Michał Łasko

Italian volleyball player

Michał Łasko

Personal information

Full name

Michał Eryk Łasko

Nationality

Italian

Polish

Born

(1981-03-11) 11 March 1981 (age 43)
Wrocław, Poland

Height

2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)

Volleyball information

Position

Opposite

Career

Years	Teams
1997–2001 2001–2005 2005–2006 2006–2008 2008–2011 2011–2015 2015–2016 2016 2016–2017 2018–2019	Volley Treviso BluVolley Verona Volley Callipo Piemonte Volley BluVolley Verona Jastrzębski Węgiel Sichuan Chengdu Hydra Latina Ural Ufa Roma Volley

National team

2005–

Italy

Honours

Men's volleyball

Representing Italy
Olympic Games
	2012 London
FIVB World Grand Champions Cup
	2005 Japan
CEV European Championship
	2005 Italy/Serbia
	2011 Austria/Czech Republic

Michał Eryk Łasko (born 11 March 1981) is an Italian former volleyball player of Polish descent, member of the Italy men's national volleyball team, bronze medallist at the Olympic Games (London 2012), 2005 European Champion, 2001 Italian Champion.

Personal life

Michał Łasko was born in Wrocław, Poland, but raised in Italy. His father, Lech Łasko, is a former Polish volleyball player - 1976 Olympic Champion. He plays for the Italian national team, because he was raised in Italy and he has never received an offer to play for Poland. He speaks the Polish language very well.^[1] On 17 June 2013 he married Milena Stacchiotti, an Italian volleyball player.^[2] On 8 October 2014 his wife gave birth to their first child, a daughter named Nicole.^[3] On 30 August 2016 their second daughter Asia was born.^[4]

Career

Clubs

Michał lived in Italy since his childhood and started playing for Sisley Treviso's youth team. He debuted in Serie A1 in 2001 with Treviso, after moving to Verona, where he remained for four years, playing in A1 and A2. After a year at Vibo Valentia, he was signed by BreBanca Lannutti Cuneo in 2006. In 2008, together with Simone Parodi, he moved to Blu Volley Verona. Łasko is currently playing for Jastrzębski Węgiel in the Polish volleyball league, PlusLiga.^[5] On 19 June 2015 he announced that he had moved to Chinese team Sichuan Chengdu, together with Zbigniew Bartman - one of his teammates from previous club.^[6]^[7]

National team

With Italy, he won a title of the European Champion 2005, a silver medal at the European Championship 2011 and a bronze medal at the Olympic Games 2012.

Sporting achievements

Clubs

CEV European Champions Cup
- 1999/2000 – with Sisley Treviso
FIVB Club World Championship
- Doha 2011 – with Jastrzębski Węgiel
National championships
- 1999/2000 Italian Cup, with Sisley Treviso
- 1999/2000 Italian SuperCup, with Sisley Treviso
- 2000/2001 Italian Championship, with Sisley Treviso

Individual awards

2012: Polish Cup – Best Spiker
2014: CEV Champions League – Best Scorer

Statistics

2011–12 PlusLiga – Best spiker (463 points)

References

^ Michał Łasko: Nigdy nie dostałem propozycji z polskiej reprezentacji - siatka.org - 04-11-2011
^ Michał Łasko nie jest już kawalerem! Archived 2014-03-15 at the Wayback Machine - siatkowka24.com - 22-06-2013
^ Michał Łasko został ojcem! - katowickisport.pl - 09-10-2014
^ IG: mikalasko - instagram.com
^ Michał Łasko zagra w Jastrzębskim Węglu - plusliga.pl - 23-05-2011
^ Bartman and Lasko in Chinese Sichuan! - worldofvolley.com - 19-06-2015
^ Podziękowania dla Michała Łasko - jastrzebskiwegiel.pl - 19-06-2015