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).

Barbara Niemczyk
Personal information
Full nameBarbara Wiesława Hermel-Niemczyk
NationalityPolish
Born (1942-11-13) 13 November 1942 (age 81)
Łódź, Poland
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
National team
1964–1976 Poland (172)
Honours
Representing  Poland
Women's volleyball
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1964 Tokyo
Bronze medal – third place 1968 Mexico
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 1967 Turkey
Bronze medal – third place 1971 Italy
Last updated: 26 June 2015

Personal life

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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 .

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  • 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)