Kamil Semeniuk (born 16 July 1996) is a Polish professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for Sir Safety Perugia and the Poland national team. Semeniuk won silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics. He is also a silver medallist at the 2022 World Championship, and a two–time Champions League winner (2021, 2022) with ZAKSA.[1][2][3][4]

Kamil Semeniuk
Semeniuk in 2022
Personal information
Born (1996-07-16) 16 July 1996 (age 28)
Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Poland
Height1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight84 kg (185 lb)
Spike352 cm (139 in)
Block326 cm (128 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Current clubSir Safety Perugia
Number16
Career
YearsTeams
2015–2018
2018–2019
2019–2022
2022–
ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Warta Zawiercie
ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Sir Safety Perugia
National team
2021– Poland
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  Poland
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris Team
FIVB World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2022 Poland/Slovenia
FIVB Nations League
Gold medal – first place 2023 Gdańsk
Silver medal – second place 2021 Rimini
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Bologna
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Łódź
CEV European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2023 Italy/Bulgaria/North Macedonia/Israel
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Poland/Czechia/Estonia/Finland

Career

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Club

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In 2015, he joined the senior team of ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle, and made his debut in the PlusLiga. He won three Polish Championships, three Polish Cups, two Polish SuperCups and two CEV Champions League titles with the team. In 2022, he joined Sir Safety Perugia and won the Italian SuperCup the same year.

National team

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In 2021, he made his debut in the Poland national team in a match against Belgium.[5] At the 2022 World Championship he won a silver medal with his national team, losing to Italy in four sets in the final. In 2024, he won the silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris.[6]

Honours

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Club

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Universiade

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Individual awards

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References

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  1. ^ "Poznaj mnie lepiej: Kamil Semeniuk". ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle (in Polish). 20 April 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Siatkówka. Czas pożegnań w ZAKSIE Kędzierzyn-Koźle. Drużynę opuszcza 6 zawodników". sport.pl (in Polish). 5 May 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  3. ^ "ZAKSA przedłużyła kontrakty z dwoma kolejnymi siatkarzami". Polsat Sport (in Polish). 30 April 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  4. ^ "La bomba di mercato! Kamil Semeniuk sbarca a Perugia". legavolley.it (in Italian). 29 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Kamil Semeniuk: Selekcja była, ale nadal jesteśmy drużyną". siatka.org (in Polish). 15 May 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  6. ^ "Poland claim Olympic silver in men's volleyball". polskieradio.pl. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  7. ^ "They did it again. Zaksa is a Double CEV Champions League Volley Winner". CEV. 22 May 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  8. ^ "Kamil Semeniuk MVP turnieju finałowego Pucharu Polski". Przegląd Sportowy (in Polish). 14 March 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Stars of the sport take centre stage at CEV Volleyball Gala". CEV. 16 September 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
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Awards
Preceded by Best Outside Spiker of
FIVB World Championship

2022
ex aequo   Yoandy Leal
Succeeded by
TBD