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At the inaugural 2017 edition in San Marino, Contardi won silver in Men's Singles, losing the final to Monaco's Cincinnato Martire, then teamed with ",[45,104,105],{},"Alain Laterza"," to win gold in Men's Doubles, beating an Andorran pair in the final.",[96,108,109,110,113],{},"Two years later, at the 2019 Games in Budva, Montenegro, Contardi went one better, winning gold in Men's Singles by beating Andorra's Philippe Santmann in the final. He then paired with club teammate ",[45,111,112],{},"Massimo Santioni"," to add a second gold in Men's Doubles, beating an Andorran pair in the final for the second GSSE running. Luxembourg topped the overall boules medal table at both editions, and Contardi's four individual medals (two gold, one silver, plus his share of the 2019 doubles gold) made him the standout Luxembourg competitor across the two Games.",[18,115,117],{"id":116},"club-career-at-bp-riganelli","Club Career at BP Riganelli",[96,119,120,121,124,125,132],{},"Domestically, Contardi has spent his career with ",[45,122,123],{},"BP Riganelli",", a club founded in 1965 in Esch-sur-Alzette, in Luxembourg's southern \"Minett\" steel-country region and one of the country's most decorated. Playing for Riganelli, Contardi won the Luxembourg national men's triples championship alongside ",[45,126,127],{},[128,129,131],"a",{"href":130},"\u002Fplayers\u002Fadrien-daunois","Adrien Daunois"," and Alain Laterza, beating Belvaux 13-5 in the final at the national boulodrome in Belvaux - the same trio that would go on to represent Luxembourg together on the international stage.",[18,134,136],{"id":135},"_2024-world-championship-luxembourgs-coupe-des-nations-run","2024 World Championship: Luxembourg's Coupe des Nations Run",[96,138,139,140,143,144,147],{},"In 2024, Contardi was selected for Luxembourg's four-man squad at the ",[45,141,142],{},"World Championship"," in Dijon, France, alongside ",[45,145,146],{},"Luc Cattazzo",", Daunois and Santioni, competing in the Coupe des Nations - the World Championship's national-teams event. The Luxembourg squad advanced through pool play to reach the round of 8, one of the country's best-ever results at a World Championship and a result Luxembourg media described as reflecting the sport's continued growth in the small European federation.",[18,149,151],{"id":150},"_2026-pushing-france-to-the-brink","2026: Pushing France to the Brink",[96,153,154,155,158,159,165,166,172,173,177],{},"Contardi's highest-profile result came at the ",[45,156,157],{},"2026 European Pétanque Championship"," in Lorca, Spain (18-21 June 2026). Partnering Daunois in the men's doublette event, the Luxembourg pair produced one of the tournament's most dramatic scorelines in the round of 16: racing out to an 8-1 lead over France's ",[45,160,161],{},[128,162,164],{"href":163},"\u002Fplayers\u002Fmickael-bonetto","Mickaël Bonetto"," and ",[45,167,168],{},[128,169,171],{"href":170},"\u002Fplayers\u002Fyohan-cousin","Yohan Cousin"," before France stormed back to win 13-8. Bonetto and Cousin went on to take bronze in that event, underlining just how competitive Contardi and Daunois's run against a top-five nation had been. Read the full recap in our ",[128,174,176],{"href":175},"\u002Fblog\u002Fpetanque-european-championship-2026-results","2026 European Championship results",".",[18,179,181],{"id":180},"legacy","Legacy",[96,183,184],{},"Across nearly a decade of competition, Claudio Contardi has become one of the defining figures of Luxembourg's small but ambitious pétanque scene - a two-time GSSE singles and doubles medalist, a national triples champion with BP Riganelli, and, alongside his regular partner Adrien Daunois, the man behind Luxembourg's closest brush yet with beating one of the sport's traditional powers on the international stage.",{"title":186,"searchDepth":187,"depth":187,"links":188},"",2,[189,190,191,192,193,194],{"id":20,"depth":187,"text":21},{"id":93,"depth":187,"text":94},{"id":116,"depth":187,"text":117},{"id":135,"depth":187,"text":136},{"id":150,"depth":187,"text":151},{"id":180,"depth":187,"text":181},"Claudio Contardi profile: the Luxembourg pétanque player behind two Games of the Small States of Europe golds and the country's dramatic near-upset of France at the 2026 European Championship.","md",[198,201,204,207,210],{"question":199,"answer":200},"Who is Claudio Contardi?","Claudio Contardi is a Luxembourgish pétanque player from BP Riganelli in Esch-sur-Alzette, one of the country's most successful club and national-team competitors of the past decade. He has won two golds and a silver at the Games of the Small States of Europe, a Luxembourg national triples title, and represented Luxembourg's men's team at the 2024 World Championship in Dijon, France.",{"question":202,"answer":203},"What has Claudio Contardi won?","At the Games of the Small States of Europe, he won Men's Doubles gold with Alain Laterza and Men's Singles silver in San Marino (2017), then Men's Singles gold and Men's Doubles gold with Massimo Santioni in Budva, Montenegro (2019). Domestically, he won the Luxembourg national men's triples title for BP Riganelli alongside Adrien Daunois and Alain Laterza, beating Belvaux 13-5 in the final. Internationally, he was part of Luxembourg's Coupe des Nations squad at the 2024 World Championship in Dijon, France, which reached the round of 8.",{"question":205,"answer":206},"Which club does Claudio Contardi play for?","He plays for BP Riganelli, based in Esch-sur-Alzette in southern Luxembourg. Founded in 1965, Riganelli is one of the country's strongest clubs, with multiple Luxembourg championship titles across the 2010s and 2020s.",{"question":208,"answer":209},"What happened when Claudio Contardi played France at the 2026 European Championship?","In the round of 16 of the men's doublette event at the 2026 European Championship in Lorca, Spain, Contardi and partner Adrien Daunois raced out to an 8-1 lead over France's Mickael Bonetto and Yohan Cousin - the eventual bronze medalists - before France stormed back to win 13-8. It is considered one of the strongest results a Luxembourg pairing has produced against a top-five nation in recent memory. Read the full recap in our [2026 European Championship results](\u002Fblog\u002Fpetanque-european-championship-2026-results).",{"question":211,"answer":212},"Is Claudio Contardi related to Adrien Daunois?","No, they are not related, but they are frequent Luxembourg national-team and BP Riganelli club teammates - partnering together to win the Luxembourg national triples title, to reach the round of 8 at the 2024 World Championship in Dijon, and to pair up in men's doublette at the 2026 European Championship in Lorca, Spain.","🇱🇺","\u002Fimages\u002Fplayers\u002Fclaudio-contardi.png","2026-09-02",{},true,"\u002Fplayers\u002Fen\u002Fclaudio-contardi",{"title":5,"description":195},"players\u002Fen\u002Fclaudio-contardi",[222,223,224,225,226,227,228],"claudio contardi","luxembourg petanque","bp riganelli","games of the small states of europe","adrien daunois","world championship dijon","european championship lorca","ngVQkcDAety1ZqN3r-odRTh9_qrcqi7lZ7c9pLFYhOc",1790080187988]