Marco Bonitta

Marco Bonitta (born 5 September 1963 in Ravenna) is a volleyball coach from Italy.

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Marco Bonitta
Personal information
Nationality	Italy
Born	September 5, 1963 Ravenna, Italy
Coaching information
Previous teams coached Years Teams 1999 2001–2002 2008 2014–2016 Foppapedretti Bergamo Italy Women Poland Women Italy Women
Honours FIVB World Championship 2002 Germany Team FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix 2004 Reggio Calabria Team 2005 Sendai Team 2006 Reggio Calabria Team European Championship 2001 Bulgaria Team 2005 Croatia Team

Italian Women's National Team

He took over in March 2001 from Angelo Frigoni as the head coach of the Italian Women's National Team, whom he guided to the silver medal at the 2001 European Championship and to the world title at the 2002 FIVB Women's World Championship. Bonitta was succeeded by Massimo Barbolini in August 2006.

In 2014, Bonitta returned to coach the Italian team. He coached the Italian Women's National Team at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[1]

Polish Women's National Team

He coached the Polish Women's National Team but resigned after the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing due to poor results.

Club level

He coached Foppapedretti Bergamo women's team to the 1999 championship[2] and Ravenna men's team.[1]

Orders

4th Class / Official: (Italian: Ordine al merito della Repubblica Italiana)

The president of the Italian Republic awarded him the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in 2002.[3]

References

1. "ITALY'S MARCO BONITTA: MY TEAM WANTED TO WIN". rio2016.fivb.com. FIVB (Federation Internationale de Volleyball). 14 August 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
2. "STORIA". www.volleybergamo.it. Volley Bergamo. 14 August 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
3. "Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana". www.quirinale.it. Presidenza della Repubblica. 11 August 2002. Retrieved 5 October 2018.

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