Samuele Papi

Samuele Papi
Papi with Piacenza in 2011
Personal information
Born (1973-05-20) 20 May 1973
Ancona, Italy
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight84 kg (185 lb)
Spike345 cm (136 in)
Block310 cm (122 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Number6
Career
YearsTeams
1990–1994
1994–1998
1998–2011
2011–2017		Pallavolo Falconara
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo
Sisley Treviso
LPR Piacenza
National team
1993–2012 Italy (361)
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place1996 Atlanta
Silver medal – second place2004 Athens
Bronze medal – third place2000 Sydney
Bronze medal – third place2012 London
World Championship
Gold medal – first place1994 Greece
Gold medal – first place1998 Japan
World Cup
Gold medal – first place1995 Japan
Silver medal – second place2003 Japan
Bronze medal – third place1999 Japan
World League
Gold medal – first place1994 Milan
Gold medal – first place1995 Rio de Janeiro
Gold medal – first place1997 Moscow
Gold medal – first place1999 Mar del Plata
Gold medal – first place2000 Rotterdam
Silver medal – second place1996 Rotterdam
Silver medal – second place2001 Katowice
Silver medal – second place2004 Rome
Bronze medal – third place2003 Madrid
European Championship
Gold medal – first place1995 Greece
Gold medal – first place1999 Austria
Gold medal – first place2003 Germany
Silver medal – second place2001 Czech Republic
Bronze medal – third place1997 Netherlands
Last updated: 3 January 2018

Samuele Papi (born 20 May 1973) is an Italian former volleyball player, a member of Italy men's national volleyball team in 1993–2012, silver and bronze medalist of the Olympic Games, multiple winner of the European Championship and World Championship, silver medalist of the World Cup 2003, three-time CEV Champions League winner, double CEV Cup winner, four-time Challenge Cup winner, six-time Italian Champion.

Career

Papi won five Italian titles, three European Champions cups, and, with the Italian national team, two World Championships (1994 and 1998) and three European Championships.[1][2][3][4] He competed at four Summer Olympics, winning two silver medals and two bronze medals.[5]

Individual awards

Awards

See also

References

  1. ↑ "World Championships". www.fivb.org. International Volleyball Federation. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "2004/2005 European Championships". www.cev.lu. European Volleyball Confederation. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  3. 1 2 "2003 European Championships". www.cev.lu. European Volleyball Confederation. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "1998/1999 European Championships". www.cev.lu. European Volleyball Confederation. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  5. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Samuele Papi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  6. ↑ "World League 2004 News". www.fivb.org. International Volleyball Federation. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
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