Michał Jurecki

Michał Jurecki (born 27 October 1984) is a Polish retired handball player.

Michał Jurecki
Personal information
Full name	Michał Jurecki
Born	(1984-10-27) 27 October 1984 (age 40) Kościan, Poland
Nationality	Polish
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Playing position	Left back
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2003–2006	SPR Chrobry Głogów
2006–2007	Vive Targi Kielce
2007–2008	HSV Hamburg
2008–2010	TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke
2010–2019	PGE Vive Kielce
2019–2020	SG Flensburg-Handewitt
2020–2023	KS Azoty-Puławy
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2017	Poland	200	(547)
Medal record Representing  Poland Men's handball World Championship 2007 Germany 2009 Croatia 2015 Qatar

Private life

His older brother Bartosz Jurecki is a former handball player and current manager. In 2007 Michał married to Joanna. They have daughter Oliwia, born on 6 September 2007.^[1] In 2015 his wife gave birth to their second daughter named Julia.^[2]

Career

He received a silver medal with the Polish team at the 2007 World Men's Handball Championship and a bronze medal in 2009 and in 2015. He participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where Poland finished fifth and at the 2016 Summer Olympics where Poland took fourth place.^[3][4] At the 2016 European Championship he was awarded All Star Left back of the tournament.^[5]

Achievements

PGE Vive Kielce

• Polish Superliga: 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
• Cup of Poland: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
• EHF Champions League: 2015–16

Individual

• 2016 European Championship - All-Star Left back

State awards

• 2007 Gold Cross of Merit
• 2015 Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta