Andrea Gardini

Andrea Gardini (born 1 October 1965) is a former Italian volleyball player, medalist of the Olympic Games, three-time World Champion (1990, 1994, 1998), four-time European Champion (1989, 1993, 1995, 1999), head coach of Italian club Gas Sales Piacenza.

Andrea Gardini
Personal information
Full nameAndrea Gardini
Nationality Italian
Born (1965-10-01) October 1, 1965
Bagnacavallo, Italy
Height2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)
Coaching information
Current team Gas Sales Piacenza
Previous teams coached
YearsTeams
2011–2013
2014–2017
2017–2019
2019–		 Poland (AC)
Indykpol AZS Olsztyn
ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Gas Sales Piacenza
Volleyball information
PositionMiddle blocker
Career
YearsTeams
1982–1983
1984–1986
1986–1988
1988–1990
1990–1993
1993–1999
1999–2001
2001–2003
2003–2004		 Casadio Ravenna
CUS Torino Pallavolo
Zinella Volley Bologna
Sisley Treviso
Porto Ravenna Volley
Sisley Treviso
M. Roma Volley
Daytona Modena
Copra Elior Piacenza
National team
1986–2000 Italy (418)
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
1996 AtlantaTeam
2000 SydneyTeam
World Championship
1990 BrazilTeam
1994 GreeceTeam
1998 JapanTeam
World Cup
1995 JapanTeam
1989 JapanTeam
1999 JapanTeam
World Grand Champions Cup
1993 JapanTeam
Goodwill Games
1990 SeattleTeam
World League
1990 OsakaTeam
1991 MilanTeam
1992 GenoaTeam
1994 MilanTeam
1997 MoscowTeam
2000 RotterdamTeam
1996 RotterdamTeam
1993 São PauloTeam
European Championship
1989 SwedenTeam
1993 FinlandTeam
1995 GreeceTeam
1999 AustriaTeam
1991 GermanyTeam
1997 NetherlandsTeam

Personal life

His son Davide (born 1999) is also a volleyball player.

Career as coach

In 2011 he was a coach assistant of Poland men's national volleyball team, when a head coach was Andrea Anastasi. In 2011 he won with this national team three medals. On July 10, 2011 achieved bronze of World League 2011.[1] On September 18, 2011 Poland led by Anastasi and Gardini won bronze of European Championship 2011.[2] In the same year, in December his team achieved silver at World Cup 2011 and was qualified for the Olympic Games 2012.[3] For the first time in the history Polish national team won three medals in one year. On July 8, 2012 his team won the final match of World League 2012 against United States (3-0).[4][5] In 2012 Polish team led by them took the 5th place at the Olympic Games London 2012.[6] In October 2013 Anastasi and Gardini were dismissed as coaches of the Polish national team.[7] On December 22, 2014 he was appointed a new head coach of Polish club Indykpol AZS Olsztyn.[8] In May 2015 he signed a new contract with club from Olsztyn.[9]

Sporting achievements

As a player
  • National championships
    • 1990/1991 Italian championship, with Porto Ravenna Volley
    • 1993/1994 Italian championship, with Sisley Treviso
    • 1995/1996 Italian championship, with Sisley Treviso
    • 1997/1998 Italian championship, with Sisley Treviso
    • 1998/1999 Italian championship, with Sisley Treviso
    • 1999/2000 Italian championship, with M. Roma Volley
    • 2001/2002 Italian championship, with Daytona Modena

As a coach
gollark: And I could procedurally generate a moral system in a bunch of different ways.
gollark: Ignoring the whole fundamental values differences issue, saying something is objective(ly) right because it's generated by evolutionary processes and not humans is… odd. I mean, the bible has tons of contradictory competitors.
gollark: And I don't think you can have objective morality at all, is-ought problem and such.
gollark: No, negative utilitarianism bad.
gollark: ℚ you, utterly.

References
  1. Triumphant Poland gain first ever World League medal after winning bronze – fivb.org – 10-07-2011
  2. Bartosz Kurek is the man of the day as Poland strikes bronze at EuroVolley – cev.eu – 18-09-2011
  3. Poland shoot up World Rankings on back of World Cup silver – fivb.org – 04-12-2011
  4. Poland wins historical gold at the 2012 World League – fivb.org – 08-07-2012
  5. Poland beat USA to claim first World League title – fivb.org – 08-07-2012
  6. With terrific show of strength Russia end Poland's Olympic adventure – fivb.org – 08-08-2012
  7. Andrea Anastasi zwolniony z funkcji trenera reprezentacji siatkarzy – eurosport.onet.pl – 24-10-2013
  8. PlusLiga: Krzysztof Stelmach zwolniony, Andrea Gardini nowym trenerem Indykpolu AZS Olsztyn Archived 2015-02-14 at the Wayback Machine – eurosport.onet.pl – 22-12-2014
  9. Andrea Gardini zostaje w Olsztynie – plusliga.pl – 05-05-2015
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Krzysztof Stelmach		 Coach assistant of Poland
2011–2013		 Succeeded by
Philippe Blain
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