Igor Griszczuk

Igor Griszczuk (born 9 June 1964; born as Ihar Hryščuk) is a Belarusian-Polish retired basketball player and current coach. Born in Minsk, he had a long career in Russia and Poland. His jersey number 12 was retired by Włocławek.

Igor Griszczuk

Griszczuk in 2007
Personal information
Born	(1964-06-09) 9 June 1964 (age 59) Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Belarusian, Polish
Listed height	194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Listed weight	90 kg (198 lb)
Career information
Playing career	1981–2002
Position	Shooting guard
Number	12
Coaching career	2002–present
Career history
As player:
1981–1989	RTI Minsk
1989–1991	Dynamo Moscow
1991–2002	Włocławek
As coach:
2002–2005	Włocławek (assistant)
2005–2008	Czarni Słupsk
2008–2010	Włocławek
2010–2011	Poland
2014–2017	Tsmoki-Minsk
Career highlights and awards
As player: No. 12 retired by Włocławek PLK Most Valuable Player (1993) 4x All-PLK Team (1993, 1995, 1996, 1999) 5x PLK All-Star (1994–1996, 1999) 2x Polish Cup champion (1995, 1996) As coach: 3x Belarusian League champion (2015–2017)

Early life

Griszcuk started playing basketball in the fourth grade of primary school, at age 17, for RTI Minsk. Later, he played for MBC Dynamo Moscow while also serving in the military. In 1990, Griszcuk returned to RTI Minsk.^[1]

In the 1991–92 season, he made his debut in Poland playing for Pogoń Szczecin's basketball team in the Polish second division. He helped the team to promote by winning the finals of the play-offs. Griszczuk averaged 28.3 points per game in the playoffs.^[2]

He went on to play eleven years for KK Włocławek and was named to four All-PLK Teams and a PLK All-Star five times as well. He won the Polish Basketball Cup in 1995 and 1996.

On 21 October 1996, his jersey number 12 was retired by KK Włocławek.

Coaching career

In 2014, he took over the defending Belarusian champions BC Tsmoki-Minsk.^[3] He won three Belarusian Premier League titles (from 2015 to 2017) and was the Coach of the Year in once (in 2017).^[4]

Personal

On 20 February 1998, Griszczuk received the Polish nationality.

References

1. Drema, W. (12 April 2010). . Twoj styl (in Belarusian). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
2. . www.naszwloclawek.prv.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 19 October 2007. Retrieved 7 February 2008.
3. "Igor Griszczuk ponownie na ławce trenerskiej!". sportowefakty.wp.pl (in Polish). 13 November 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
4. "Igor Griszczuk trenerem roku na Białorusi". sportowefakty.wp.pl (in Polish). 3 January 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.