Damiano Pippi (born 23 August 1971 in

Castiglione del Lago Castiglione del Lago is a town in the province of Perugia of Umbria (central Italy), on the southwest corner of Lake Trasimeno. Orvieto is south, Chiusi is to the south west, Arezzo is to the north west, Cortona is to the north, and Perugia is ...

) is a former

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

player from

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

who won the silver medal with the Italian men's national team at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

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Individual awards

* '' 1993 FIVB World League "Best Digger"''

State awards

* 2004

Officer's Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

References

CONI profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pippi, Damiano 1971 births Living people Italian men's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players for Italy Olympic silver medalists for Italy Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics People from Castiglione del Lago Sportspeople from the Province of Perugia Outside hitters Liberos Officers of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic