Lidia Teresa Chmielnicka-Żmuda (8 March 1939 – 27 September 2002) was a former female Polish volleyball player, a member of Poland women's national volleyball team in 1963–1968, bronze medalist of Olympic Games Mexico 1968 and silver medalist of European Championship (1963 and 1967), eight-time Polish Champion (1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1971, 1972).
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| Full name | Lidia Teresa Chmielnicka-Żmuda | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Polish | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 March 1939 Lubliniec, Poland | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 27 September 2002 (aged 63) Opole, Poland | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (130 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career edit
In Polish national team she played 119 times in 1963-1968. She won a bronze medal of Olympic Games Mexico 1968 and double-silver of European Championship (Romania 1963 and Turkey 1967). Her club career began in Opole and then moved to AZS AWF Wawrszawa. She won with this club 6 titles of Polish Champion and silver medal of Polish Championship in season 1960/1961. Her next club was Start Łódź and she won with this team bronze, silver and two gold medals of Polish Championship.
Sporting achievements edit
Clubs edit
National championships edit
- 1959/1960
Polish Championship, with AZS-AWF Warszawa - 1960/1961
Polish Championship, with AZS-AWF Warszawa - 1961/1962 Polish Championship, with AZS-AWF Warszawa
- 1962/1963 Polish Championship, with AZS-AWF Warszawa
- 1963/1964 Polish Championship, with AZS-AWF Warszawa
- 1964/1965 Polish Championship, with AZS-AWF Warszawa
- 1965/1966 Polish Championship, with AZS-AWF Warszawa
- 1968/1969
Polish Championship, with Start Łódź - 1969/1970 Polish Championship, with Start Łódź
- 1970/1971 Polish Championship, with Start Łódź
- 1971/1972 Polish Championship, with Start Łódź
National team edit
- 1963 CEV European Championship
- 1967 CEV European Championship
- 1968 Olympic Games
External links edit
- Lidia Chmielnicka at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Lidia Chmielnicka at Olympics.com
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