Lorenzo Bernardi is an Italian professional volleyball coach and former player, a silver medallist at the Olympic Games Atlanta 1996, two–time World Champion, and a two–time European Champion.
Andrea Giani is an Italian professional volleyball coach and former player who serves as head coach for the France national team and the Polish PlusLiga team, ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle.
Nikola Grbić is a Serbian professional volleyball coach and former player who is currently serving as head coach for the Poland national team. Grbić is a gold medalist of the 2000 Summer Olympics, a bronze medalist of the 1996 Summer Olympics, and a multiple World Championship, European Championship, and World League medalist. He was inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame in 2016.
Andrea Gardini is an Italian professional volleyball coach and former player, a silver and bronze Olympic Games medallist, three–time World Champion, and four–time European Champion. Gardini was inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame in 2007. Since the 2024–25 season, he serves as head coach for Olympiacos.
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 the national league twelve times and the national cup as well. The club is one of the most prominent and prestigious in Europe too, having won thirteen European trophies including four CEV Champions League.
Andrea Anastasi is an Italian professional volleyball coach and former player. He was a member of the Italy national team from 1981 to 1991, and during his career won the 1990 World Champion title. Since the 2023–24 season, he has been serving as head coach for Gas Sales Piacenza.
Ferdinando De Giorgi is an Italian professional volleyball coach and former player, a participant in the Olympic Games Seoul 1988, three–time World Champion, and the 1989 European Champion. He serves as head coach for the Italy national team.
Julio Velasco is an Argentine former professional volleyball player and coach. He's had Italian citizenship obtained in 1992. Velasco was inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame in 2005. Velasco currently serves as a sports director for the Italian Volleyball Federation.
Piotr Łukasz Gruszka is a Polish professional volleyball coach and former player. He was a member of the Poland national team from 1995 to 2011, and took part in 3 Olympic Games.
Tomasz Grzegorz Wójtowicz was a Polish volleyball player. In his later life, he worked as a volleyball commentator. As a member of the Poland national team, he won the titles of the 1976 Olympic Champion and the 1974 World Champion.
Franco Bertoli is an Italian former volleyball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow and in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
Irina Vladimirovna Kirillova, also known as Irina Parkhomchuk, is a retired competitive volleyball player and Olympic gold medalist for the Soviet Union, later competing for Croatia.
Ljubomir Travica is a professional volleyball coach and former player from former Yugoslavia. He is the current head coach of Prisma Taranto Volley, in the Italian Volleyball League.
Aleksander Andrzej Skiba was a Polish volleyball player and coach, a member of the Poland national team from 1967 to 1976 and the 1974 World Champion.
Zdzisław Stanisław Ambroziak was a Polish volleyball player, sports journalist, sports commentator, a member of the Poland national team in 1963–1972, and a participant in the Olympic Games.
Bartosz Bednorz is a Polish professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for the Poland national team.
Hubert Aleksander Wagner was a Polish volleyball player and coach. He was a member of the Poland national team from 1963 to 1971, a participant in the Mexico 1968 Olympics, and a bronze medallist at the 1967 European Championship. As a head coach, he led Poland to become the 1974 World Champions and the 1976 Olympic Champions.
Krzysztof Stelmach is a Polish professional volleyball coach and former player. He was a member of the Poland national team from 1987 to 1997, and a participant in the Olympic Games Atlanta 1996.
Zbigniew Jasiukiewicz was a Polish volleyball player and coach, a member of the Poland national team from 1967 to 1976. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Taylor Constantine Averill is an American professional volleyball player who plays as a middle blocker for Vero Volley Monza and the U.S. national team.
