Tomasz Fornal


Tomasz Fornal is a Polish volleyball player, a member of the Polish club Jastrzębski Węgiel, U19 European Champion 2015, U19 World Champion 2015, U21 European Champion 2016, U21 World Champion 2017.

Personal life

His father Marek is a former volleyball player, Polish Champion. He has an older brother Jan, who also plays volleyball professionally. Since 2016 Tomasz has been studying Occupational Safety and Health at University College of Environmental Sciences in Radom.

Career

Clubs

In May 2016 he signed a contract with PGE Skra Bełchatów, but he was loaned to another Polish club Cerrad Czarni Radom and he debuted in PlusLiga.

National team

On April 12, 2015 Poland men's national under-19 volleyball team, including Fornal, won title of U19 European Champion 2015. They beat in final Italy U19. He took part in European Youth Olympic Festival with Polish national U19 team. On August 1, 2015 he achieved gold medal. On August 23, 2015 Poland achieved first title of U19 World Champion. In the finale his team beat hosts - Argentina. On September 10, 2016 he achieved title of the 2016 CEV U21 European Champion after winning 7 of 7 matches in tournament and beating Ukraine U21 in the finale. On July 2, 2017 Poland U21, including Fornal, achieved title of U21 World Champion 2017 after beating Cuba U21 in the finale. His national team won 47 matches in the row and never lost. The U21 World Champion title ended up his time in youth national teams.

Sporting achievements