Marco Bracci (born August 23, 1966 in

Fucecchio Fucecchio () is a town and ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italian region of Tuscany. The main economical resources of the city are the leather industries, shoes industry and other manufacturing activities, although in the ...

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) is a former

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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 Italy 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. He played at four

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, winning a silver medal at the 1996 Games and a bronze medal at the

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.Olympic results
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Massimo Barbolini Massimo Barbolini (born 29 August 1964) is an Italian volleyball coach. He is coach of Turkey women's national volleyball team, and Galatasaray SK.Massimo Barbolini Galatasaray'da/ref> Coaching Italy women's national volleyball team, he has won t ...

the trainer of

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Clubs

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1966 births Living people People from Fucecchio Italian men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players of 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 people {{Italy-volleyball-bio-stub