Andrea Gardini
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Andrea Gardini (born 1 October 1965) is an Italian professional volleyball coach and former player, a silver (Atlanta 1996) and bronze (Sydney 2000) Olympic Games medallist, three–time World Champion (1990, 1994, 1998), and four–time European Champion (1989, 1993, 1995, 1999). Gardini was inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame in 2007. Since the 2024–25 season, he serves as head coach for Olympiacos.[1][2]
Personal life
[edit]His son, Davide (born 1999), is also a volleyball player.
Career
[edit]As a coach
[edit]In 2011, Gardini became an assistant coach of Andrea Anastasi in the Polish national volleyball team. On 10 July 2011, they led Poland to a bronze medal of the 2011 World League, the nation's first ever World League medal.[3] On 18 September 2011, Poland, led by Anastasi and Gardini, won a bronze medal at the 2011 European Championship.[4] In the same year, their team won a silver medal at the 2011 World Cup and qualified for the Olympic Games London 2012. For the first time in its history, the Polish national team won three medals in one year. On 8 July 2012, Poland won the final match of the 2012 World League against United States (3–0).[5] In October 2013, Anastasi and Gardini were dismissed as coaches of the Polish national team.[6]
On 22 December 2014, Gardini was appointed new head coach of Indykpol AZS Olsztyn. In May 2015, he signed a new contract with the club from Olsztyn.
Honours
[edit]As a player
[edit]- CEV European Champions Cup
1991–92 – with Messaggero Ravenna- 1992–93 – with Messaggero Ravenna
- 1994–95 – with Sisley Treviso
- 1998–99 – with Sisley Treviso
- FIVB Club World Championship
São Paulo 1991 – with Messaggero Ravenna
- CEV Cup
1986–87 – with Tartarini Bologna- 1993–94 – with Sisley Treviso
- CEV Challenge Cup
- 1997–98 – with Sisley Treviso
- 1999–00 – with Piaggio Roma
- Domestic
- 1990–91 Italian Cup, with Messaggero Ravenna
- 1990–91
Italian Championship, with Messaggero Ravenna - 1993–94 Italian Championship, with Sisley Treviso
- 1995–96 Italian Championship, with Sisley Treviso
- 1997–98 Italian Championship, with Sisley Treviso
- 1998–99 Italian SuperCup, with Sisley Treviso
- 1998–99 Italian Championship, with Sisley Treviso
- 1999–00 Italian Championship, with Piaggio Roma
- 2001–02 Italian Championship, with Casa Modena Salumi
- 1990–91
As a coach
[edit]- Domestic
- 2018–19 Polish Cup, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
- 2018–19 Polish Championship, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
- 2020–21 Polish Championship, with Jastrzębski Węgiel
- 2021–22 Polish SuperCup, with Jastrzębski Węgiel
- 2018–19
Individual awards
[edit]- 1988: Olympic Games – Best spiker
- 1989: FIVB World Cup – Best spiker
- 1990: FIVB World League – Best blocker
State awards
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References
[edit]- ^ "Andrea Gardini nowym trenerem Skry Bełchatów". siatka.org (in Polish). 1 February 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
- ^ "Pallavolo Grecia – Andrea Gardini arriva sulla panchina dell'Olympiacos Pireo e lancia subito la sfida al campionato ellenico". iVolley Magazine (in Italian). 10 May 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ "Triumphant Poland gain first ever World League medal after winning bronze". fivb.org. 10 July 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ "Bartosz Kurek is the man of the day as Poland strikes bronze at EuroVolley". CEV. 18 September 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ "Reprezentacja Polski wygrała Ligę Światową 2012". sport.onet.pl (in Polish). 8 July 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ "Andrea Anastasi zwolniony z funkcji trenera reprezentacji siatkarzy". sport.onet.pl (in Polish). 24 October 2013. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Andrea Gardini.
- Player profile at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Coach profile at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Player profile at Volleyhall.org
- Coach/Player profile at Volleybox.net
- Player profile at LegaVolley.it (in Italian)
- Coach profile at LegaVolley.it (in Italian)
- Andrea Gardini at Olympedia
- Andrea Gardini at Olympics.com
- Andrea Gardini at the Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (in Italian)
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