Michał Łasko

Michał Eryk Łasko (born 11 March 1981) is an Italian former volleyball player of Polish descent, member of the Italy men's national volleyball team, bronze medallist at the Olympic Games (London 2012), 2005 European Champion, 2001 Italian Champion.

Michał Łasko
Personal information
Full name	Michał Eryk Łasko
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1981-03-11) 11 March 1981 Wrocław, Poland
Height	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Opposite
Career
Years Teams 1997–2001 2001–2005 2005–2006 2006–2008 2008–2011 2011–2015 2015–2016 2016 2016–2017 2018–2019 Volley Treviso Verona Volley Volley Callipo Piemonte Volley Verona Volley Jastrzębski Węgiel Sichuan Chengdu Hydra Latina Ural Ufa Roma Volley
National team
2005– Italy
Honours Men's volleyball Representing Italy Olympic Games 2012 London FIVB World Grand Champions Cup 2005 Japan CEV European Championship 2005 Italy/Serbia 2011 Austria/Czech Republic

Personal life

Michał Łasko was born in Wrocław, Poland, but raised in Italy. His father, Lech Łasko, is a former Polish volleyball player - 1976 Olympic Champion. He plays for the Italian national team, because he was raised in Italy and he has never received an offer to play for Poland. He speaks the Polish language very well. On 17 June 2013 he married Milena Stacchiotti, an Italian volleyball player. On 8 October 2014 his wife gave birth to their first child, a daughter named Nicole. On 30 August 2016 their second daughter Asia was born.

Career

Club

Michał lived in Italy since his childhood and started playing for Sisley Treviso's youth team. He debuted in Serie A1 in 2001 with Treviso, after moving to Verona, where he remained for four years, playing in A1 and A2. After a year at Vibo Valentia, he was signed by BreBanca Lannutti Cuneo in 2006. In 2008, together with Simone Parodi, he moved to Blu Volley Verona. Łasko is currently playing for Jastrzębski Węgiel in the Polish volleyball league, PlusLiga. On 19 June 2015 he announced that he had moved to Chinese team Sichuan Chengdu, together with Zbigniew Bartman - one of his teammates from previous club.

National team

With Italy, he won a title of the European Champion 2005, a silver medal at the European Championship 2011 and a bronze medal at the Olympic Games 2012.

Honours

Club

• CEV European Champions Cup
  • 1999–2000 – with Sisley Treviso
• FIVB Club World Championship
  • Doha 2011 – with Jastrzębski Węgiel
• Domestic
  • 1999–2000 Italian Cup, with Sisley Treviso
  • 1999–2000 Italian SuperCup, with Sisley Treviso
  • 2000–01 Italian Championship, with Sisley Treviso

Individual awards

• 2012: Polish Cup – Best spiker
• 2014: CEV Champions League – Best scorer

Statistics

• 2011–12 PlusLiga – Best spiker (463 points)

External links

• Michał Łasko at the European Volleyball Confederation
• Michał Łasko at LegaVolley.it (in Italian)
• Michał Łasko at PlusLiga.pl (in Polish)
• Michał Łasko at Volleybox.net
• Michał Łasko at Olympics.com
• Michał Łasko at Olympedia
• Michał Łasko at the Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (in Italian)