Cristian Savani (born 22 February 1982) is an Italian volleyball player, a member of Italy men's national volleyball team in 2001–2013 and Italian club BluVolley Verona, a medalist of the Olympic Games (silver in

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, bronze in

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), 2012 Italian Champion, double Chinese Champion (2015, 2016). He announced his retirement as professional volleyball player on 01 May, 2020 on his instagram account.

Career

Cristian Savani in National team and Serie A1 plays since 2001. In the Italian league his debut was in team from Montichiari from which went for two years to Itas Diatec Trentino and first national team match against Bulgaria.

Personal life

Savani was born in

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, Italy. He is married to Mihaela Travica ( Dragan's sister,

Ljubomir Lubomir, Lyubomir, Lyubomyr, Lubomír, Ľubomír, or Ljubomir is a Slavic given name meaning lub (love) and mir (peace, world). Feminine forms are: Lubomira and Ljubica. Nicknames Lubor, Luboš, Luborek, Lubošek, Borek, Lubo, Ľubo, Ljubo, ...

's daughter). On 4 April 2013 his wife gave birth to their first child - daughter named Mia.''Savani & Wifey Welcome Daughter''
- volleywood.net - 04-04-2013

Sporting achievements

Clubs

CEV Cup The CEV Cup is the second tier official competition for men's Volleyball clubs of Europe. The competition takes place every year. Until 2000, it was the CEV Cup Winners' Cup. In 2000 it was renamed CEV Top Teams Cup and in 2007 it was renamed ...

* 2007/2008 Simple gold cup

with

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Challenge Cup The Challenge Cup is a knockout rugby league cup competition organised by the Rugby Football League, held annually since 1896, with the exception of 1915–1919 and 1939–1940, due to World War I and World War II respectively. It involves am ...

* 2009/2010 Simple gold cup

with Sir Safety Perugia * 2010/2011 Simple gold cup

with

Lube Banca Macerata Associazione Sportiva Volley Lube is a professional volleyball team based in Treia, Italy. Since 1995 the club has been playing in the Serie A of the Italian Volleyball League. It won the Italian Championship seven times, the Italian Cup five time ...

AVC Asian Club Championship

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- with Fudan University Shanghai

National championships

* 2011/2012 Gold medal with cup

Italian Championship, with

* 2012/2013 Simple gold cup

Italian SuperCup 2012, with

* 2013/2014 Silver medal with cup

Chinese Championship, with Fudan University Shanghai * 2014/2015 Gold medal with cup

Chinese Championship, with Fudan University Shanghai * 2015/2016 Gold medal with cup

Chinese Championship, with Fudan University Shanghai

National team

* 2003

FIVB World League * 2003 Gold medal with cup

CEV European Championship * 2004 Silver medal with cup

Olympic Games * 2005 Gold medal with cup

CEV European Championship * 2011 Silver medal with cup

CEV European Championship * 2012 Bronze medal with cup

Olympic Games * 2013 Bronze medal with cup

FIVB World League * 2013 Silver medal with cup

CEV European Championship

Individually

* 2009 Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner - Best Spiker * 2010 CEV Challenge Cup - Best Server * 2011 Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner - Most Valuable Player * 2011 World Cup - Best Server * 2012 Olympic Games London - Best Server * 2014 Asian Club Championship - Best Outside Spikers * 2015 CVL League - Best Outside Spikers * 2015 CVL League - Most Valuable Player

References

External links

LegaVolley Serie A player profile
1982 births Living people People from Castiglione delle Stiviere Italian men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players of Italy Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Italy Olympic medalists in volleyball Italian Champions of men's volleyball Sportspeople from the Province of Mantua {{Italy-volleyball-bio-stub