Frantz Granvorka

Frantz Granvorka (born 10 March 1976) is a former French volleyball player, a member of France men's national volleyball team in 1996–2007, a participant of the 2004 Olympic Games, a bronze medalist of the 2002 World Championship, a silver medalist of the 2003 European Championship, 1997 French Champion.

Frantz Granvorka
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born (1976-03-10) March 10, 1976
Champigny-sur-Marne, France
Height1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight90 kg (198 lb)
Spike364 cm (143 in)
Block327 cm (129 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Career
YearsTeams
1992–1994
1994–1996
1996–1997
1997–1998
1998–1999
1999–2001
2001–2002
2002–2003
2003–2004
2004
2004–2006
2006–2007
2007–2008
2008–2009
2009–2010
2010–2011		CNVB
Asnières Volley
Paris Volley
Asnières Volley
Paris Volley
Pallavolo Parma
Sempre Volley
PV Cuneo
AdriaVolley Trieste
Iraklis Thessaloniki
BluVolley Verona
Prisma Volley
Volley Piacenza
Prisma Volley
Ziraat Bankası Ankara
Beauvais Oise UC
National team
1996–2007 France
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  France
World Championship
2002 Argentina
World League
2006 Moscow
European Championship
2003 Germany
Last updated: 2 January 2018

Career

French national team, including Granvorka, achieved bronze medal of the 2002 World Championship.[1] Granvorka received individual award for the Best Server of tournament. In 2004 he took part in 2004 Olympic Games and his national team of France took 9th place.[2]

Sporting achievements

Clubs

CEV Champions League

National championships
  • 1996/1997 French Cup, with Paris Volley
  • 1996/1997 French Championship, with Paris Volley
  • 1998/1999 French Cup, with Asnières Volley
  • 2003/2004 Greek Cup, with Iraklis Thessaloniki
  • 2007/2008 Italian Championship, with Volley Piacenza
  • 2009/2010 Turkish Cup, with Ziraat Bankası Ankara
  • 2009/2010 Turkish Championship, with Ziraat Bankası Ankara

Individually
  • 2002 FIVB World Championship - Best Server
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References
  1. Brazil takes home the World Championship title - fivb.org - 09-04-2017
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Frantz Granvorka". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. - sports-reference.com - 09-04-2017
Awards
Preceded by
Goran Vujević		 Best Server of
FIVB World Championship
2002		 Succeeded by
Matey Kaziyski
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