Benjamin Toniutti
Benjamin Toniutti (born 30 October 1989) is a French volleyball player, a member of France men's national volleyball team and Polish club ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle, 2015 European Champion, a gold medalist of the World League (2015, 2017), Polish Champion (2016, 2017, 2019).
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Nickname | Totti Ben | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Mulhouse, France | 30 October 1989|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spike | 333 cm (131 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Setter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Number | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Honours
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Personal life
Toniutti was born and raised in Alsace by his father Maurizio, an Italian French, and French mother Cathy. His parents often travel to attend Toniutti's league matches. Toniutti is fluent in Italian. He is married. In August 2015 his wife gave birth to their daughter.
Career
On April 13, 2015 Toniutti signed a contract with Polish club ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle.[1] On October 18, 2015 the French national team, including him, achieved title of the European Champion 2015 (3–0 with Slovenia in the final).[2] On April 26, 2016 he won with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle a title of 2016 Polish Champion.[3] Toniutti was Most Valuable Player of the whole season, during the league he received individual MVP awards ten times. On May 2, 2016 it was announced that Toniutti extended his contract for the next two seasons (until 2018).[4] On July 9, 2017 France won 2017 World League after beating Brazil in the finale.[5] ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle confirmed on January 1, 2018 Toniutti's contract extension until 2019.[6]
Sporting achievements
- National championships
- 2009/2010
French Championship, with Arago de Sète - 2010/2011
French Championship, with Arago de Sète - 2011/2012
French Championship, with Arago de Sète - 2012/2013
French Championship, with Arago de Sète - 2014/2015
German Championship, with VfB Friedrichshafen - 2015/2016
Polish Championship, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle - 2016/2017
Polish Cup, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle - 2016/2017
Polish Championship, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle - 2017/2018
Polish Championship, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle - 2018/2019
Polish Cup, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle - 2018/2019
Polish Championship, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle - 2019/2020
Polish SuperCup, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
- 2009/2010
- National team
- 2006
CEV U20 European Championship - 2007
CEV U19 European Championship - 2007
FIVB U19 World Championship - 2008
CEV U20 European Championship - 2015
FIVB World League - 2015
CEV European Championship - 2016
FIVB World League - 2017
FIVB World League - 2018
FIVB Nations League
- 2006
Individually
- 2007: CEV U19 European Championship – Best Setter
- 2013: Pro A League – Best Setter
- 2013: Pro A League – Most Valuable Player
- 2015: FIVB World League – Best Setter
- 2016: Best Player in PlusLiga
- 2016: Polish Cup – Best Setter
- 2016: Summer Olympics European qualification – Best Setter
- 2017: Polish Cup – Best Setter
- 2017: FIVB World League – Best Setter
- 2017: Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner – Best Setter
- 2018: Nations League – Best Setter
- 2019: CEV European Championship – Best Setter
References
- Benjamin Toniutti nowym rozgrywającym ZAKSY – plusliga.pl – 13-04-2015
- France celebrate historic European crown, Slovenia happy with silver – cev.eu – 18-10-2015
- Wielki finał PlusLigi: Asseco Resovia Rzeszów – ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle 0:3. ZAKSA mistrzem Polski! – plusliga.pl – 26-04-2016
- Kapitanowie ZAKSY zagrają w mistrzowskiej drużynie w kolejnych sezonach. – zaksa.pl – 02-05-2016
- France crowned for the second time in FIVB Volleyball World League – fivb.org – 09-07-2017
- Benjamin Toniutti z ZAKSĄ na kolejny rok – zaksa.pl – 01-01-2018
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Benjamin Toniutti. |
- Benjamin Toniutti at the Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français (in French)
- Benjamin Toniutti at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- LegaVolley player profile
- PlusLiga player profile