Philippe Blain
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| Full name | Philippe Georges Antoine Blain | ||||||
| Nationality |  French | ||||||
| Born | 20 May 1960 Montpellier, France | ||||||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||
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| Current team |  Japan | ||||||
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| Position | Outside hitter | ||||||
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Philippe Blain (born 20 May 1960) is a French volleyball coach and former volleyball player, member of the France men's national volleyball team in 1984–1987, participant of the Olympic Games (Seoul 1988), medallist of the European Championship (silver in 1987 and bronze in 1985), current head coach of the Japan men's national volleyball team.
Career as coach[]
Since 1998 he coached in France, first at AS Cannes, then, since 2000, at Arago de Sète. Starting from 2001 he was a head coach of the France men's national volleyball team.
In 2013 he was announced a new assistant coach Stephane Antiga. They have been working with Poland men's national volleyball team. On September 21, 2014 Poland won a title of World Champion 2014.[1][2][3] On October 27, 2014 received a state award granted by the Polish President Bronisław Komorowski – Gold Cross of Merit for outstanding contribution to the development of Polish sport.[4]
On 29 March 2016 he signed a contract with Polish club PGE Skra Bełchatów and replaced previous head coach Miguel Angel Falasca.[5]
As a coach[]
- National championships
- 1994/1995
French Cup, with AS Cannes - 1994/1995
French Championship, with AS Cannes - 1997/1998 French Cup, with AS Cannes
- 2016/2017
Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 1994/1995
Individual awards[]
- 1986: FIVB World Championship – Most Valuable Player
- 1987: CEV European Championship – Most Valuable Player
State awards[]
- 2014:
Gold Cross of Merit[6] - 2014:
Medaille de la Jeunesse et des Sports
References[]
- ^ 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
- ^ Mistrz Świata poprowadzi PGE Skrę – 29-03-2016
- ^ Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 23 października 2014 r. o nadaniu orderów i odznaczeń – isap.sejm.gov.pl – 23-10-2014
External links[]
- Coach profile at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Player profile at LegaVolley.it
- Coach/Player profile at Volleybox.net
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- 1960 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Montpellier
- French men's volleyball players
- Olympic volleyball players of France
- Volleyball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- French volleyball coaches
- French Olympic coaches
- Volleyball coaches of international teams
- French expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate volleyball players in Italy
- French expatriate sportspeople in Poland
- French expatriate sportspeople in Japan
- Recipients of the Gold Cross of Merit (Poland)
- Skra Bełchatów coaches