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{{short description|Italian volleyball player}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name             = Pasquale Gravina
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| full_name        = Pasquale Gravina
| country          = {{ITA}}
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1970|05|01|df=yes}}
| birth_place      = [[Campobasso]], [[Italy]]
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| weight           = {{convert|102|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
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| sport            = [[Volleyball]]
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[volleyball]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{ITA}} }}
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{{MedalCompetition | [[Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]] | [[Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Team competition]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Team competition]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship|World Championship]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1994 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship|1994 Greece]] | Team competition }}
{{MedalGold | [[1998 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship|1998 Japan]] | Team competition }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Men's European Volleyball Championship|European Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1993 Men's European Volleyball Championship|1993 Turku]] | Team competition }}
{{MedalGold | [[1995 Men's European Volleyball Championship|1995 Athens]] | Team competition }}
{{MedalGold | [[1999 Men's European Volleyball Championship|1999 Wien]] | Team competition }}
{{MedalBronze | [[1997 Men's European Volleyball Championship|1997 Eindhoven]] | Team competition }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FIVB Volleyball World League|World League]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1994 FIVB Volleyball World League|1994 Milano]] | Team competition }}
{{MedalGold | [[1995 FIVB Volleyball World League|1995 Rio de Janeiro]] | Team competition }}
{{MedalGold | [[1997 FIVB Volleyball World League|1997 Moscow]] | Team competition }}
{{MedalGold | [[2000 FIVB Volleyball World League|2000 Rotterdam]] | Team competition }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1996 FIVB Volleyball World League|1996 Rotterdam]] | Team competition }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup|World Cup]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1995 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup|1995 Japan]] | Team competition }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup|Grand Champions Cup]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1993 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup|1993 Tokyo]] | Team competition }}
{{MedalCompetition | Volleyball World Top Four }}
{{MedalGold | 1994 Osaka | Team competition }}
{{MedalCompetition | Volleyball World Super Six }}
{{MedalGold | 1996 Tokyo | Team competition }}
| updated          = 10 January 2012
}}

'''Pasquale Gravina''' (born 1 May 1970) is a manager and a former [[Italy|Italian]] professional [[volleyball]] player.

==Athlete==

Gravina is 201&nbsp;cm and played as middle attacker. After some experiences for minor leagues, he made his debut in the [[Italian Volleyball League]] first division in 1988, for Falconara. His qualities, especially in block actions, made him a choice for a top team: Maxicono Parma in 1990. In this club he won the ''[[scudetto]]'' in 1992 and 1993. Later he played from 1996 until 2001 for [[Sisley Volley Treviso|Sisley Volley]] where he won the national title three times more. Then he played for [[Lube Volley]] in which he won the [[CEV Champions League|Champions League]] in 2002 and the Italian Cup in 2003. After one year playing for [[Piemonte Volley|Cuneo]], he returned in 2005 to Sisley Volley where he won the last Italian title and Cup before his retiring. He achieved a total of '''20 titles'''.

Gravina played 284 times for the [[Italian men's national volleyball team|Italian National Team]], for which he made his debut in 1990 at [[San Diego]] against the US Team. He won gold medal in 1994 and 1998 at [[FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship|Volleyball World Championship]], and gold medal in 1993, 1995 and 1999 at [[Men's European Volleyball Championship|Volleyball European Championship]], plus four [[Volleyball World League]] and several other prestigious victories for a total of '''13 titles'''. He was silver medal at [[1996 Summer Olympics]] and bronze medal at [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney Olympics]].

==Sports Manager==

When in 2005 Gravina has stopped the activity as an athlete, he began to play the role of sports agent who served until 2009. At the same time, he also began working with several companies, developing training courses and presentations using the sporting experience translated into business dynamics and founding his personal website '''[http://www.pasqualegravina.com/ pasqualegravina.com]'''.

He became in April 2009 the General Manager of [http://www.volleytreviso.it/ '''Sisley Treviso'''] and, after one year, he became CEO. In 2012, the last year before the step back from the ownership of the club the [[Benetton Group]], he won the European [[Confederation Europeenne de Volleyball|CEV Cup]].

He became in 2012 President of the [http://www.volleytreviso.it/ '''Volley Treviso'''], a club that has inherited the titles of dissolved Sisley Volley providing for youth education and training.

==Manager==

In September 2015 he decided for a new challenge in a different field of work and, until the end of 2016, is the CEO of '''Trenkwalder Training''', a company belonging to the [https://group.trenkwalder.com Trenkwalder Group], which plans, organizes and executes individual, sectorial and company training sessions.

In January 2017 he became Strategic Selling Director of [https://www.gigroupholding.com Gi Group Holding], one of the world's leading companies providing services for the development of the labour market.

In 2024 he changed role within the Group to become Leadership & Training Advisor of [https://it.tacktmiglobal.com Tack TMI], the Global Learning and Development Solution company.

==Clubs==
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|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
| align="center" | '''Club'''
| align="center" | '''Country'''
| align="center" | '''From'''
| align="center" | '''To'''
|- bgcolor="#EFEFEF" align=left
| [[Falconara (volleyball)|Falconara]]
| {{ITA}}
| 1988–1989
| 1989–1990
|- align=left
| [[Parma (volleyball)|Parma]]
| {{ITA}}
| 1990–1991
| 1995–1996
|- bgcolor="#EFEFEF" align="left"
| [[Sisley Treviso|Treviso]]
| {{ITA}}
| 1996–1997
| 2000–2001
|- align="left"
| [[Macerata (volleyball)|Macerata]]
| {{ITA}}
| 2001–2002
| 2002–2003
|- bgcolor="#EFEFEF" align=left
| [[Cuneo (volleyball)|Cuneo]]
| {{ITA}}
| 2003–2004
| 2003–2004
|- align="left"
| [[Sisley Treviso|Treviso]]
| {{ITA}}
| 2004–2005
| 2004–2005
|}

==Wins==

===Club===
* 6 Italian Championships (1992, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2005)
* 4 Italian Cups (1992, 2000, 2003, 2005)
* 3 European Champions League (1999, 2000, 2001)
* 4 Cev Cups (1992, 1995, 1998, 2012)
* 3 Italian Supercup (1998, 2000, 2004)
* 1 European Supercup (1999)
* 1 Italian beach volleyball Championship (1992)

===National team===
* 2 World Championships (1994, 1998)
* 3 European Championships (1993, 1995, 1999)
* 4 World League (1994, 1995, 1997, 2000)
* 1 Grand Champions Cup (1993)
* 1 World Super Four (1994)
* 1 World Super Six (1996)
* 1 World Cup (1995)

====Olympics====

* 1 Silver Atlanta 1996
* 1 Bronze Sidney 2000

==External links==
* {{in lang|it}} [http://www.forchecaudine.it/gravina2.html Nomi celebri – Pasquale Gravina]

{{Italy squad 1994 FIVB Men's World Championship}}
{{Italy squad 1995 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup}}
{{Italy men's volleyball squad 1996 Summer Olympics}}
{{Italy squad 1998 FIVB Men's World Championship}}
{{Italy men's volleyball squad 2000 Summer Olympics}}

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[[Category:Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
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[[Category:Olympic medalists in volleyball]]
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[[Category:Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
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[[Category:Middle blockers]]
[[Category:Italian businesspeople]]
[[Category:Knights of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic]]
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