Cristian Savani (born 22 February 1982) is an Italian

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, a member of

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in 2001–2013 and Italian club

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, a medalist of the

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(silver in 2004, 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

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Personal life

Savani was born in Castiglione delle Stiviere,

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. He is married to Mihaela Travica (

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's sister, Ljubomir'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

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* 2007/2008 Simple gold cup

with M. Roma Volley

Challenge Cup

* 2009/2010 Simple gold cup

with Sir Safety Perugia * 2010/2011 Simple gold cup

with Lube Banca Macerata

AVC Asian Club Championship

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- with Fudan University Shanghai

National championships

* 2011/2012 Gold medal with cup

Italian Championship, with Lube Banca Macerata * 2012/2013 Simple gold cup

Italian SuperCup 2012, with Lube Banca Macerata * 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

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* 2003

CEV European Championship * 2004 Silver medal with cup

* 2005

CEV European Championship * 2011 Silver medal with cup

CEV European Championship * 2012 Bronze medal with cup

* 2013

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

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- Best Server * 2012 Olympic Games London - Best Server * 2014

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- 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