Andrea Ghiurghi
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Andrea Ghiurghi is a retired beach volleyball
player from Italy
, who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics
for his native country. In 1993 he won the bronze medal at the first official European Championships in men's beach volleyball, partnering Dio Lequaglie
. He won 14 open tournaments and two national titles in 1994 and 2003.
For several years he carried out a peculiar "double life" playing professional beach volleyball and working as a biologist in Africa. At present he works as free lance consultant for several conservation projects in the African continent.
Beach volleyball
Beach volleyball, or sand volleyball, is an Olympic team sport played by two teams of two players on a sand court divided by a net.Like volleyball, the object of the game is to send the ball over the net in order to ground it on the opponent’s court, and to prevent the same effort by the opponent....
player from Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....
for his native country. In 1993 he won the bronze medal at the first official European Championships in men's beach volleyball, partnering Dio Lequaglie
Dio Lequaglie
Dio Lequaglie is a retired beach volleyball player from Italy. In 1993 he won the bronze medal at the first official European Championships in men's beach volleyball, partnering Andrea Ghiurghi.-Playing partners:...
. He won 14 open tournaments and two national titles in 1994 and 2003.
For several years he carried out a peculiar "double life" playing professional beach volleyball and working as a biologist in Africa. At present he works as free lance consultant for several conservation projects in the African continent.
Playing partners
- Dio LequaglieDio LequaglieDio Lequaglie is a retired beach volleyball player from Italy. In 1993 he won the bronze medal at the first official European Championships in men's beach volleyball, partnering Andrea Ghiurghi.-Playing partners:...
- Nicola Grigolo
- Riccardo LioneRiccardo LioneRiccardo Lione, born in Rome, is a beach volleyball player from Italy.He and team mate Eugenio Amore represented Italy at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.-External links:*...
- Gianni Mascagna
- Massimo Penteriani
- Maurizio Pimponi
- Giorgio Pallotta
- Enrico Corsetti
- Marco Solustri