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Lorenzo Bernardi (born 11 August 1968) is an Italian professional
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coach and former player, a silver medallist at the Olympic Games Atlanta 1996, two–time World Champion (
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), and a two–time European Champion (
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,
1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...
). Bernardi was elected the best player of the 1994 World Championship and 1995 European Championship, and in 2001, the FIVB declared him to be the "Volleyball Player of the Century" with Karch Kiraly.


Career

Born in
Trento Trento ( or ; Ladin language, Ladin and ; ; ; ; ; ), also known in English as Trent, is a city on the Adige, Adige River in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol in Italy. It is the capital of the Trentino, autonomous province of Trento. In the 16th ...
, Bernardi started his long career in the 1980s as setter, but later was switched to hitter and passer. From 1985 he played with the
Panini Modena Modena Volley is a professional volleyball team based in Modena, Italy. It has played in the highest level of the Italian Volleyball League without interruption since 1968. It is the most successful Italian club, having won both the national lea ...
club. Bernardi won the Italian championship nine times with Modena and with Sisley Treviso, which he played for from 1990 to 2001. His first cap with Italy national volleyball team was on 27 May 1987, he played for a total of 306 times in "Azzurri" colours, winning two European gold medals in (1989 and 1995), two World Championships (1990 and 1994), three Volleyball World Leagues and the Volleyball World Cup in 1995. His international tally also includes two more gold medals, five silver medals and one bronze. Lorenzo was named the most valuable player of the 1992 FIVB World League after the Italians won the event for the third time in a row. Lorenzo was named the Best Player of the 1994 FIVB World Championship after Italy captured the gold medal for the second consecutive time. During Bernardi's final
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appearance in 1996 in
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, Italy won all five of its Pool B matches in straight sets. Italy continued its success with a four-set victory over Argentina in the quarterfinals, followed by a four-set semifinal victory over Serbia and Montenegro to reach its first-ever Olympic gold-medal match. However,
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battled to a five-set victory leaving Italy with the silver medal. Lorenzo was named the Best Player of the 1994 FIVB World Championship after Italy captured the gold medal for the second consecutive time. In 2004, he played some competitions in
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and after a spell in
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and
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, he has returned to play in
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as of November 2005. In spite of his late age of 37, he was declared MVP of the first match in his new Italian club career. In his later career he played for a B1 series (Italy's third category) near his native
Trento Trento ( or ; Ladin language, Ladin and ; ; ; ; ; ), also known in English as Trent, is a city on the Adige, Adige River in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol in Italy. It is the capital of the Trentino, autonomous province of Trento. In the 16th ...
, finishing his playing career with Montichiari in 2007. Overall, Bernardi competed 306 times for Italy in international competition. Lorenzo was part of nine Italian League championship teams to cement his legendary status in his home country. During the 2010/2011 season, he took over the head coach position of the Polish club Jastrzębski Węgiel, and was able to reach the 4th spot in the
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. Bernardi in 2014 was named new coach of the Halkbank Ankara. In November 2016, he replaced Slobodan Kovač as coach of Sir Safety Perugia.


Style played

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Honours


As a player

* CEV European Champions Cup ** 1989–90 – with Modena Volley ** 1994–95 – with Sisley Treviso ** 1998–99 – with Sisley Treviso ** 1999–00 – with Sisley Treviso *
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** 1985–86 – with Modena Volley ** 1993–94 – with Sisley Treviso *
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** 1990–91 – with Sisley Treviso ** 1992–93 – with Sisley Treviso ** 1997–98 – with Sisley Treviso ** 2004–05 – with Lube Banca Macerata * Domestic ** 1985–86 Italian Cup, with Modena Volley ** 1985–86 Italian Championship, with Modena Volley ** 1986–87 Italian Championship, with Modena Volley ** 1987–88 Italian Cup, with Modena Volley ** 1987–88 Italian Championship, with Modena Volley ** 1988–89 Italian Cup, with Modena Volley ** 1988–89 Italian Championship, with Modena Volley ** 1992–93 Italian Cup, with Sisley Treviso ** 1993–94 Italian Championship, with Sisley Treviso ** 1995–96 Italian Championship, with Sisley Treviso ** 1997–98 Italian Championship, with Sisley Treviso ** 1998–99 Italian SuperCup, with Sisley Treviso ** 1999–2000 Italian SuperCup, with Sisley Treviso ** 1999–2000 Italian Cup, with Sisley Treviso ** 1999–2000 Italian Championship, with Sisley Treviso ** 2000–01 Italian Championship, with Sisley Treviso ** 2001–02 Italian SuperCup, with Sisley Treviso


As a coach

* Domestic ** 2014–15 Turkish SuperCup, with Halkbank Ankara ** 2014–15 Turkish Cup, with Halkbank Ankara ** 2015–16 Turkish SuperCup, with Halkbank Ankara ** 2015–16 Turkish Championship, with Halkbank Ankara ** 2017–18 Italian SuperCup, with Sir Safety Perugia ** 2017–18 Italian Cup, with Sir Safety Perugia ** 2017–18 Italian Championship, with Sir Safety Perugia ** 2018–19 Italian Cup, with Sir Safety Perugia


Individual awards

* 1992: FIVB World League – Most valuable player * 1992: FIVB Club World Championship – Most valuable player * 1994: FIVB World Championship – Most valuable player * 1996: FIVB World League – Most valuable player * 1996: FIVB World League – Best scorer


State awards

* 2000: Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic


References


External links

* * *
Coach profile
at LegaVolley.it
Coach/Player profile
at Volleybox.net {{DEFAULTSORT:Bernardi, Lorenzo 1968 births Living people Sportspeople from Trento Italian men's volleyball players Italian volleyball coaches Olympic volleyball players for Italy Olympic medalists in volleyball Olympic silver medalists for Italy Volleyball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Modena Volley players Trentino Volley players Volley Lube players Olympiacos SFP (men's volleyball) players Verona Volley players Jastrzębski Węgiel coaches Expatriate volleyball coaches Expatriate volleyball players in Greece Expatriate volleyball players in Qatar Italian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Italian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar Italian expatriate volleyball players Outside hitters Italian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Italian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey International Volleyball Hall of Fame inductees 20th-century Italian sportsmen