Marcin Gortat

At 7 feet tall and nicknamed the Polish Hammer, Gortat was always going to be remembered for his physical presence in the NBA. But what I find more telling is the second act: returning to the Washington Wizards as a player-development and assistant coach, choosing to build others up after his own playing days. The honors back home, the Order of the Smile, honorary citizenship of Łódź, suggest a man valued for character as much as rebounds. Son of a boxer, he carried a fighter's discipline into a sport an ocean away, and I respect that quiet, durable professionalism.

Name (English)

Marcin Gortat

Name (Japanese)

マルチン・ゴルタット

Reading

まるちん・ごるたっと

Born

February 17, 1984 (age 42)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Rat

Origin

Łódź, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland

Height

211 cm

Occupation

basketball player

Awards & achievements

• Gold Medal of Merit for National Defence
• Order of the Smile
• Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta
• honorary citizen of Łódź

• Official sitehttps://mg13.com.pl/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/mgortat13/
• Xhttps://x.com/MGortat
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcin%20Gortat
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%83%81%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B4%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%83%83%E3%83%88
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q358723

Tags

• Łódź Voivodeship
• basketball player

Last updated

2026-06-21

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