Sebastian Czpakowski

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Sebastian Czpakowski
sitting volleyball

Personal information
Nationality: GermanyGermany Germany
Birthday: April 12, 1974
Size: 201
Weight: 102
Society: Bayer 04 Leverkusen
 

Sebastian Czpakowski (born April 12, 1974 ) is a German disabled athlete in sitting volleyball .

Career

Sebastian Czpakowski played in the volleyball department of his home club TSG Solingen from his youth . After a serious accident, the trained sound technician was unable to continue doing the sport due to damage to his ankle joints, so he started sitting volleyball. He began his career as a disabled athlete at TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen . In 2008, when he was almost 38 years old, he was appointed to the German national team. His first sitting volleyball game in the national jersey completed Czpakowski at the Intercontinental Cup in Egypt , in which the team finished fourth.

On February 24, 2012 he was nominated for the 2012 Paralympic Summer Games in London . With the German national team he reached 3rd place and won the bronze medal. He and his team were awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf on November 1, 2012 .

Individual evidence

  1. a b Former athletes. Sitting volleyball (PDF). TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen . Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  2. Fabian Herzog: Volleyball player in national team due to accident. Solinger Tageblatt . September 26, 2014, accessed January 23, 2019.
  3. ^ Discipline to Give German Sitting Volleyballers Winning Edge. Paralympic.org . August 19, 2012, accessed January 23, 2019.
  4. Sitting volleyball: Germany takes 4th place in the Intercontinental Cup. German Volleyball Association . March 12, 2012, accessed January 23, 2019.
  5. Team nominated for the Paralympic Games in London. German Disabled Sports Association . Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  6. London 2012: Sitting volleyball players take bronze - 3-2 against Russia. German volleyball association . September 8, 2012, accessed January 23, 2019.
  7. Awarding of the silver bay leaf. Sitting volleyball - bronze. Office of the Federal President . November 7, 2012, accessed January 23, 2019.