| Medal record | ||
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Lorenzo Bernardi |
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| Men's Volleyball | ||
| Competitor for Italy | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Silver | 1996 Atlanta | Team Competition |
| World Championship | ||
| Gold | 1990 Rio de Janeiro | Team Competition |
| Gold | 1994 Athens | Team Competition |
| European Championship | ||
| Gold | 1989 Sweden | Team Competition |
| Gold | 1995 Greece | Team Competition |
| Silver | 1991 Germany | Team Competition |
| Silver | 2001 Ostrava | Team Competition |
Lorenzo Bernardi (born 11 August 1968) is an Italian volleyball player who was twice World champion with his national team in 1990 and 1994, and was elected "Volleyball Player of the Century" in 2001.
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Born in Trento, Bernardi started his long career in the 1980s as setter, but later was switched to hitter and passer. From 1985 he played with the Panini Modena club. Bernardi won the Italian championship nine times with Modena and with Sisley Treviso, which he played for from 1990 to 2001.
His first cap with Italian national volleyball team was on 27 May 1987: he played for a total of 306 times in "Azzurri" colours, winning two European gold medals (in 1989 and 1995), two World Championships (1990 and 1994), three Volleyball World Leagues and the Volleyball World Cup in 1995. His international tally also includes two more gold medals, five silver medals and one bronze.
He was elected best player of the 1994 World Championship and 1995 European Championship, and in 2001, the FIVB declared him to be the "Volleyball Player of the Century".
In 2004, he played some competitions in Qatar and after a spell in Greece and Olympiakos SC, he has returned to play in Italy as of November 2005. In spite of his late age of 37, he was declared MVP of the first match in his new Italian club career. In his later career he played for a B1 series (Italy's third category) near his native Trento.
During the 2010/2011 season, he took over the head coach position of the Polish club Jastrzębski Węgiel, and was able to reach the 4th spot in the CEV Champions League
| Club | Country | From | To |
| Padova | Italy | 1984–1985 | 1984–1985 |
| Modena | Italy | 1985–1986 | 1989–1990 |
| Sisley Treviso | Italy | 1990–1991 | 2001–2002 |
| Trento | Italy | 2002–2003 | 2003–2004 |
| Macerata | Italy | 2004–2005 | 2004–2005 |
| Olympiakos Piraeus | Greece | 2005–2006 | 2005–2006 |
| Verona (joker) | Italy | 2005–2006 | 2006–2007 |
| Montichiari | Italy | 2006–2007 |