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{{Short description|Finnish volleyball player and coach}}
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{{Infobox volleyball biography
| name             = Tuomas Sammelvuo
| image            = Tuomas Sammelvuo.jpg
| image_size       = 
| caption          = Sammelvuo in 2012
| fullname         = Tuomas Petteri Sammelvuo
| nickname         = 
| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|1976|2|16|df=y}}
| birth_place      = [[Pudasjärvi]], Finland
| hometown         = 
| height           = 1.93 m
| college          = 
| currentcoachteam = [[Osaka Bluteon]]
| coachyears       = 2013–2019<br> 2016–2019<br> 2019–2022<br> 2019–2022<br> 2022–2023<br> 2022–2024<br> 2024–2025<br> 2025–
| coachteams       = [[Finland men's national volleyball team|Finland]]<br> [[VC Kuzbass Kemerovo|Kuzbass Kemerovo]]<br> [[Russia men's national volleyball team|Russia]]<br> [[VC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit Saint Petersburg]]<br> [[ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle]]<br> [[Canada men's national volleyball team|Canada]]<br> [[Resovia (volleyball)|Asseco Resovia]]<br> [[Osaka Bluteon]]
| position         = Outside hitter
| years            = 1993–1994<br> 1994–1997<br> 1997–1998<br> 1998–2000<br> 2000–2002<br> 2002–2003<br> 2003–2005<br> 2005–2006<br> 2006–2008<br> 2008–2009<br> 2009–2010<br> 2010–2011<br> 2011–2012<br> 2012 
| teams            = [[Raision Loimu]]<br> KuPS Kuopio<br> Strasbourg VB<br> [[Stade Poitevin Poitiers]]<br> [[Piemonte Volley]]<br> [[Volley Piacenza|Copra Ventaglio Piacenza]]<br> [[Tours VB]]<br> [[Wolfdogs Nagoya|Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza]]<br> Dynamo Kaliningrad<br> [[Volley Callipo|Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia]]<br> [[ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle]]<br> [[VC Lokomotiv Novosibirsk|Lokomotiv Novosibirsk]]<br> [[Umbria Volley]]<br> [[VC Lokomotiv Novosibirsk|Lokomotiv Novosibirsk]]
| nationalyears    = 1993–2010
| nationalteam     = {{vb|FIN}} <small>(296)</small>
| medaltemplates   = 
{{MedalSport| Head coach {{vb|RUS}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Volleyball at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2020 Tokyo]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League|FIVB Nations League]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League|2019 Chicago]]|}}
{{MedalSport| Head coach {{vb|CAN}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship|NORCECA Championship]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2023 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship|2023 Charleston]]|}}
}}

'''Tuomas Petteri Sammelvuo''' (born 16 February 1976) is a Finnish professional [[volleyball]] coach and former player. He serves as head coach for the Japanese team, [[Osaka Bluteon]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://siatka.org/pokaz/tuomas-sammelvuo-nowym-szkoleniowcem-zaksy-kedzierzyn-kozle/ |title=Tuomas Sammelvuo nowym szkoleniowcem ZAKSY Kędzierzyn-Koźle |work=siatka.org |language=pl |date=1 August 2022 |access-date=1 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://volleyball.ca/en/news/tuomas-sammelvuo-announced-as-men-s-head-coach |title=Tuomas Sammelvuo Announced as Men’s Head Coach |work=Volleyball Canada |date=3 November 2022 |access-date=3 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.plusliga.pl/news,piotr-maciag-prezes-asseco-resovii-wierze-ze-te-dobre-momenty-w-dalszym-ciagu-sa-przed-nami.html |title=Piotr Maciąg, prezes Asseco Resovii: wierzę, że te dobre momenty w dalszym ciągu są przed nami |work=PlusLiga |language=pl |date=19 May 2024 |access-date=23 May 2024}}</ref>

Sammelvuo is still the only Finnish male volleyball player to have won the Champions League ([[2004–05 CEV Champions League|2005]]). Having played 296 games in the national team, he has the second largest number of games in the Finnish volleyball history.

==Personal life==
He speaks six languages: Finnish, French, English, Italian, Polish and Russian.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.volleyballworld.com/news/sammelvuo-on-olympic-success-coaching-and-kalakukko |title=Sammelvuo on Olympic silver, coaching and kalakukko |work=Volleyball World |date=31 August 2021 |access-date=29 April 2022}}</ref>

From his first marriage to Petra, he has two children: a son and a daughter. In 2024, his second wife, Alina gave birth to a daughter, Lilianne.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/muutlajit/a/a4aa42e2-8949-4c50-afa2-f81cdef1fb37 |title=Tuomas Sammelvuo, 48, ja Alina-rakas: Lapsi syntyi |work=Iltalehti |language=fi |date=31 October 2024 |access-date=14 November 2024}}</ref>

==Career==
===Early career===
Sammelvuo started his volleyball career in Pudasjärvi, northern Finland. When he turned 16, he moved to Tampere. Sammelvuo played in Finland youth national team, which reached fourth place at the 1995 Junior World Championship.

===Finland===
Sammelvuo started his professional career at the age of sixteen, in Raision Loimu. After that, he moved to KuPS, and won two league titles and one silver medal.

===Professional career===
From KuPS, Sammelvuo moved to the French team, Strasbourg VB. Sammelvuo spent there one year, and then moved to [[Stade Poitevin Poitiers]]. In 2000, he signed a contract in Italy, and started playing in Cuneo. Sammelvuo played for them for two seasons before moving to [[Volley Piacenza|Piacenza]]. In Piacenza, he won the Italian Cup. In 2003, he returned to France and joined [[Tours VB]].

In his first season in France, Sammelvuo won the French Champion title and made it to the [[2003–04 CEV Champions League|Champions League]] semifinals, losing there to [[VC Belogorie|Lokomotiv Belgorod]], the future competition winner. He ended the next season in Tours as the [[2004–05 CEV Champions League|Champions League]] winner, being the first ever player from Finland to win the trophy.

After two seasons spent in Tours, Sammelvuo moved to Japan and started playing for [[Wolf Dogs Nagoya|Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza]]. He was the first ever Finnish volleyball player in Japan.

In 2006, Sammelvuo joined the Russian team, Dynamo Kaliningrad.

The 2008–09 season, Sammelvuo spent playing in Italy for [[Volley Callipo|Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia]]. For the 2009–10, he signed a contract with the Polish [[PlusLiga]] team, [[ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle]]. In 2011, he joined the Russian team, [[VC Lokomotiv Novosibirsk|Lokomotiv Novosibirsk]]. He came back to Lokomotiv for the 2012–13 season, after one season spent in Italy.

===National team===
He was appointed captain of the [[Finland men's national volleyball team|Finland national team]] in 1997. At the [[2007 Men's European Volleyball Championship|2007 European Championship]] held in Russia, Finland came in fourth place and made Finland ball games history. Overall, Sammelvuo played 296 games in the national team.

==Honours==
===As a player===
* '''[[CEV Champions League]]'''
** [[File:Gold medal europe.svg|16px]] [[2004–05 CEV Champions League|2004–05]] – with [[Tours VB]]
* '''[[CEV Challenge Cup]]'''
** [[File:Simple gold cup.svg|16px]] 2001–02 – with [[Piemonte Volley|Noicom Cuneo]]
* '''Domestic'''
** '''1994–95''' [[File:Simple gold cup.svg|16px]] Finnish Cup, with KuPS Kuopio
** '''1994–95''' [[File:Gold medal with cup.svg|16px]] Finnish Championship, with KuPS Kuopio
** '''1995–96''' [[File:Simple gold cup.svg|16px]] Finnish Cup, with KuPS Kuopio
** '''1995–96''' [[File:Gold medal with cup.svg|16px]] Finnish Championship, with KuPS Kuopio
** '''1998–99''' [[File:Gold medal with cup.svg|16px]] French Championship, with [[Stade Poitevin Poitiers]]
** '''2001–02''' [[File:Simple gold cup.svg|16px]] Italian Cup, with Noicom Brebanca Cuneo
** '''2003–04''' [[File:Gold medal with cup.svg|16px]] French Championship, with Tours VB
** '''2004–05''' [[File:Simple gold cup.svg|16px]] French Cup, with Tours VB
** '''2010–11''' [[File:Simple gold cup.svg|16px]] Russian Cup, with [[VC Lokomotiv Novosibirsk|Lokomotiv Novosibirsk]]

===As a coach===
* '''[[CEV Champions League]]'''
** [[File:Gold medal europe.svg|16px]] [[2022–23 CEV Champions League|2022–23]] – with [[ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle]]
* '''[[CEV Cup]]'''
** [[File:Simple silver cup.svg|16px]] [[2020–21 CEV Cup|2020–21]] – with [[VC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit Saint Petersburg]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www-old.cev.eu/Competition-Area/CompetitionNews.aspx?ID=1260&NewsID=31864&TagType=0&TagContent=0&NewsType=0&Paging=0&Sd=1/1/1900&Ed=1/1/1900 |title=Dinamo Moscow triumph with the 2021 #CEVCupM title |work=[[European Volleyball Confederation|CEV]] |date=25 March 2021 |access-date=25 March 2021}}</ref>
** [[File:Simple silver cup.svg|16px]] [[2024–25 CEV Cup|2024–25]] – with [[Resovia (volleyball)|Asseco Resovia]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cev.eu/articles/club-volleyball/ziraat-bank-ankara-lift-maiden-european-trophy/ |title=Ziraat Bank Ankara lift maiden European trophy |work=[[European Volleyball Confederation|CEV]] |date=9 April 2025 |access-date=28 April 2025}}</ref>
* '''Domestic'''
** '''2018–19''' [[File:Gold medal with cup.svg|16px]] Russian Championship, with [[VC Kuzbass Kemerovo|Kuzbass Kemerovo]]
** '''2022–23''' [[File:Simple gold cup.svg|16px]] [[2022–23 Polish Men's Volleyball Cup|Polish Cup]], with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
** '''2023–24''' [[File:Simple gold cup.svg|16px]] [[Polish Men's Volleyball SuperCup#Winners|Polish SuperCup]], with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle

===Individual awards===
* '''2014:''' Coach of the year in Finland<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cev.eu/articles/features/secrets-of-coaching-success-tuomas-sammelvuo-part-1/ |title=Secrets of Coaching Success: Tuomas Sammelvuo |work=[[European Volleyball Confederation|CEV]] |date=5 March 2022 |access-date=5 March 2022}}</ref>
* '''2021:''' Coach of the year in Finland
* '''2023:''' Coach of the year in Finland<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lentopallo.fi/uutiset/eemi-tervaportti-kauden-lentopalloilijaksi-toisen-kerran-kymmenen-vuoden-tauon-jalkeen/ |title=Eemi Tervaportti kauden lentopalloilijaksi toisen kerran – kymmenen vuoden tauon jälkeen |work=lentopallo.fi |language=fi |date=17 June 2023 |access-date=18 June 2023}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons}}
* {{CEV player|4630|Player profile}}
* [https://www.legavolley.it/player/SAM-TUO-76 Player profile] at ''LegaVolley.it'' {{in lang|it}}
* [https://www.plusliga.pl/players/id/193 Player profile] at ''PlusLiga.pl'' {{in lang|pl}}
* {{CEV coach|4630|Coach profile}}
* {{Olympedia|2303376|Coach profile}}
* [https://volleybox.net/tuomas-sammelvuo-p471 Coach/Player profile] at ''Volleybox.net''

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