Danuta Kordaczuk

Personal information

Full name

Danuta Kordaczuk-Wagner

Nationality

Born

September 2, 1939
Warszawa, Poland

Died

April 10, 1988 (aged 48)
Warszawa, Poland

Height

1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)

Volleyball information

Position

Setter

Career

Teams
Zryw Wrocław Impel Wrocław Legia Warszawa

National team

1956–1970

Poland (164)

Honours

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.

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.

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