Aleksander Skiba

Aleksander Skiba
Personal information
Full name	Aleksander Andrzej Skiba
Born	(1945-02-26)26 February 1945 Rokitów, Poland
Died	6 September 2000(2000-09-06) (aged 55) Albignasego, Italy
Coaching information
Previous teams coached Years Teams 1975–1979 1979–1983 1985–1987 1987–1988 1988–1990 Płomień Milowice Poland Santal Parma Italy Pallavolo Battipaglia
Career
Years Teams 1965–1967 1967–1975 AZS AWF Warsaw Legia Warsaw
National team
1967–1976 Poland (210)
Honours Men's volleyball Representing Poland FIVB World Championship 1974 Mexico CEV European Championship 1967 Turkey Head coach Poland CEV European Championship 1979 France 1981 Bulgaria

Aleksander Andrzej Skiba (26 February 1945 – 6 September 2000) was a Polish volleyball player and coach, a member of the Poland national team from 1967 to 1976 and the 1974 World Champion.

Personal life

Skiba was born in Rokitów. After finishing his career, he lived in Italy, where he died suddenly on 6 September 2000.

Honours

As a player

• Domestic
  • 1965–66 Polish Championship, with AZS AWF Warsaw
  • 1968–69 Polish Championship, with Legia Warsaw
  • 1969–70 Polish Championship, with Legia Warsaw

As a coach

• CEV European Champions Cup
  • 1977–78 – with Płomień Milowice
  • 1985–86 – with Santal Parma
• Domestic
  • 1976–77 Polish Championship, with Płomień Milowice
  • 1978–79 Polish Championship, with Płomień Milowice

External links

• Aleksander Andrzej Skiba at Olympics.com
• Aleksander Skiba at Olympedia
• Aleksander Skiba at the Polski Komitet Olimpijski (archive) (in Polish)
• Coach profile at LegaVolley.it (in Italian)
• Coach/Player profile at Volleybox.net