Bogdan Wenta
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Full name | Bogdan Wenta | ||||||||||||||
Born | Szpęgawsk, Poland |
November 19, 1961 ||||||||||||||
Nationality | Polish German |
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Playing position | Central | ||||||||||||||
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Senior clubs | |||||||||||||||
1978–1989 1989–1992 1992–1995 1995–1998 1998–2000 |
Wybrzeże Gdańsk Bidasoa Irún FC Barcelona Nettelstedt-Lübbecke Flensburg-Handewitt |
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1981–1994 1997–2000 |
Poland Germany |
198 (763) 50 (144) |
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2000–2006 2004–2012 2006–2007 2008–2014 |
Flensburg-Handewitt II Poland SC Magdeburg Vive Targi Kielce |
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Medal record
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1 National team caps and goals correct as of 13 June 2015 |
Bogdan Wenta (born 19 November 1961) is a former Polish handball player, a member of Poland national handball team in 1981–1994 and Germany national handball team in 1997–2000, a participant of the Olympic Games Sydney 2000, five-time Polish Champion (1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988), former head coach of Poland. One of the best handball player in history of Polish handball.
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Personal life
Since 1984 he has been married to Iwona. They have one son Tomasz (born 13 March 1996). In 2014 Bogdan Wenta was elected to European Parliament.
Career as player
Clubs
Wenta's entire career in Poland was connected with one club - Wybrzeże Gdańsk, where he started playing in first team in 1978, when he was 17. He was five-times Polish Champion (1984–1988) and achieved European Cup final twice, losing to RK Metaloplastika Šabac in 1986 and SKA Mińsk in 1987. In 1989 he moved to Spain and played for Bidasoa Irún (1989–1992) and FC Barcelona Handbol (1992–1995). He was first Polish player in FC Barcelona. At last, he emigrated to Germany, and played for TuS Nettelstedt (1995–1998) and SG Flensburg-Handewitt (1998–2000).
National teams
Poland 1981–1993
Wenta made his debut in Polish national team in 1981, when he was barely 20. He was appointed by Zygfryd Kuchta. It was match with Switzerland. He represented Poland in 185 official games (including friendly matches 198) and scored 763 goals, which is second result in history of Polish handball.
He took part in IHF World Handball Championship twice - in 1986 (14th place) and 1990 (11th place). He did not participe in Olympic Games as Polish player. In 1993 he was blamed for Poland's elimination during qualifications to 1994 European Men's Handball Championship. Since then he was never called up again to Polish national team.
Germany 1997–2000
In 1996 Bogdan Wenta accepted German citizenship, which caused a lot of controversy in his homeland, Poland. However he has never played against the Poland. He represented the German side in 46 officials playing (+4 frendly matches) and scored 144 goals. He was a member of German national team in IHF World Handball Championship twice - 1997 and 1999. In 1998 he achieved bronze medal of European Championship and took part in European Championship 2000. He made his Olympic debut at Olympics Sydney 2000 (5th place).
He regained Polish citizenship in 2008.
Career as coach
Bogdan Wenta retired in 2000 and became coach assistant in SG Flensburg-Handewitt. In 2005 he had to enter the court and play because of many players had injuries. He was 44 and this number was on his shirt.
From summer 2006 to autumn 2007 he was head coach of German handball club, SC Magdeburg.
On 28 October 2004 Wenta was announced as Poland national handball team head coach. In 2007 he achieved with national team the biggest success of Polish handball - Poland won silver medal of World Championship. They lost the final to host team - Germany 25:29. In 2008 Poland took the fifth place by defeating Russia 29:28 at 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing.[1] In 2009 Poland led by him achieved second medal of IHF World Handball Championship. They won the bronze medal by defeating Denmark 31:23 at World Championship 2009 in Croatia. In January 2010 he was awarded Coach of Year 2009 by Plebiscite of Przegląd Sportowy.[2] In 2012 national team did not qualify to Olympic Games. On April 19, 2012 he announced his resigned.
- 2007 EHF Cup, with SC Magdeburg
- 2007 IHF World Championship, with Poland
- 2009 IHF World Championship, with Poland
- 2009 Polish Cup, with Vive Targi Kielce
- 2009 Polish Championship, with Vive Targi Kielce
- 2010 Polish Cup, with Vive Targi Kielce
- 2010 Polish Championship, with Vive Targi Kielce
- 2011 Polish Cup, with Vive Targi Kielce
- 2011 Polish Championship, with Vive Targi Kielce
- 2012 Polish Cup, with Vive Targi Kielce
- 2012 Polish Championship, with Vive Targi Kielce
- 2013 Polish Cup, with Vive Targi Kielce
- 2013 Polish Championship, with Vive Targi Kielce
- 2013 EHF Champions League, with Vive Targi Kielce
Sporting achievements
Clubs
National championships
- 1981/1982 Polish Championship, with Wybrzeże Gdańsk
- 1982/1983 Polish Championship, with Wybrzeże Gdańsk
- 1983/1984 Polish Championship, with Wybrzeże Gdańsk
- 1984/1985 Polish Championship, with Wybrzeże Gdańsk
- 1985/1986 Polish Championship, with Wybrzeże Gdańsk
- 1986/1987 Polish Championship, with Wybrzeże Gdańsk
- 1987/1988 Polish Championship, with Wybrzeże Gdańsk
- 1990/1991 Spanish Cup, with Bidasoa Irún
- 1992/1993 Spanish Cup, with FC Barcelona
- 1993/1994 Spanish Championship, with FC Barcelona
- 1993/1994 Spanish Cup, with FC Barcelona
- 1994/1995 Spanish SuperCup 1994, with FC Barcelona
- 1998/1999 German SuperCup 1998, with TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke
National team
Individually
- 1990 ASOBAL League - The best pair of foreign players with Alfreð Gíslason
- 1991 ASOBAL League - The best pair of foreign players with Alfreð Gíslason
- 1990 ASOBAL League - Most Valuable Player
- 1991 ASOBAL League - Most Valuable Player
- 1995 ASOBAL League - Best Playmaker
State awards
References
- ↑ Poland, Denmark take fifth, seventh places men's handball - china.org.cn - 24-08-2008
- ↑ 75. Plebiscyt PS: Triumf Justyny Kowalczyk - mistrzowiesportu.pl - 09-01-2010
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