Aleksander Skiba

Aleksander Andrzej Skiba (26 February 1945 – 7 September 2000) was a Polish volleyball player and coach, a member of the Polish national team in 1967–1976, and the 1974 World Champion.

Aleksander Skiba
Personal information
Full name	Aleksander Andrzej Skiba
Nationality	Polish
Born	(1945-02-26)26 February 1945 Rokitów, Poland
Died	7 September 2000(2000-09-07) (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

Personal life

Skiba was born in Rokitów, Poland. After finishing his career, he lived in Italy, where he died suddenly on 7 September 2000.

Honours

As a player

• National championships
  • 1965/1966   Polish Championship, with AZS AWF Warsaw
  • 1968/1969   Polish Championship, with Legia Warsaw
  • 1969/1970   Polish Championship, with Legia Warsaw

As a coach

• CEV European Champions Cup
  •   1977/1978 – with Płomień Milowice
  •   1985/1986 – with Santal Parma
• National championships
  • 1976/1977   Polish Championship, with Płomień Milowice
  • 1978/1979   Polish Championship, with Płomień Milowice

External links

• Player profile at the International Olympic Committee
• Player profile at Olympedia
• Coach profile at LegaVolley.it (in Italian)
• Coach/Player profile at Volleybox.net

Sporting positions
Preceded by   Jerzy Welcz	Head coach of Poland 1979–1983	Succeeded by   Hubert Wagner