Luca Cantagalli

Luca Cantagalli
Medal record
Men's Volleyball
Representing Italy
Olympic Games
World Championship
European Championship

Luca Cantagalli (born 11 August 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

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

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

^ 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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Personal data

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[SportsRef-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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