Stéphane Antiga

Stéphane Antiga (born 3 February 1976) is a former French volleyball player, a member of France men's national volleyball team in 1998-2010, a participant of the Olympic Games Athens 2004, a bronze medalist of the 2002 World Championship, a silver medalist of the European Championship (2003, 2009) and 2006 World League, seven–time French Champion, five–time Polish Champion (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014), two–time Spanish Champion, head coach of Polish club DevelopRes SkyRes Rzeszów.

Antiga was born in Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He has a wife Stephanie. They have two children - a son Timote and a daughter Manoline.

Clubs

In his career he has played for the teams of Paris UC (France), Paris Volley, Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo, Portol Palma de Mallorca, Skra Bełchatów and Delecta Bydgoszcz. In April 2013, he signed a contract to return to PGE Skra Bełchatów. After winning gold medal of 2014 Polish Championship with club from Bełchatów he ended his career as a player.

National team

He is silver medalist of European Championship from Germany 2003 and Turkey 2009, bronze medalist of World Championship 2002. Antiga played 306 games with the French national team and was previously captain of the team.

On October 24, 2013, it was announced that Antiga had been appointed as the new Head Coach of the Poland men's national volleyball team in a three-year contract, replacing Andrea Anastasi.His deputy will be Philippe Blain. Antiga was a player of PGE Skra Bełchatów until the end of the 2013/2014 season. On September 21, 2014 won his first medal as a coach – Poland won a title of World Champion 2014. On October 27, 2014 received a state award granted by the Polish President Bronisław Komorowski – Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland for outstanding contribution to the development of Polish sport, for achievements in training. On December 10, 2014 Antiga and Blain were honored by the Ambassador of France in Poland medals Officers Ordre du Mérite sportif. Historic result at World Championship brought the team their next title of the Best Team of 2014 in 80th Plebiscyt Przeglądu Sportowego 2014 in Poland. Head coach Antiga was awarded a title of the Coach of the year 2014 ex-aequo with Łukasz Kruczek. In 2017 Antiga was named a new head coach of Canada men's national volleyball team In 2017 he also was named a new head coach of Polish club ONICO Warszawa.

As a player

CEV Champions League

CEV Cup

CEV Challenge Cup

FIVB Club World Championship

National championships

National team

Individually

• 2001: CEV Champions League – The Most Valuable Player
• 2009: CEV European Championship – Best Receiver
• 2009: Best Player in PlusLiga

As a coach

• National championships

  

• National teams

  

State awards