Samuele Papi (born 20 May 1973) is an Italian former

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, a member of

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in 1993-2012, silver and bronze medalist of the

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, multiple winner of the European Championship and

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, silver medalist of the World Cup 2003, three-time

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winner, double

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winner, four-time

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winner, six-time Italian Champion.

Career

Papi won five Italian titles, three European Champions cups, and, with the

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, two World Championships (1994 and 1998) and three European Championships. He competed at four

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, winning two silver medals and two bronze medals.

Individual awards

* '' 2003 European Championship "Best Receiver"'' * '' 2004 FIVB Volleyball World League "Best Spiker"''

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

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Samuele Papi
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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Papi, Samuele 1973 births Living people Sportspeople from Ancona Italian men's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in volleyball Olympic volleyball players of Italy Olympic silver medalists for Italy Olympic bronze medalists for Italy Italian Champions of men's volleyball Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Career

Individual awards

Awards

See also

References

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