Luigi Mastrangelo

Luigi Mastrangelo (born August 17, 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, 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	(1975-08-17) August 17, 1975 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: October 5, 2016

Career

Clubs

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

Individually

• 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

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

External links

• NBC Olympics profile
• 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 2020-04-18.