Barbara Makowska

Barbara Makowska
portrait
Date of birth	August 13, 1967
place of birth	Sosnowiec , Poland
size	1.87 m
position	Middle block
societies
until 1991 1991–1994 1994–1998 1998–2002	Płomień Milowice BKS Stal Bielsko-Biała Schweriner SC Dresdner SC
National team
236 times	A national team
successes
1989 1992 1994 1995 1997 1998 1999 2002 1987 1989 1991 1995	Polish runner-up Polish runner-up Polish runner-up German master German runner-up German master German master and cup winner German runner-up and cup winner 11th EM in Belgium 9th EM in Germany 10th EM in Italy 9th EM in the Netherlands
As of September 13, 2012

Barbara Makowska (born August 13, 1967 in Sosnowiec ) is a former Polish volleyball player and today's coach .

Career

Barbara Makowska played with Płomień Milowice in her hometown of Sosnowiec until 1991 and was Polish runner-up here in 1989. Then she moved to league competitor BKS Stal Bielsko-Biała and was twice runner-up here in 1992 and 1994. In 1994 Barbara Makowska moved to Germany to join the Bundesliga club Schweriner SC , with whom she became German champion in 1995 and 1998 and vice- champion in 1997. In 1998 she moved to the league competitor Dresdner SC . Here Makowska won the "double" of championship and cup victory in 1999. In her last season in 2001/02 she was again German cup winner and runner- up with Dresden . The middle blocker was almost continuously represented in the rankings of German volleyball in her Bundesliga time . In the 2007 anniversary issue of volleyball magazine, she was voted the second best block player in the German league of the last 20 years behind Christina Schultz .

Barbara Makowska played in the Polish national team between 1987 and 1995. During this time she made 236 international matches and took part in four European championships.

Since the end of her active career in 2002, Barbara Makowska has been working in the coaching staff of Dresdner SC. She looks after youth teams and is the trainer of the second division youth team VCO Dresden.

Web links

• Profile at VCO Dresden
• Ranking lists 1995 - women (pdf; 113 kB)
• Ranking lists 1996 - women (pdf; 104 kB)
• Rankings 1997 - Women ( Memento from March 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (pdf; 215 kB)
• Ranking lists 1998 - women (pdf; 127 kB)
• Ranking list 1999 (pdf; 393 kB)
• Ranking list 2000 (pdf; 294 kB)
• Ranking list 2002 (pdf; 106 kB) ( Memento from July 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
• Ranking list 20 years (pdf; 380 kB)