Pasquale Gravina

Pasquale Gravina

Personal information
Full name	Pasquale Gravina
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1970-05-01) 1 May 1970 Campobasso, Italy
Height	201 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Weight	102 kg (225 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Volleyball
Medal record Men’s Volleyball Representing  Italy Olympic Games Atlanta 1996 Volleyball Sydney 2000 Volleyball Volleyball World Championship Greece 1994 Team competition Japan 1998 Team competition Volleyball European Championships Turku 1993 Team competition Athens 1995 Team competition Wien 1999 Team competition Eindhoven 1997 Team competition Volleyball World League Milano 1994 Team competition Rio de Janeiro 1995 Team competition Moscow 1997 Team competition Rotterdam 2000 Team competition Rotterdam 1996 Team competition Volleyball World Cup Japan 1995 Team competition Volleyball Grand Champions Cup Tokyo 1993 Team competition Volleyball World Top Four Osaka 1994 Team competition Volleyball World Super Six Tokyo 1996 Team competition

Pasquale Gravina (born May 1, 1970 in Campobasso, Molise) is a former Italian professional volleyball player. Gravina is 202 cm and played as middle attacker. After some experiences for minor leagues, he made his debut in the Italian volleyball championship first division in 1988, for Falconara. His qualities, especially in block actions, made him a choice for a top team, Parma, in 1990. In this club he won the scudetto in 1992 and 1993. Later he played for Sisley Treviso, where he won the national title four times more.

Gravina played 284 times for Italian national volleyball team, for which he made his debut in 1990 at Belo Horizonte against Brazil. He won gold medal in 1994 and 1998 at Volleyball World Championship, and gold medal in 1993, 1995 and 1999 Volleyball European Championship, plus four Volleyball World League. He was silver medal at 1996 Summer Olympics and bronze medal at 2000 Sydney Olympics.

When in 2005 Gravina has stopped the activity as an athlete, he began to play the role of sports agent who served until 2009. During this period he also worked with several companies, developing training sessions and presentations using the sports experience in business key. He became in April 2009 the General Manager of Sisley Treviso and, after one year, he became CEO. He became in 2012 President of the Volley Treviso, a company that has inherited the titles of dissolved Sisley Volley. He is now the CEO of Trenkwalder Training, a company belonging to the Trenkwalder Group, which plans, organizes and executes individual, sectorial and company training sessions.

Clubs

Club	Country	From	To
Falconara	Italy	1988–1989	1989–1990
Parma	Italy	1990–1991	1995–1996
Treviso	Italy	1996–1997	2000–2001
Macerata	Italy	2001–2002	2002–2003
Cuneo	Italy	2003–2004	2003–2004
Treviso	Italy	2004–2005	2004–2005

Wins

Club

• 6 Italian Championships (1992, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2005)
• 4 Italian Cups (1992, 2000, 2003, 2005)
• 3 European Champions League (1999, 2000, 2001)
• 3 Cev Cups (1992, 1995, 1998)
• 3 Italian Supercup (1998, 2000, 2004)
• 1 European Supercup (1999)
• 1 Italian beach volleyball Championship (1992)

National team

• 1 Olympic Silver (1996)
• 1 Olympic Bronze (2000)
• 2 World Championships (1994, 1998)
• 3 European Championships (1993, 1995, 1999)
• 4 World League (1994, 1995, 1997, 2000)
• 1 Grand Champions Cup (1993)
• 1 World Super Four (1994)
• 1 World Super Six (1996)
• 1 World Cup (1995)

External links

• (Italian) Nomi celebri - Pasquale Gravina