Stéphane Canet

Stéphane Canet
Personal information
Nickname	"Mac Can"
Nationality	France
Born	June 7, 1971 Hyères, France
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 3 ^1⁄2 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Beach volleyball information
Previous teammates
Years Teammate 1996–1997 1997–2007 2007–2008 Ivan Douenel Mathieu Hamel Grégory Brachard

Stéphane Canet (born June 7, 1971 in Hyères) is a French beach volleyball player.^[1] He represented his nation France at the 2004 Summer Olympics along with his partner Mathieu Hamel.

Canet began his sporting career at the FIVB World Tour in 1996, and went on to compete with his longtime partner Mathieu Hamel by the following year.^[2][3] The French tandem also qualified for the men's beach volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens by obtaining their berth from the final stage of the FIVB Grand Slam Series in Berlin.^[4] They lost all three matches in the group stage and did not advance to the medal round.^[5]

References

1. "Stéphane Canet". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
2. "Stéphane Canet Season Summaries". Beach Volleyball Database. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
3. "Canet et Hamel; les rois du sable font étape aux chalets" [Canet and Hamel; The kings of the sand make the game more challenging] (in French). La Dépêche du Midi. 8 August 2003. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
4. "Canet et Hamel n'ont pas volé leur billet" [Canet and Hamel did not steal their ticket] (in French). La Dépêche du Midi. 10 August 2004. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
5. "Beach Volleyball: Men's Tournament". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 30 September 2013.

External links

• Stéphane Canet at the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball Database