Volleyball: the exciting tribute that the bronze heroes received at the 1982 World Cup at the Olimpia Awards

On October 15, 1982, the Argentine volleyball celebrated a historic milestone. The selected maledirected by South Korean Young Wan Sohnbeat Japan 3-0, in a packed carnival, and won bronze at the World Cup that was played in our country. It was the first – and so far the only – medal for a Biancoceleste team in an ecumenical competition.

The tribute that team received at the 2022 Olympia Awards ceremony, on the 40th anniversary of that conquest, brought back to the memory of many the emotions of that unforgettable tournament. And the news that Daniel Castellanione of the players who finished on the podium in that match will be the new coach of The Panthers aroused curiosity: what happened to the lives of the members of that campus?

As Castellani, current coach of the men’s team of fenerbahçe from Turkey, many are still closely related to volleyball or sports.

Hugh Conteemblem of that team and also part of the one that won the bronze in Seoul Olympics, six years later, he dedicated himself to the representation of footballers. And, for almost 10 years, he was a volleyball commentator in TyC Sport. Beside Jose Montesanofor example, he broadcast the olympic tournament in Tokyo in which the national team -with his son Facundo on the field- finished third and repeated the feat of 1988.

Valdo Kantorworld medal team figure and setter, currently coaches the Cataniaa team playing in Series A3 (third division) of the Italian League. While, Stephen Martinez he will soon have to face a special challenge: he will lead a volleyball team Solomon Islandsan island state in Oceania.

Carlos Getzelevich -who since his retirement as a player, has been the champion coach of the Argentine League and led the team to fourth place in the league table Sydney 2000 Olympicsis the General Coordinator of Development Programs of the National body for high-performance sport (ENARD) and Director of the Club de Amigos Sports Schools.

Leonardo Wiernesone of the youngest on the team, he has moved away from volleyball, but not from the sport: he is a physical education teacher and lives in San Juan.