Kévin Peter Patrice Tillie (born 2 November 1990) is a French professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for Projekt Warsaw and the France national team.[1] Tillie won a gold medal in the men's tournament at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, and the European Champion title in 2015.[2][3]
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| Full name | Kévin Peter Patrice Tillie | ||||
| Born | 2 November 1990 Cagnes-sur-Mer, France | ||||
| Height | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | ||||
| Spike | 345 cm (136 in) | ||||
| Block | 325 cm (128 in) | ||||
| College / University | Thompson Rivers University University of California, Irvine | ||||
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| Position | Outside hitter | ||||
| Current club | Projekt Warsaw | ||||
| Number | 7 | ||||
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Personal life
editTillie was born in Cagnes-sur-Mer, France. He is from an athletic family – his father Laurent is a volleyball coach and former player; his mother Caroline played at the professional and Olympic levels (as did Laurent); his older brother Kim played college basketball with the Utah Utes and now does professionally in Europe and with France; and his younger brother Killian played on a two-way contract with the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies and its G League affiliate, Memphis Hustle.
He is married to Anna Diakiewicz and has a daughter, Olivia.[4]
Career
editAfter many appearances with the junior and youth national teams, Tillie debuted for the senior national team at the 2012 World League, where the French team finished in seventh place.[5]
Tillie started his career at Thompson Rivers University for their athletic program Thompson Rivers WolfPack in Kamloops British Columbia. Kevin played with fellow Olympian Gord Perrin in his first year. In his second year he was second in the country in both kills per set and total kills, with 400.[6] He made the All-Canadian Team honors averaging 4.41 kills per set. Tellie's second year setter is UBC Thunderbirds Headcoach, Mike Hawkins
After playing for the TRU WolfPack, Tillie transferred to the University of California, Irvine Anteaters for the 2012 and 2013 seasons. Tillie was instrumental to UC Irvine as they made back to back NCAA championship runs those two years. Tillie earned AVCA All-American honors for both years.
In 2015, he moved to the Polish PlusLiga team, ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle and in his first professional season won the 2015–16 championship.[7][8] In May 2016, he extended his contract until 2017, and the following season once again won the championship, as well as the national cup.[9]
Honours
editClub
edit- CEV Cup
- CEV Challenge Cup
2023–24 – with Projekt Warsaw[10]
- Domestic
- 2014–15
Turkish Championship, with Arkas İzmir - 2015–16 Polish Championship, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
- 2016–17 Polish Cup, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
- 2016–17 Polish Championship, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
- 2014–15
College
edit- Domestic
- 2012 NCAA National Championship, with UC Irvine Anteaters
- 2013 NCAA National Championship, with UC Irvine Anteaters
- 2012
Youth national team
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Individual awards
edit- 2017: Polish Cup – Best receiver
State awards
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References
edit- ^ "Varsovie confirme le retour de Kevin Tillie". L'Équipe (in French). 11 July 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ "France win first Olympic Volleyball medal in thriller". olympics.com. 7 August 2021. Archived from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ "France celebrate historic European crown, Slovenia happy with silver". CEV. 18 October 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ "Francuz zdradza, co go zaskoczyło w Polsce. Kevin Tillie uwielbia... bary mleczne". Przegląd Sportowy (in Polish). 11 December 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ "Les Tillie, une famille en bleu". sport.fr (in French). 21 May 2012. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ "Statistics". U SPORTS. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ "Kevin Tillie w ZAKSIE". ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle (in Polish). 7 May 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ "Wielki finał PlusLigi: Asseco Resovia Rzeszów – ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle 0:3. ZAKSA mistrzem Polski!". PlusLiga (in Polish). 26 April 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ "Sam Deroo i Kevin Tillie pozostają z ZAKSĄ Kędzierzyn-Koźle w kolejnym sezonie". ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle (in Polish). 2 May 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ "Poland's Projekt Warszawa Claims CEV Challenge Cup 2024 Men's Title". CEV. 27 February 2024. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
- ^ "Décret du 8 septembre 2021 portant promotion et nomination dans l'ordre national de la Légion d'honneur". Légifrance (in French). Retrieved 11 May 2023.
External links
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- Player profile at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Player profile at Olympics.com
- Player profile at Olympedia
- Player profile at LegaVolley.it (in Italian)
- Player profile at PlusLiga.pl (in Polish)
- Player profile at Volleybox.net