Barbara Niemczyk

Polish volleyball player

Barbara Niemczyk

Personal information

Full name

Barbara Wiesława Hermel-Niemczyk

Nationality

Polish

Born

(1942-11-13) 13 November 1942 (age 81)
Łódź, Poland

Height

1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)

National team

1964–1976

Poland (172)

Honours

Representing Poland

Women's volleyball
Olympic Games
	1964 Tokyo
	1968 Mexico
European Championship
	1967 Turkey
	1971 Italy

Last updated: 26 June 2015

Barbara Wiesława Hermel-Niemczyk (born 13 November 1942) is a former Polish volleyball player, a member of Poland women's national volleyball team in 1964–1976, a bronze medalist of the Olympic Games (Tokyo 1964, Mexico 1968), medalist of the European Championship (silver in 1967, bronze in 1971, five-time Polish Champion (1968, 1971,1972, 1973, 1976), Italian Champion (1977).

Personal life

She was married to Andrzej Niemczyk – head coach, who led Polish women's national volleyball team to two titles of European Champions (2003, 2005). They have daughter Małgorzata Niemczyk (born 1969), who was also volleyball player, European Champion 2003 .

External links

Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Barbara Niemczyk". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
Barbara Niemczyk at Olympedia
Barbara Niemczyk at the Polish Olympic Committee (archived) (in Polish)