Antonin Rouzier

Antonin Rouzier
Personal information
Nationality	French
Born	(1986-08-18) 18 August 1986 (age 38) Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France
Height	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
Weight	100 kg (220 lb)
Spike	350 cm (138 in)
Block	330 cm (130 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Opposite
Career
Years Teams 2004–2005 2005–2006 2006–2007 2007–2008 2008–2009 2009–2011 2011–2013 2013–2014 2014–2015 2015–2016 2016–2017 2017–2018 2018–2020 2018–2020 2020–2021 Spacer's de Toulouse Beauvais Oise UC Asnières Volley 92 Montpellier Volley Knack Roeselare Stade Poitevin Poitiers ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle Piemonte Volley Ziraat Bankası Ankara Arkas İzmir İstanbul BBSK Yenisey Krasnoyarsk Toray Arrows Al Rayyan Paris Volley
National team
2006–2016  France
Honours Men's volleyball Representing  France FIVB World League 2015 Rio de Janeiro 2016 Kraków CEV European Championship 2015 Bulgaria/Italy 2009 Turkey

Antonin Rouzier (born 18 August 1986) is a French former [1][2] professional volleyball player, a former member of the France national team. A participant in the Olympic Games Rio 2016, 2015 European Champion and the 2015 World League winner.

Personal life

Rouzier was born in Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France. On 27 July 2014 Antonin married to Lili.[3] In May 2016 his wife gave birth to their son Louis.

Career

In 2011–2013 Rouzier played for the Polish club ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle. He won bronze (2011/2012) and silver (2012/2013) of Polish Championship, Polish Cup 2013. In season 2013/2014 moved to Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo.[4] After financial problems of the Italian club decided to leave team from Cuneo. In June 2014 moved to Turkish Ziraat Bankası Ankara.[5] On 18 October 2015 French national team, including Rouzier, achieved title of the European Champion 2015 (3–0 with Slovenia in the finale).[6] He received individual award for the Most valuable player of the championships.

In May 2017 he signed one-year contract with Russian club Yenisey Krasnoyarsk.

Honours

Clubs

• National championships
  • 2008/2009 Belgian Championship, with Knack Roeselare
  • 2010/2011 French Championship, with Stade Poitevin Poitiers
  • 2012/2013 Polish Cup, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
  • 2012/2013 Polish Championship, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle

Individual awards

• 2009: CEV European Championship – Best scorer
• 2011: French Championship – Best opposite
• 2013: CEV Champions League – Best spiker
• 2015: CEV European Championship – Most valuable player
• 2016: FIVB World League – Best outside spiker

References

1. https://worldofvolley.com/latest_news/france/315491/fra-m-antonin-rouzier-announced-the-end-of-his-career.html
2. https://www.instagram.com/p/Coy6f5Xs8Qf/
3. Antonin Rouzier już po ślubie – ofsaijd.onet.pl – 31-07-2014
4. Antonin Rouzier w Cuneo – plusliga.pl – 08-07-2013
5. ZİRAAT BANKASI'NA FRANSIZ YILDIZ Archived 2016-06-04 at the Wayback Machine – sporanki.com – 23-06-2014
6. France celebrate historic European crown, Slovenia happy with silver Archived 2015-10-22 at the Wayback Machine – cev.lu – 18-10-2015

External links

• Player profile at the European Volleyball Confederation
• Player profile at LegaVolley.it (in Italian)
• Player profile at PlusLiga.pl (in Polish)
• Player profile at Olympics.com
• Player profile at Olympedia (archive)
• Player profile at Volleybox.net

Awards
Preceded by Ivan Miljković	Best Scorer of CEV European Championship 2009	Succeeded by Maksim Mikhaylov
Preceded by Bartosz Kurek	Best Spiker of CEV Champions League 2012/2013	Succeeded by Maksim Mikhaylov
Preceded by Dmitry Muserskiy	Most Valuable Player of CEV European Championship 2015	Succeeded by Maksim Mikhaylov
Preceded by Michał Kubiak Earvin N'Gapeth	Best Outside Spiker of FIVB World League 2016 ex aequo Marko Ivović	Succeeded by Ricardo Lucarelli Earvin N'Gapeth