Sebastián Solé
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.jpg) Solé in 2019 | |||||
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| Born | 12 June 1991 Rosario, Argentina | ||||
| Height | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) | ||||
| Weight | 95 kg (209 lb) | ||||
| Spike | 370 cm (146 in) | ||||
| Block | 360 cm (142 in) | ||||
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| Position | Middle blocker | ||||
| Current club | Sir Safety Perugia | ||||
| Number | 11 | ||||
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Sebastián Solé (born 12 June 1991) is an Argentine volleyball player, a former member of the Argentina national team and a bronze medallist at the Olympic Games (Tokyo 2020). At the professional club level, he plays for Sir Safety Perugia.
Junior career
[edit]Solé's international career began in 2007 as one of the new players called up for the Argentine Youth Team. In 2008, he was the only player on both of Argentina's South American Championship winning teams, representing Argentina in the youth and junior teams.
Career
[edit]In 2010, Solé made his senior debut for Argentina at the FIVB World League. He participated seven times in that competition and won several awards and medals. He was also part of the team at the 2010 FIVB World Championship in Italy and at the Olympic Games in London in 2012. In 2015, Solé was the first Argentine player in 18 years to be part of an Italian A1 League winning team. He also shone in 2016 at the 2016 Summer Olympics and won the Olympia Award for being the best volleyball player of the country.
After winning the bronze medal in Tokyo Olympics, he announced his retirement from the Argentine national team.[1]
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]- CEV Champions League
2015–16 – with Diatec Trentino
- FIVB Club World Championship
Betim 2022 – with Sir Safety Perugia- Bangalore 2023 – with Sir Safety Perugia
- CSV South American Club Championship
Argentina 2010 – with Bolívar Vóley
- Domestic
- 2013–14
Italian SuperCup, with Diatec Trentino - 2014–15
Italian Championship, with Diatec Trentino - 2020–21 Italian SuperCup, with Sir Safety Perugia
- 2021–22 Italian Cup, with Sir Safety Perugia
- 2022–23 Italian SuperCup, with Sir Safety Perugia
- 2023–24 Italian SuperCup, with Sir Safety Perugia
- 2023–24 Italian Cup, with Sir Safety Perugia
- 2023–24 Italian Championship, with Sir Safety Perugia
- 2013–14
Individual awards
[edit]- 2009: FIVB U19 World Championship – Best blocker
- 2011: CSV South American Championship – Best blocker
- 2013: CSV South American Championship – Best middle blocker
- 2015: FIVB World Cup – Best middle blocker
- 2016: CEV Champions League – Best middle blocker
- 2023: FIVB Club World Championship – Best middle blocker
References
[edit]External links
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- Player profile at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Player profile at Olympics.com
- Player profile at Olympedia (archive)
- Player profile at LegaVolley.it (in Italian)
- Player profile at Volleybox.net
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Naturalised citizens of Italy
- Sportspeople from Rosario, Santa Fe
- Argentine men's volleyball players
- Olympic volleyball players for Argentina
- Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in volleyball
- Olympic bronze medalists for Argentina
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Volleyball players at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games medalists in volleyball
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Argentina
- Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Argentine expatriate volleyball players in Italy
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Brazil
- Expatriate volleyball players in Brazil
- Middle blockers
- 21st-century Argentine sportsmen