Benjamin Toniutti, the captain of the France team volleyball, Olympic gold medalist in Tokyo, will be honored this Thursday evening by the municipality of Pfastatt. A reception is organized to salute his medal, at the town hall of this town of 10,000 inhabitants, where he grew up and where his parents live.
He spent a few days with them in Alsace with his wife and two children, before going on to the European men’s volleyball championships from September 1 to 19.
We feel that we have made a bit of history
An Olympic gold medal changes your life a bit, yet the captain of the France team is used to titles: he won the Volleyball Champions League this season with his Polish club, but Olympic gold has Again another flavor. Benjamin Toniutti confides that he has received many messages of sympathy. “We feel that we have made a bit of history“he said, for him this gold medal”it will be a moment etched forever.“
His parents are delighted to find Benjamin and his family for a few days of vacation. Proud too, like his dad Maurizio who trained him in his debut in the Wittenheim club, then in Pfastatt where he played with his sister Rina the eldest and his younger brother Florent. This Thursday night is the whole town of Pfastatt who will honor this volleyball family, and its now most illustrious representative Benjamin Toniutti.
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