Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Male |
Full name | Andrea•Nencini |
Used name | Andrea•Nencini |
Born | 25 December 1948 in Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze (ITA) |
Measurements | 193 cm / 86 kg |
Affiliations | Ariccia Volley Club, Ariccia (ITA) |
NOC | Italy |
Andrea Nencini was an Italian volleyball player. With the national team he won the gold medal at the 1970 Summer Universiade in Torino and the silver behind Yugoslavia at the 1975 Mediterranean Games. In 1976, he was a member of the squad at the 1976 Montréal Olympics, where Italy participated in Olympic volleyball for the first time and reached eighth place overall. His début was on 18 August 1966 in L’Aquila, losing the match against Yugoslavia (3-0), and the last of his 197 caps was on 27 July 1976 in the Olympic match with Brazil (3-0).
Domestically Nencini won the Italian title five, with VV.F. Ruini Firenze (1968, 1971, 1973), Ariccia (1975) and Federlazio Roma (1977). He finished his career with Sestese in Second League in the 1986-87 season.
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
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1976 Summer Olympics | Volleyball (Volleyball) | ITA | Andrea Nencini | |||
Volleyball, Men (Olympic) | Italy | 8 |