Hugo Néstor Conte (born 14 April 1963) is a volleyball coach and retired player from Argentina who represented his native country in three Summer Olympics. He was born at Buenos Aires. He currently coaches Volley Cavriago in Italy.
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| Born | 14 April 1963 Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Volleyball coach, player | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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After having finished in sixth place at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, Conte was a member of the men's national team that claimed the bronze medal four years later in Seoul, South Korea. Twelve years later he was on the squad ending up in fourth place at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He is considered to be one of the eight greatest volleyball players of all time, and the best Argentinian player, next to Waldo Kantor.
With the Italian club team Santal Parma, he won the 1984 European Champions League.
Personal life
editHugo's son, Facundo, also became an international volleyball player.
Clubs history
edit| Club | Country | From | To |
| Ferro Carril Oeste |  Argentina
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1978-1979 | 1981-1982 |
| AS Cannes |  France
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1982-1983 | 1982-1983 |
| Pallavolo Parma |  Italy
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1983-1984 | 1983-1984 |
| Victor Village Ugento | Italy
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1984-1985 | 1985-1986 |
| Ferro Carril Oeste | Argentina
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1986-1987 | 1986-1987 |
| Acqua Pozzillo Catane | Italy
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1987-1988 | 1989-1990 |
| Carimonte Modena | Italy
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1990-1991 | 1992-1993 |
| Alpitour Diesel Cuneo | Italy
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1993-1994 | 1993-1994 |
| Tally Milan | Italy
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1994-1995 | 1994-1995 |
| Playa Catania | Italy
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1995-1996 | 1997-1998 |
| Ferro Carril Oeste | Argentina
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1998-1999 | 1999-2000 |
| Pallavolo Parma | Italy
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2000-2001 | 2000-2001 |
References
edit- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hugo Conte". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012.
External links
edit- Hugo Conte at Beach Volleyball Database
- Hugo Conte at WorldofVolley
- Hugo Conte at Lega Pallavolo Serie A (in Italian)
- Hugo Conte at Olympedia
