Margareta Kozuch
Margareta Kozuch | |
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Margareta Kozuch (2018) | |
portrait | |
birthday | October 30, 1986 |
place of birth | Hamburg, Germany |
size | 1.88 m |
Indoor volleyball | |
position | External attack / diagonal |
societies | |
–2003 2003–2007 2007–2008 2008–2010 2010–2011 2011–2012 2012–2013 2013–2014 2014–2015 2015 2015–2016 |
TuS Berne CVJM Hamburg TV Fischbek / NA. Hamburg Sassuolo Volley Asystel Volley Novara VK Saretschje Odinzowo Trefl Sopot Yamamay Busto Arsizio Azerrail Baku Shanghai Eastbest Rebecchi Piacenza Pomì Casalmaggiore |
National team | |
336 times for the | A national team |
successes | |
2009 - winner of the CEV Cup 2012 - Polish champion 2013 - 3rd place in the Champions League 2015 - Chinese runner-up in 2016 - winner of the Champions League 2006 - 11th place World Championship 2007 - 6th place European Championship 2009 - 3rd place World Grand Prix 2009 - 4th place European Championship 2010 - 7th place World Championship 2011 - 2nd place European Championship 2013 - Winner European League 2013 - 2nd place European Championship 2014 - Winner Montreux Masters 2014 - 2nd place European League 2014 - 9th place World Championship 2015 - 5th place European Championship |
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beach volleyball | |
Partner | 2017–2018 Karla Borger since 2019 Laura Ludwig |
society | Hamburger SV |
German ranking list | position 1 |
World ranking | Position 15 |
successes | |
2017 - Third German Championship 2018 - Third FIVB 4-Star Ostrava 2019 - German Vice Champion 2019 - Winner World Tour Final Rome |
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As of September 9, 2019 |
Margareta Anna "Maggie" Kozuch , Polish. Małgorzata Kożuch (* 30th October 1986 in Hamburg ) is a German Volleyball - national player and beach volleyball player of Polish origin .
Career hall
Margareta Kozuch began her career at TuS Berne Hamburg. Later she played in her hometown together with her sister Katharina for the second division club CVJM Hamburg. In 2003 she moved within the Hanseatic city to the Bundesliga club TV Fischbek (since 2006 NA. Hamburg). Two years later, the outside attacker was nominated for the senior national team for the first time . The then Polish coach, Andrzej Niemczyk, wanted to win her for the Polish team, but Kozuch had decided against the two-year blocking period when changing the national team. In the same year she was named Hamburg's Sportswoman of the Year. However, the 2006 World Cup in Japan was not so successful; in the end it was only enough for eleventh place. In summer 2007 she won the European Grand Prix qualification with the team and finished sixth at the European Championships in Belgium and Luxembourg.
From 2007 to 2010 Kozuch played in the first Italian league, first with Sassuolo and then with Asystel Volley Novara , with which she won the 2009 CEV Cup . In 2010/11 Margareta Kozuch played in Russia for VK Saretschje Odinzowo . With the national team she became vice European champion in October 2011 . She then played in Poland for Trefl Sopot , where she became Polish champion in 2012 together with her national team colleague Corina Ssuschke-Voigt . In 2012/13 she played again in Italy with Yamamay Busto Arsizio . In 2013, she took first place with the national team in the Europa League and was again vice European champion . Then she moved to the Azerbaijani Super League to Azerrail Baku .
In the 2014/15 season Kozuch played in China with Shanghai Eastbest and again in Italy with Rebecchi Piacenza . In summer 2015 she moved to the Italian champion Pomì Casalmaggiore , with whom she won the Champions League in 2016 . Then Kozuch ended her indoor career.
Awards hall
- 2009: “best point collector” at the European Championships in Poland
- 2010–2014: Volleyball player of the year in Germany
- 2011: “best attacker” at the European Championships in Italy and Serbia
Career Beach
From 2017 Kozuch played beach volleyball alongside Karla Borger . On the national Smart Beach Tour , Borger / Kozuch took podium places at the Supercups in Münster, Kühlungsborn and Binz. The best result on the FIVB World Tour was a fifth place at the 3-star tournament in Moscow. Borger / Kozuch received one of three wild cards for the World Championships in Vienna and ended up in 17th place. At the European Championships in Jūrmala , Borger / Kozuch reached the round of 16 as group winners, in which they were defeated by the later European champions Glenzke / Großner and finished ninth. At the German championship they were defeated in the semifinals to the later winners Laboureur / Sude and won the game for third place against Bieneck / Schneider . In November Borger / Kozuch received the status of "German national team" from the DVV . Borger / Kozuch's best result on the 2018 World Tour was a third place at the 4-star tournament in Ostrava .
After the end of Kira Walkenhorst's career , Kozuch started in 2019 at the side of Olympic and world champion Laura Ludwig for HSV . After mixed results, Kozuch / Ludwig became German runners-up at the end of the 2019 season and won the World Tour Final in Rome .
Private
Kozuch is a vegetarian and at times also eats vegan . She attributes her success to this diet.
Web links
- Ranking list 2006 (pdf; 64 kB) ( Memento from March 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- Ranking list 2007 (pdf; 380 kB)
- Results list at the DVV
- Portrait at beach-volleyball.de
- Profile at the world association FIVB (English)
- Profile in the Beach Volleyball Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ German ranking list (as of September 9, 2019)
- ↑ FIVB world rankings (as of September 9, 2019)
- ↑ Interview with Kozuch (Polish)
- ↑ Borger / Kozuch new beach team. German Volleyball Association , October 6, 2016, accessed on October 13, 2016 .
- ↑ Matthias Penk : Ludwig about her new partner Margareta Kozuch: "She brings everything you need". In: beach-volleyball.de. January 7, 2019, accessed January 7, 2019 .
- ↑ I love challenges. Hamburger Sportverein, March 6, 2019, accessed on March 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Successful without meat. Frankfurter Allgemeine , November 3, 2017, accessed on February 26, 2018 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kozuch, Margareta |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kozuch, Margareta Anna; Kożuch, Małgorzata Anna; Maggie (nickname) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German national volleyball player and beach volleyball player of Polish origin |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 30, 1986 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |