| Stéphane Antiga | |
| Birth Date: | 3 February 1976 |
| Birth Place: | Suresnes, France |
| Height: | 2.00 m |
| Nationalteam: | (306) |
| Nationalyears: | 1998–2010 |
| Currentcoachteam: | Pallavolo Scandicci |
| Coachyears: | 2014–2016 2017–2018 2017–2019 2019–2024 2024– |
| Coachteams: | Poland Canada Onico Warsaw Developres Rzeszów Pallavolo Scandicci |
| Position: | Outside hitter |
| Years: | 1994–1998 1998–2003 2003–2004 2004–2007 2007–2011 2011–2013 2013–2014 |
| Clubs: | Paris UC Paris Volley Noicom Brebanca Cuneo CV Pòrtol Skra Bełchatów Delecta Bydgoszcz Skra Bełchatów |
Stéphane Antiga (born 3 February 1976) is French professional volleyball coach and former player. He was a member of the France national team from 1998 to 2010, and a participant in the Olympic Games Athens 2004. He serves as head coach for Savino del Bene Scandicci.
Antiga was born in Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He has a wife Stephanie.[1] They have two children - a son Timote and a daughter Manoline.
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.
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.
See main article: Matches of Polish men's volleyball national team conducted by Stéphane Antiga. On 24 October 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.[2] His deputy will be Philippe Blain. Antiga was a player of PGE Skra Bełchatów until the end of the 2013/2014 season. On 21 September 2014 he won his first medal as a coach – Poland won a title of World Champion 2014.[3] [4] [5] On 27 October 2014 he 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.[6] On 10 December 2014 Antiga and Blain were honored by the Ambassador of France in Poland medals Officers Ordre du Mérite sportif.[7] 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.[8] Head coach Antiga was awarded a title of the Coach of the year 2014 ex-aequo with Łukasz Kruczek.[9] In 2017 Antiga was named a new head coach of Canada men's national volleyball team[10] In 2017 he also was named a new head coach of Polish club ONICO Warszawa.