Stéphane Antiga (born 3 February 1976) is French professional volleyball coach and former player. He was a member of the France national team from 1998 to 2010, and a participant in the Olympic Games Athens 2004.
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| Born | 3 February 1976 Suresnes, France | ||||||
| Height | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||||||
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| Position | Outside hitter | ||||||
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Personal life
editAntiga was born in Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He has a wife Stephanie.[1] They have two children – a son Timothy and a daughter Manoline.
Career as player
editClub
editIn his career he has played for the teams of Paris UC (France), Paris Volley, Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo, Portol Palma de Mallorca, Skra Bełchatów and Delecta Bydgoszcz. In April 2013, he signed a contract to return to PGE Skra Bełchatów. After winning gold medal of 2014 Polish Championship with club from Bełchatów he ended his career as a player.
National team
editHe is silver medalist of European Championship from Germany 2003 and Turkey 2009, bronze medalist of World Championship 2002. Antiga played 306 games with the French national team and was previously captain of the team.
Career as coach
editOn 24 October 2013 it was announced that Antiga had been appointed as the new head coach of the Poland men's national volleyball team in a three-year contract, replacing Andrea Anastasi.[2] His deputy will be Philippe Blain. Antiga was a player of PGE Skra Bełchatów until the end of the 2013/2014 season. On 21 September 2014 he won his first medal as a coach – Poland won a title of World Champion 2014.[3][4][5] On 27 October 2014 he received a state award granted by the Polish President Bronisław Komorowski – Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland for outstanding contribution to the development of Polish sport, for achievements in training.[6] On 10 December 2014 Antiga and Blain were honored by the Ambassador of France in Poland medals Officers Ordre du Mérite sportif.[7] Historic result at World Championship brought the team their next title of the Best Team of 2014 in 80th Plebiscyt Przeglądu Sportowego 2014 in Poland.[8] Head coach Antiga was awarded a title of the Coach of the year 2014 ex-aequo with Łukasz Kruczek.[9] In 2017 Antiga was named a new head coach of Canada men's national volleyball team[10] In 2017 he also was named a new head coach of Polish club ONICO Warszawa.
Honours
editAs a player
edit- CEV Champions League
2000–01 – with Paris Volley
- FIVB Club World Championship
Doha 2009 – with PGE Skra Bełchatów- Doha 2010 – with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- CEV Cup
1999–2000 – with Paris Volley
2005–06 – with Portol Palma de Mallorca
- CEV Challenge Cup
- 2004–05 – with Portol Palma de Mallorca
- Domestic
- 1995–96
French Championship, with Paris UC - 1996–97 French Cup, with Paris UC
- 1996–97 French Championship, with Paris UC
- 1997–98 French Championship, with Paris UC
- 1998–99 French Cup, with Paris Volley
- 1999–2000 French Cup, with Paris Volley
- 1999–2000 French Championship, with Paris Volley
- 2000–01 French Cup, with Paris Volley
- 2000–01 French Championship, with Paris Volley
- 2001–02 French Championship, with Paris Volley
- 2002–03 French Championship, with Paris Volley
- 2004–05 Spanish SuperCup, with Portol Palma de Mallorca
- 2004–05 Spanish Cup, with Portol Palma de Mallorca
- 2005–06 Spanish Cup, with Portol Palma de Mallorca
- 2005–06 Spanish Championship, with Portol Palma de Mallorca
- 2006–07 Spanish Championship, with Portol Palma de Mallorca
- 2007–08 Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2008–09 Polish Cup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2008–09 Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2009–10 Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2010–11 Polish Cup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2010–11 Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2013–14 Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 1995–96
As a coach
edit- Domestic
- 2018–19
Polish Championship, with Onico Warsaw - 2021–22 Polish SuperCup, with Developres Rzeszów
- 2021–22 Polish Cup, with Developres Rzeszów
- 2022–23 Polish SuperCup, with Developres Rzeszów
- 2018–19
Individual awards
edit- 2009: CEV European Championship – Best receiver
State awards
edit- 2014:
Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland[11] - 2014:
Médaille d’or de la jeunesse, des sports et de l’engagement associatif
References
edit- ^ Stephane Antiga na gali z żoną. Oto pierwsza dama męskiej siatkówki – sport.wp.pl – 08-02-2015
- ^ Stéphane Antiga appointed new Poland men’s coach – fivb.org – 28-10-2013
- ^ Poland win second World Championship title at home – fivb.org – 21-09-2014
- ^ Poland put an end to the reign of Brazil – fivb.org – 21-09-2014
- ^ FIVB MŚ Polska 2014: Polska ze złotym medalem – plusliga.pl – 21-09-2014
- ^ "Dziękuję za chwile wzruszenia i dumy" Archived 2014-10-27 at the Wayback Machine – prezydent.pl – 27-10-2014
- ^ Entraîneurs français mis à l’honneur – ambafrance-pl.org – 10-12-2014
- ^ Mistrzowie świata Drużyną Roku – plusliga.pl – 10-01-2015
- ^ Plebiscyt "PS" i TVP: Antiga i Kruczek Trenerami Roku – sport.tvp.pl – 10-01-2015
- ^ Antiga named coach of Canadian men's volleyball team - CBC Sports
- ^ Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 23 października 2014 r. o nadaniu orderów i odznaczeń – isap.sejm.gov.pl – 23-10-2014
External links
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- Coach profile at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Player profile at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Player profile at LegaVolley.it (in Italian)
- Coach/Player profile at Volleybox.net
- Player profile at Olympics.com
- Coach/Player profile at Olympedia
