Jon Uriarte
Encyclopedia
Jon Emili Uriarte (born October 15, 1961) is an Argentine
former volleyball
player and current coach, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics
in Seoul
, winning the bronze medal with the men's national team. He also obtained the bronze medal at the 1982 World Championship
held in Argentina.
Uriarte, born in Buenos Aires
, played 8 seasons in Europe
, at the Italian
A1 first division, in France
, and in the Netherlands
. He obtained 3 Argentine leagues, and played 11 years for the Argentine national team, including four World Championships and two Olympic Games.
As a head coach, he worked in Azul VC from 1991 to 2001, playing six Argentine League finals and winning the championship four of them: 1991/92, 92/93, 93/94 and 2000/01.
In 2001 he became Australia
's head coach, qualifying the team in 2004 for the first time to the Olympics for their own right . Uriarte also established the first full time Junior Development Program at the Australian Institute of Sport ( www.ais.gov.au ).
In 2005 Uriarte moved to Brazil
to coach Telemig/Minas Tenis Clube, obtaining the Paulistan League Champion 2005, and leading the teach to the first position of the Brazilian Super league regular season in 2006.
In April 2006 he was appointed as a new Argentine head coach
In May 2011, Uriarte was again hired by the Australian Volleyball Federation, reprising his role as Head Coach of Volleyball Team Australia Men.
After working in different parts of the world, besides Spanish
Jon Uriarte can speak English
, Italian
, French
and Portuguese
.
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
former volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
player and current coach, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics
1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...
in Seoul
Seoul
Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...
, winning the bronze medal with the men's national team. He also obtained the bronze medal at the 1982 World Championship
Volleyball World Championship
The FIVB World Championship is an international men's and women's indoor volleyball competition. It is the oldest and most important of all the international events organized by the FIVB and must not be confused with the FIVB World Cup or the FIVB World League/FIVB World Grand Prix.-Origins:The...
held in Argentina.
Uriarte, born in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
, played 8 seasons in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, at the Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
A1 first division, in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, and in the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
. He obtained 3 Argentine leagues, and played 11 years for the Argentine national team, including four World Championships and two Olympic Games.
As a head coach, he worked in Azul VC from 1991 to 2001, playing six Argentine League finals and winning the championship four of them: 1991/92, 92/93, 93/94 and 2000/01.
In 2001 he became Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
's head coach, qualifying the team in 2004 for the first time to the Olympics for their own right . Uriarte also established the first full time Junior Development Program at the Australian Institute of Sport ( www.ais.gov.au ).
In 2005 Uriarte moved to Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
to coach Telemig/Minas Tenis Clube, obtaining the Paulistan League Champion 2005, and leading the teach to the first position of the Brazilian Super league regular season in 2006.
In April 2006 he was appointed as a new Argentine head coach
In May 2011, Uriarte was again hired by the Australian Volleyball Federation, reprising his role as Head Coach of Volleyball Team Australia Men.
After working in different parts of the world, besides Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
Jon Uriarte can speak English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
, French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
and Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
.