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Andrea Ghiurghi (born December 15, 1966 in Rome) is a retired beach volleyball player from Italy, who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics for his native country. In 1993 he won the bronze medal at the first official European Championships in men's beach volleyball, partnering Dio Lequaglie. He won 14 open tournaments and two national titles in 1994 and 2003.
For several years he carried out a peculiar "double life" playing professional beach volleyball and working as a biologist in Africa. At present he works as free lance consultant for several conservation projects in the African continent.[1]