Marco Bracci (born 23 August 1966) is a former
Italian
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volleyball
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player, ranked amongst the world's most valuable players of the late 1980s and 1990s. A 197 cm athlete, Bracci played as passer-hitter.
Bracci made his debut for the
Italian national team on 6 May 1988. He earned 344 caps for his native country, winning three
Volleyball World Championships (1990, 1994 and 1998) and four
Volleyball European Championships (1989, 1993, 1995 and 1999), plus numerous other titles. One of the most winning players of all-time in the Italian Championships, his club titles include six ''scudetti'' and four European Champions Cups.
Bracci played at four
Olympic Games
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, winning a silver medal at the
1996 Games and a bronze medal at the
2000 Olympics.
Olympic results
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Coaching
Bracci has worked as an assistant coach to Massimo Barbolini, the head coach of the Italian women's national volleyball team.
Clubs
References
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1966 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Fucecchio
Italian men's volleyball players
Olympic volleyball players for Italy
Olympic silver medalists for Italy
Olympic bronze medalists for Italy
Volleyball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Volleyball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic medalists in volleyball
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games
Goodwill Games medalists in volleyball
Competitors at the 1991 Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
Mediterranean Games medalists in volleyball
20th-century Italian sportsmen
Italian volleyball coaches
Outside hitters
Knights of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
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