Stéphane Antiga
Stéphane Antiga (born 3 February 1976) is a former French volleyball player, member of the France men's national volleyball team in 1998–2010, participant of the Olympic Games (Athens 2004), bronze medalist of the 2002 World Championship, silver medalist of the European Championship (2003, 2009) and 2006 World League, seven–time French Champion, five–time Polish Champion (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014), two–time Spanish Champion, current head coach of Polish club DevelopRes SkyRes Rzeszów.
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Born | Suresnes, France | 3 February 1976||||||
Height | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||||||
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Position | Outside hitter | ||||||
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Personal life
Antiga was born in Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He has a wife Stephanie.[1] They have two children - a son Timote and a daughter Manoline.

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Career as player
Clubs
In his career he has played for the teams of Paris UC (France), Paris Volley, Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo, Portol Palma de Mallorca, Skra Bełchatów and Delecta Bydgoszcz. In April 2013, he signed a contract to return to PGE Skra Bełchatów. After winning gold medal of 2014 Polish Championship with club from Bełchatów he ended his career as a player.
National team
He is silver medalist of European Championship from Germany 2003 and Turkey 2009, bronze medalist of World Championship 2002. Antiga played 306 games with the French national team and was previously captain of the team.
Career as coach
On October 24, 2013, it was announced that Antiga had been appointed as the new head coach of the Poland men's national volleyball team in a three-year contract, replacing Andrea Anastasi.[2] His deputy will be Philippe Blain. Antiga was a player of PGE Skra Bełchatów until the end of the 2013/2014 season. On September 21, 2014 won his first medal as a coach – Poland won a title of World Champion 2014.[3][4][5] On October 27, 2014 received a state award granted by the Polish President Bronisław Komorowski – Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland for outstanding contribution to the development of Polish sport, for achievements in training.[6] On December 10, 2014 Antiga and Blain were honored by the Ambassador of France in Poland medals Officers Ordre du Mérite sportif.[7] Historic result at World Championship brought the team their next title of the Best Team of 2014 in 80th Plebiscyt Przeglądu Sportowego 2014 in Poland.[8] Head coach Antiga was awarded a title of the Coach of the year 2014 ex-aequo with Łukasz Kruczek.[9] In 2017 Antiga was named a new head coach of Canada men's national volleyball team[10] In 2017 he also was named a new head coach of Polish club ONICO Warszawa.
Sporting achievements
As a player
- CEV Champions League
1997/1998 – with Paris UC
2000/2001 – with Paris Volley
2007/2008 – with PGE Skra Bełchatów
2009/2010 – with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- FIVB Club World Championship
2009 Doha – with PGE Skra Bełchatów
2010 Doha – with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- CEV Cup
1999/2000 – with Paris Volley
2005/2006 – with Portol Palma de Mallorca
- CEV Challenge Cup
2004/2005 – with Portol Palma de Mallorca
- National championships
- 1995/1996
French Championship, with Paris UC
- 1996/1997
French Cup, with Paris UC
- 1996/1997
French Championship, with Paris UC
- 1997/1998
French Championship, with Paris UC
- 1998/1999
French Cup, with Paris Volley
- 1999/2000
French Cup, with Paris Volley
- 1999/2000
French Championship, with Paris Volley
- 2000/2001
French Cup, with Paris Volley
- 2000/2001
French Championship, with Paris Volley
- 2001/2002
French Championship, with Paris Volley
- 2002/2003
French Championship, with Paris Volley
- 2004/2005
Spanish SuperCup, with Portol Palma de Mallorca
- 2004/2005
Spanish Cup, with Portol Palma de Mallorca
- 2005/2006
Spanish Cup, with Portol Palma de Mallorca
- 2005/2006
Spanish Championship, with Portol Palma de Mallorca
- 2006/2007
Spanish Championship, with Portol Palma de Mallorca
- 2007/2008
Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2008/2009
Polish Cup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2008/2009
Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2009/2010
Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2010/2011
Polish Cup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2010/2011
Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2013/2014
Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 1995/1996
As a coach
- National championships
- 2018/2019
Polish Championship, with ONICO Warszawa
- 2018/2019
Individual awards
- 2009: CEV European Championship – Best Receiver
- 2009: Best Player in PlusLiga
State awards
- 2014:
Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland[11]
- 2014:
Médaille d’or de la jeunesse, des sports et de l’engagement associatif
External links
- Coach profile at CEV.eu
- Player profile at CEV.eu
- Coach profile at WorldofVolley.com
- Coach/Player profile at Volleybox.net
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Best Receiver of CEV European Championship 2009 |
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Head coach of Poland 2014–2016 |
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References
- Stephane Antiga na gali z żoną. Oto pierwsza dama męskiej siatkówki – sport.wp.pl – 08-02-2015
- Stéphane Antiga appointed new Poland men’s coach – fivb.org – 28-10-2013
- Poland win second World Championship title at home – fivb.org – 21-09-2014
- Poland put an end to the reign of Brazil – fivb.org – 21-09-2014
- FIVB MŚ Polska 2014: Polska ze złotym medalem – plusliga.pl – 21-09-2014
- "Dziękuję za chwile wzruszenia i dumy" Archived 2014-10-27 at the Wayback Machine – prezydent.pl – 27-10-2014
- Entraîneurs français mis à l’honneur – ambafrance-pl.org – 10-12-2014
- Mistrzowie świata Drużyną Roku – plusliga.pl – 10-01-2015
- Plebiscyt "PS" i TVP: Antiga i Kruczek Trenerami Roku – sport.tvp.pl – 10-01-2015
- Antiga named coach of Canadian men's volleyball team - CBC Sports
- Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 23 października 2014 r. o nadaniu orderów i odznaczeń – isap.sejm.gov.pl – 23-10-2014