Marco Bracci
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Nationality | Italian |
Born | Fucecchio, Italy | August 23, 1966
Height | 197 cm (6 ft 6 in) |
Medal record |
Marco Bracci (born August 23, 1966, in Fucecchio, province of Florence) is a former Italian volleyball player, ranked amongst the world's most valuable players of the late 1980s and 1990s. A 197 cm athlete, Bracci played as passer-hitter.
Bracci made his debut for the Italian national team on May 6, 1988. He earned 344 caps for his native country, winning three Volleyball World Championships (1990, 1994 and 1998) and four Volleyball European Championships (1989, 1993, 1995 and 1999), plus numerous other titles. One of the most winning players of all-time in the Italian Championships, his club titles include six scudetti and four European Champions Cups.
Bracci played at four Olympic Games, winning a silver medal at the 1996 Games and a bronze medal at the 2000 Olympics.[1]
Coaching
[edit]Bracci has worked as an assistant coach to Massimo Barbolini, the head coach of the Italian women's national volleyball team.
Clubs
[edit]Club | Country | From | To |
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Parma | ![]() |
1987-1988 | 1993-1994 |
Modena | ![]() |
1994-1995 | 1997-1998 |
Piaggio Roma | ![]() |
1998-1999 | 2000-2001 |
Macerata | ![]() |
2001-2002 | 2004-2005 |
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Marco Bracci at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Marco Bracci at WorldofVolley
- Marco Bracci at Lega Pallavolo Serie A (in Italian)
- Marco Bracci at Olympedia
- Marco Bracci at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
- 1966 births
- Living people
- People from Fucecchio
- Italian men's volleyball players
- Olympic volleyball players for Italy
- Olympic silver medalists for Italy
- Olympic bronze medalists for Italy
- Volleyball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in volleyball
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games
- Goodwill Games medalists in volleyball
- Competitors at the 1991 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
- Mediterranean Games medalists in volleyball
- Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Florence
- 20th-century Italian sportsmen
- Italian volleyball coaches
- Outside hitters
- Knights of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
- Italian volleyball biography stubs