Lorenzo Bernardi

Lorenzo Bernardi, born 11 August 1968 in Trento, is an Italian volleyball coach and former player. He began his career in the 1980s as a setter and was later moved to hitter and passer, playing for Panini Modena from 1985 and then for Sisley Treviso from 1990 to 2001, and he won the Italian championship nine times. He made 306 appearances for the Italy national team from 1987, winning two World Championships (1990 and 1994), two European Championships (1989 and 1995), three World Leagues and the 1995 World Cup, and taking the Olympic silver medal at Atlanta in 1996. He was named best player of the 1994 World Championship, and in 2001 the FIVB named him Volleyball Player of the Century alongside Karch Kiraly.