Hugo Conte
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| Born | 14 April 1963 Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Volleyball coach, player | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hugo Néstor Conte (born 14 April 1963) is a volleyball coach and retired player from Argentina who represented his native country in three Summer Olympics. He was born at Buenos Aires. He currently coaches Volley Cavriago in Italy.
After having finished in sixth place at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, Conte was a member of the men's national team that claimed the bronze medal four years later in Seoul, South Korea. Twelve years later he was on the squad ending up in fourth place at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He is considered to be one of the eight greatest volleyball players of all time, and the best Argentinian player, next to Waldo Kantor.
With the Italian club team Santal Parma, he won the 1984 European Champions League.
Personal life
[edit]Hugo's son, Facundo, also became an international volleyball player.
Clubs history
[edit]| Club | Country | From | To |
| Ferro Carril Oeste |  Argentina
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1978-1979 | 1981-1982 |
| AS Cannes |  France
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1982-1983 | 1982-1983 |
| Pallavolo Parma |  Italy
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1983-1984 | 1983-1984 |
| Victor Village Ugento | Italy
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1984-1985 | 1985-1986 |
| Ferro Carril Oeste | Argentina
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1986-1987 | 1986-1987 |
| Acqua Pozzillo Catane | Italy
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1987-1988 | 1989-1990 |
| Carimonte Modena | Italy
|
1990-1991 | 1992-1993 |
| Alpitour Diesel Cuneo | Italy
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1993-1994 | 1993-1994 |
| Tally Milan | Italy
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1994-1995 | 1994-1995 |
| Playa Catania | Italy
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1995-1996 | 1997-1998 |
| Ferro Carril Oeste | Argentina
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1998-1999 | 1999-2000 |
| Pallavolo Parma | Italy
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2000-2001 | 2000-2001 |
References
[edit]- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hugo Conte". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012.
External links
[edit]- Hugo Conte at Beach Volleyball Database
- Hugo Conte at WorldofVolley
- Hugo Conte at Lega Pallavolo Serie A (in Italian)
- Hugo Conte at Olympedia
- 1963 births
- Living people
- Volleyball players from Buenos Aires
- Argentine men's volleyball players
- Argentine volleyball coaches
- Olympic volleyball players for Argentina
- Volleyball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Argentina
- Olympic medalists in volleyball
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games medalists in volleyball
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Argentina
- Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games
- International Volleyball Hall of Fame inductees
- 20th-century Argentine sportsmen