Jakub Jarosz | |
Fullname: | Jakub Władysław Jarosz |
Nickname: | Jarski |
Birth Date: | 10 February 1987 |
Birth Place: | Nysa, Poland |
Position: | Opposite |
Height: | 1.97 m |
Weight: | 91 kg |
Spike: | 360 cm |
Team: | Trefl Gdańsk |
Currentnumber: | 87 |
Nationalteam: | (142) |
Nationalyears: | 2009–2015 |
Years: | 2006c2008 2008–2009 2009–2011 2011–2013 2013–2014 2014–2016 2016–2017 2017–2019 2019–2024 2024– |
Clubs: | Mostostal Azoty Kędzierzyn-Koźle Skra Bełchatów ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle Top Volley Latina Trefl Gdańsk Transfer Bydgoszcz El Jaish Asseco Resovia GKS Katowice Trefl Gdańsk |
Jakub Władysław Jarosz (born 10 February 1987) is a Polish professional volleyball player who plays as an opposite spiker for Trefl Gdańsk.[1] He is a former member of the Poland national team, a participant in the Olympic Games London 2012, 2009 European Champion and the 2012 World League winner.
Jakub Jarosz was born in Nysa, Poland. His grandfather and father Maciej are former volleyball players. His brother Marcin was also a volleyball player. On 12 May 2012, he married Agnieszka (née Trzcińska). On 26 August 2013, their first child was born, a son named Kacper. In early 2017, his wife gave birth to their second son Leon.[2]
In 2009, the Polish national volleyball team, including Jarosz, won a title of the European Champions. On 14 September 2009, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta.[3] The Order was conferred on the following day by the Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk. With the national team, he won three medals in 2011 – silver at the 2011 World Cup, bronze at the 2011 World League and 2011 European Championship.[4] [5] In 2012, he won a gold medal of the 2012 World League.[6]