Luigi Mastrangelo

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Luigi Mastrangelo (born 17 August 1975 in Mottola, Italy) is an Italian men's volleyball player, a member of Italy men's national volleyball team 1999-2012. Mastrangelo with national team winner silver and bronze medalist of the Olympic Games,^[1]^[2] multiple winner of the European Championship and World League. He was the star of the Italian team in their course.

Luigi Mastrangelo

Personal information

Full name

Luigi Mastrangelo

Nickname

Gigi

Nationality

Italian

Born

17 August 1975 (age 49)
Mottola, Italy

Height

2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)

Weight

90 kg (198 lb)

Spike

368 cm (145 in)

Block

336 cm (132 in)

Volleyball information

Position

Middle-blocker

Current team

Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo

National team

1999-2012

Italy (363)

Honours

Men’s Volleyball

Representing Italy
Olympic Games
	2004 Athens
	2000 Sydney
	2012 London
World Cup
	2003 Japan
European Championship
	1999 Austria
	2003 Germany
	2005 Italy/Serbia and Montenegro
	2011 Austria/Czech Republic
World League
	1999 Mar del Plata
	2000 Rotterdam
	2001 Katowice
	2004 Rome
	2003 Madrid

Last updated: 5 October 2016

Career

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Clubs

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Club	Country	From	To
Cuneo VBC	Italy	1994	1995
VBC Mondovì	Italy	1995	1996
PV Sant'Antioco	Italy	1996	1997
Piemonte Volley	Italy	1997	2002
Lube Banca Macerata	Italy	2002	2005
Pallavolo Modena	Italy	2005	2006
M. Roma Volley	Italy	2006	2008
Martina Franca Volley	Italy	2008	2009
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo	Italy	2009	2014

Sporting achievements

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Individually

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1999 FIVB World League - Best Server
2001 FIVB World League - Best Server
2003 CEV European Championship - Best Blocker
2004 FIVB World League - Best Blocker
2005 CEV European Championship - Best Blocker
2008 CEV Cup - Best Blocker
2008 CEV Cup - Best Server
2009 Volleyit Magazine - Player of the Year Italy
2011 Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner - Best Blocker

State awards

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2000 Knight's Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
2004 Officer's Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

References

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^ "2008 Beijing Summer Olympics | Luigi MASTRANGELO Profile & Bio, Photos & Videos". nbcolympics.com. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 3 November 2009. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Luigi Mastrangelo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.

External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Luigi Mastrangelo.

Luigi Mastrangelo at the European Volleyball Confederation
Luigi Mastrangelo at Olympedia
Luigi Mastrangelo at Olympics.com
Luigi Mastrangelo at the Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (in Italian)

Awards
Preceded by Goran Vujević	Best Server of FIVB World League 2001	Succeeded by Vadim Khamuttskikh
Preceded by Dominique Daquin	Best Blocker of CEV European Championship 2003 2005	Succeeded by José Luis Moltó
Preceded by Andrija Gerić	Best Blocker of FIVB World League 2004	Succeeded by Dante Amaral
Preceded by -	Best Blocker of CEV Cup 2007/2008	Succeeded by Vladimir Nikolov
Preceded by -	Best Server of CEV Cup 2007/2008	Succeeded by Sergey Khoroshev

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