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Luca Cantagalli

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Luca Cantagalli
Personal information
Born (1965-12-08) 8 December 1965 (age 59)
Cavriago, Province of Reggio Emilia, Italy
Height199 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Number10
National team
1986–1996 Italy
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1996 Atlanta Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1990 Brazil Team
Gold medal – first place 1994 Greece Team
FIVB World Cup
Silver medal – second place 1989 Japan
World Grand Champions Cup
Gold medal – first place 1993 Japan
FIVB World League
Gold medal – first place 1990 Osaka
Gold medal – first place 1991 Milan
Gold medal – first place 1992 Genoa
Gold medal – first place 1994 Milan
Silver medal – second place 1996 Rotterdam
Bronze medal – third place 1993 São Paulo
Goodwill Games
Gold medal – first place 1990 Seattle
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 1989 Sweden
Gold medal – first place 1993 Finland
Gold medal – first place 1995 Greece
Silver medal – second place 1991 Germany

Luca Cantagalli (born 8 December 1965, in Cavriago) is an Italian volleyball former player who was twice World champion with his national team in 1990 and 1994. He was nicknamed "bazooka" by the fans, due to his powerful spikes. He competed at three Olympic Games, winning a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.[1]

Career

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Debuting on 18 March 1986, he totalled 330 caps for Italy men's national volleyball team. He was four times Italian champion and three times European Champion (1989, 1993 and 1995).

After announcing his retire at the end of the 2005–2006 season, he played shortly for the team of his native Cavriago in the A2 series of Italy. Cantagalli retired in 2007.

Clubs

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Club Country From To
Panini Modena  Italy 1980-1981 1989-1990
Sisley Treviso  Italy 1990-1991 1992-1993
Modena  Italy 1993-1994 1997-1998
Palermo  Italy 1998-1999 1999-2000
Modena  Italy 2000-2001 2003-2004
Taranto  Italy 2004-2005 2004-2005
Santa Croce sull'Arno  Italy 2005-2006 2005-2006
Cavriago  Italy 2006-2007

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Luca Cantagalli Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
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