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Full name | Kévin Tillie | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | French | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Cagnes-sur-Mer, France |
November 2, 1990 |||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Spike | 347 cm (137 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Block | 327 cm (129 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
College(s) |
Thompson Rivers University University of California, Irvine |
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Position | Outside hitter | |||||||||||||||||||||
Current club | ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle | |||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Last updated: 26 October 2016 |
Kévin Tillie (born 2 November 1990) is a French volleyball player, a member of France men's national volleyball team and Polish club ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle, 2015 European Champion, gold medalist of the 2015 World League, 2016 Polish Champion.
Tillie was born in Cagnes-sur-Mer, France. He is from an athletic family—his father Laurent is the head coach of the France men's national volleyball team, his mother Caroline played at the professional and Olympic levels (as did Laurent), his older brother Kim played college basketball with the Utah Utes and now does professionally in Europe and with France, and his younger brother Killian currently plays college basketball with the Gonzaga Bulldogs.
After many appearances with the junior and youth national teams, Tillie debuted for the senior French national team at the 2012 FIVB Volleyball World League, where the French team finished in seventh place.
In 2015 moved to Polish club ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle. On October 18, 2015 French national team, including him, achieved title of the European Champion 2015 (3–0 with Slovenia in the finale).