Martin Lébl (born 12 April 1980 in Prague) is a volleyball player from the Czech Republic, who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the beach volleyball competition alongside Michal Palinek. As an indoor player he became Best Attacker at the 2001 European Championship, where the men's national team ended up in fourth place. With Lube Banca Marche Macerata he played at the 2008-09 Indesit Champions League and also was individually awarded "Best Spiker". [1]
Prague is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, the 14th largest city in the European Union and the historical capital of Bohemia. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of 2.6 million. The city has a temperate climate, with warm summers and chilly winters.
Volleyball is a popular 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 Summer Olympic Games since Tokyo 1964.
The Czech Republic, also known by its short-form name, Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west, Austria to the south, Slovakia to the east and Poland to the northeast. The Czech Republic covers an area of 78,866 square kilometres (30,450 sq mi) with a mostly temperate continental climate and oceanic climate. It is a unitary parliamentary republic, with 10.6 million inhabitants; its capital and largest city is Prague, with 1.3 million residents. Other major cities are Brno, Ostrava, Olomouc and Pilsen. The Czech Republic is a member of the European Union (EU), NATO, the OECD, the United Nations, the OSCE, and the Council of Europe.
Ivan Miljković is a Serbian volleyball player, a member of Serbia men's national volleyball team in 1998–2012, Beijing 2008), Olympic Champion 2000, European Champion, medalist of World Championship, World Grand Champions Cup, World Cup and World League.
The Men's CEV Champions League 2006–07 is the highest level of European club volleyball in the 2006-07 season.
Associazione Sportiva Volley Lube is a professional volleyball team based in Civitanova Marche, Italy. Since 1995 the club has been playing in the Serie A of the Italian Volleyball League. It won the Italian Championship four times, the Italian Cup five times, and the Italian SuperCup three-times.
Cristian Savani is an Italian volleyball player, a member of Italy men's national volleyball team in 2001–2013 and Italian club BluVolley Verona, a medalist of the Olympic Games, 2012 Italian Champion, double Chinese Champion.
Alessandro Fei is an Italian men's volleyball player, a member of Italy men's national volleyball team and Italian club Ninfa Latina. Fei winner silver and bronze medalist of the Olympic Games, World Champion 1998, European Champion, silver medalist of the European Championship 2001, medalist of the World League, CEV Champions League winner, three-time CEV Cup winner, Challenge Cup winner, four-time Italian Champion.
Lyubov Vladimirovna Sokolova is a retired Russian volleyball player. She was a member of the national team that won the gold medals at 2006 and 2010 World Championship in Japan and the silver medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
Hubert Henno is a French volleyball player, a member of France men's national volleyball team. He was participant of the Olympic Games Athens 2004, bronze medalist of the World Championship 2002, silver medalist of the European Championship, four-time French Champion, double Italian Champion, and Russian Champion.
Eleonora Lo Bianco is an Italian volleyball player.
Simona Gioli is a volleyball player from Italy. Currently, she plays for Galatasaray in Turkey. Gioli was a member of the Women's National Team that won the gold medal at the 2007 European Championship in Belgium and Luxembourg. Gioli was named "Most Valuable Player and ""Best Blocker" at the 2007 FIVB Women's World Cup and 2009 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup. She was also awarded "MVP" at the 2006-07 CEV Cup won by her team Sirio Perugia. She won the 2007–08 CEV Indesit Champions League with Sirio Perugia and also was individually awarded "Most Valuable Player".
Sebastian Krzysztof Świderski is a former Polish volleyball player, a member of Poland men's national volleyball team in 1996-2011, a participant of the Olympic Games, a silver medalist of the World Championship 2006, three-time Polish Champion, chairman of ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle since 2015.
The CEV Champions League is the highest level of European club volleyball in the 2008–09 season.
Andrija Gerić is a retired Serbian volleyball player who played on middle blocker position. Both in the club and in the national team he wore number 12.
Bartosz Kamil Kurek is a Polish volleyball player, a member of Poland men's national volleyball team and Polish club ONICO Warszawa. He was a participant at the Olympic Games, and he is a 2018 World Champion, 2009 European Champion, a gold medalist of the 2012 World League, silver medalist of the 2011 World Cup, bronze medalist of the 2011 World League, 2011 European Championship and 2015 World Cup, three-time Polish Champion and Italian Champion (2014). In 2019, he became the first volleyball player to be voted the Polish Sportspersonality of the Year.
Ivan Zaytsev is an Italian volleyball player of Russian origin, a member of Italy men's national volleyball team and Italian club Modena Volley, a bronze medalist of the Olympic Games London 2012, silver medalist of the European Championship, bronze medalist of the World League, Italian Champion (2014) and silver medalist of the Olympic Games Rio 2016.
Dragan Travica is an Italian volleyball player, a former member of Italy men's national volleyball team and Italian club Kioene Padova, bronze medalist at the 2012 Olympic Games, silver medalist at the European Championship, bronze medalist of the World League and Italian Champion (2012).
Mauro Berruto is an Italian volleyball head coach.
Marko Podraščanin is a Serbian volleyball player, a member of the Serbian men's national volleyball team and Italian club Sir Safety Perugia, a participant of the Olympic Games, bronze medalist at the World Championship 2010, gold medalist at the 2011 European Championship, two time bronze medalist at the European Championship and the World League.
Dragan Stanković is a Serbian volleyball player, a member of Serbian national team and Italian club Cucine Lube Civitanova, a participant of the Olympic Games London 2012, bronze medalist of the World Championship, European Champion 2011, medalist of World League.
Aleksandar Atanasijević is a Serbian volleyball player, a member of Serbia men's national volleyball team and Italian club Sir Safety Perugia, a participant of the 2012 Olympic Games, 2011 European Champion, medalist of leagues: Serbian, Polish and Italian.
Jiří Kovář is an Italian volleyball player of Czech origins, a member of Italy men's national volleyball team and Italian club Cucine Lube Civitanova. He was silver medalist of the European Championship 2013, bronze medalist of the World League 2014, and triple Italian Champion.
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