Tine Urnaut (born 3 September 1988) is a Slovenian volleyball player who plays for Wolfdogs Nagoya and the Slovenia national team. With Slovenia, he was the runner-up of the European Volleyball Championship three times, in 2015, 2019 and 2021. [1] [2] [3]
On 14 August 2015, Slovenia, including Urnaut, won the gold medal in the 2015 European League. [4] With Slovenia, he was also the runner-up of the 2015 European Championship, where the team lost 3–0 against France in the final. [1] Urnaut received an individual award for the Best Outside Spiker of the tournament.
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