in 2012 and the World Championships in 2013 and reached 9th place in each case. At the 2014 European Championship , he finished 6th. He also took part in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro . So far he has played 154 international matches in which he scored 192 goals (as of August 23, 2016).
Web links
- Adam Wiśniewski on Wisła Płock's website
- Adam Wisniewski in the database of the European Handball Federation (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.eurohandball.com EHF Euro 2012: Official Squads (PDF, 381 kB) accessed on February 23, 2014
- ↑ ihf.info Team Roster Poland (PDF, 308 kB) accessed on February 23, 2014
- ↑ handball.sportresult.com EHF Euro 2014: Team Statistics Poland (PDF, 151 kB) accessed on February 23, 2014
- ↑ ihf.info: Team Roster , accessed on August 23, 2016
- ↑ ihf.info: Cumulative Statistics , accessed on August 23, 2016
- ↑ ihf.info: Bronze Medal Match , accessed on August 23, 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wiśniewski, Adam |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish handball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 24, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Plock , Poland |