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==Career as player==
==Career as player==
===National team===
===National team===
Her first medal - bronze, with [[Poland women's national volleyball team]], she achieved at [[1956 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship|World Championship 1956]] in [[France]]. Then she won bronze of [[1958 Women's European Volleyball Championship|European Championship 1958]] held in [[Czechoslovakia]]. In 1962 she won bronze medal of [[1962 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship|World Championship]], and one year later silver of [[1963 Women's European Volleyball Championship|European Championship 1963]]. In 1964 she took part in [[1964 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games Tokyo 1964]]. She played in all five matches and [[Poland women's national volleyball team|Poland]], including Kordaczuk, won bronze medal in the [[Volleyball at the 1964 Summer Olympics - Women's Volleyball|Olympic tournament]]. Kordaczuk was considered as one of the best setter in the world ans she played in national team 164 times.
Her first medal - bronze, with [[Poland women's national volleyball team]], she achieved at [[1956 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship|World Championship 1956]] in [[France]]. Then she won bronze of [[1958 Women's European Volleyball Championship|European Championship 1958]] held in [[Czechoslovakia]]. In 1962 she won bronze medal of [[1962 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship|World Championship]], and one year later silver of [[1963 Women's European Volleyball Championship|European Championship 1963]]. In 1964 she took part in [[1964 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games Tokyo 1964]]. She played in all five matches and [[Poland women's national volleyball team|Poland]], including Kordaczuk, won bronze medal in the [[Volleyball at the 1964 Summer Olympics - Women's Volleyball|Olympic tournament]]. Kordaczuk was considered as one of the best setters in the world and she played on the national team 164 times.


==Sporting achievements==
==Sporting achievements==

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Danuta Kordaczuk
Personal information
Full nameDanuta Kordaczuk-Wagner
NationalityPolish
Born(1939-09-02)September 2, 1939
Warszawa, Poland
DiedApril 10, 1988(1988-04-10) (aged 48)
Warszawa, Poland
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Volleyball information
PositionSetter
Career
Teams
Poland Zryw Wrocław
Poland Impel Wrocław
Poland Legia Warszawa
National team
1956–1970 Poland (164)
Honours
Representing  Poland
Women's volleyball
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1964 Tokyo
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 1956 France
Bronze medal – third place 1962 Soviet Union
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 1963 Romania
Bronze medal – third place 1958 Czechoslovakia
Last updated: 18 June 2015

Danuta Kordaczuk-Wagner (born 2 September 1939 – 10 April 1988) was a former female Polish volleyball player and head coach, a member of Poland women's national volleyball team in 1956–1970, a bronze medalist of the Olympic Games Tokyo 1964, a bronze medalist of the World Championship (1956, 1962) and medalist of the European Championship (silver in 1963, bronze in 1958).

Personal life

She was born in Warszawa, Poland on September 2, 1939 - on the second day after the outbreak of World War II in Poland. On October 15, 1963 she married to Hubert Wagner, volleyball player and head coach of Polish men's national volleyball team, which he led to titles of World Champions 1974 and Olympic Champions 1976. On December 13, 1965 she gave birth to their son Grzegorz, who was also volleyball player (also as setter like his parents).[1] In 1978 she got divorced. She died on April 10, 1988 in Warszawa.

Career as player

National team

Her first medal - bronze, with Poland women's national volleyball team, she achieved at World Championship 1956 in France. Then she won bronze of European Championship 1958 held in Czechoslovakia. In 1962 she won bronze medal of World Championship, and one year later silver of European Championship 1963. In 1964 she took part in Olympic Games Tokyo 1964. She played in all five matches and Poland, including Kordaczuk, won bronze medal in the Olympic tournament. Kordaczuk was considered as one of the best setters in the world and she played on the national team 164 times.

Sporting achievements

Clubs

National championship

References

  1. ^ Fragment: "KAT. Biografia Huberta Wagnera" Grzegorz Wagner, Krzysztof Mecner - onet.pl - 27-06-2014
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