Paolo Tofoli (born August 14, 1966 in

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) is a former

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player and current coach, standing at 188 cm. He played 342 times for the

Italy national volleyball team The Italy men's national volleyball team represents the country in international competitions and friendly matches. The national team is controlled by the Italian Volleyball Federation, the governing body for Volleyball in Italy. It is one of th ...

. Tofoli was two time

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and

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. He was also four times gold medal at the European Championship (1989, 1993, 1995 and 1999). He represented Italy at four

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, winning two silver medals and a bronze medal.Olympic results
/ref> Starting from the season 2010/2011, Tofoli is working as the coach of the Italian women volleyball team

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Clubs

Individual awards

* 1990 FIVB World League "Best Setter" *

1994 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship The 1994 FIVB Men's World Championship was the thirteenth edition of the tournament, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held from 29 September to 8 October 1994 in Piraeus (Peace and Friendship Stadium) and Thessaloniki ( ...

Best Setter

State awards

* 2000

Knight's Order of Merit of the Italian Republic * 2004 ITA OMRI 2001 Uff BAR

Officer's Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tofoli, Paolo 1966 births Living people People from Fermo Italian men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players of Italy Olympic silver medalists for Italy Olympic bronze medalists for Italy Volleyball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games Goodwill Games medalists in volleyball Sportspeople from the Province of Fermo