Mark Lebedew
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| Born | 6 May 1967 Adelaide, Australia | ||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Lycurgus Groningen | ||||||||||||||
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Mark Lebedew (born 6 May 1967) is an Australian professional volleyball coach. He serves as head coach for Lycurgus Groningen.[1]
Personal life
[edit]Mark Lebedew lives in Żory, and is married to Anita with whom he has a son, Daniel.[2] He obtained Polish citizenship in 2022.[3]
Career
[edit]Club
[edit]In 2010, Lebedew took charge of Berlin Recycling Volleys, with whom he won three German Champion titles, in 2012, 2013 and 2014. In 2015, he led Berlin Recycling Volleys to the CEV Champions League bronze medal after defeating PGE Skra Bełchatów in a third place match (3–2). In 2015, he moved to Poland and led his team, Jastrzębski Węgiel, to the PlusLiga bronze medal in 2017. In 2018, he signed a contract with Warta Zawiercie. He finished in fourth place in the 2018–19 PlusLiga season, the highest ever finish in club's history.
National team
[edit]In 2017, Lebedew was appointed new head coach of the Australia national team.[4] In January 2020, he resigned his post after missing qualifying for the Tokyo Olympic Games at the Asian Qualifying Tournament held in China.[5][6]
In February 2022, he took charge of the Slovenia national team.[7] He was dismissed in August 2022, after failing to reach the top 8 in the 2022 Nations League.[8]
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]- Domestic
- 2011–12
German Championship, with Berlin Recycling Volleys
- 2012–13
- 2013–14
- 2021–22
German Cup, with VfB Friedrichshafen
- 2011–12
References
[edit]- ^ "Internationaal gelouterde coach Mark Lebedew opvolger Arjan Taaij". Lycurgus Groningen (in Dutch). 3 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ "Lebedew: lubię polskie święta, poza karpiem". TVP Sport (in Polish). 24 December 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ "Mark Lebedew przyjął polskie obywatelstwo". PlusLiga (in Polish). 5 May 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
- ^ "Coup for Volleyball Australia as Lebedew announced as Volleyroos coach". Volleyball Australia. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ^ "Head Coach Mark Lebedew announces that he is stepping down from the role". Volleyball Australia. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- ^ "AUS M: Lebedew has announced that he is stepping down as head coach of the national team". WorldofVolley. 17 January 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- ^ "Mark Lebedew je novi selektor slovenskih odbojkarjev". siol.net (in Slovenian). 17 February 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- ^ "Slovenske odbojkarje bo na svetovnem prvenstvu vodil Cretu". RTV Slovenija (in Slovenian). 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
External links
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- Coach profile at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Coach profile at Volleybox.net
- 1967 births
- Living people
- Naturalized citizens of Poland
- Sportspeople from Adelaide
- Australian volleyball coaches
- Australian expatriate volleyball players in Germany
- Volleyball coaches of international teams
- Australian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Australian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Australian expatriate sportspeople in Poland
- Australian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Jastrzębski Węgiel coaches
- Warta Zawiercie (volleyball) coaches
- Gwardia Wrocław (men's volleyball) coaches