Career
He also obtained the bronze medal at the 1982 World Championship held in Argentina. Uriarte, born in Buenos Aires, played 8 seasons in Europe, at the Italian First Rate (at Lloyd's) first division, in France, and in the Netherlands. He obtained 3 Argentine leagues, and played 11 years for the Argentine national team, including four World Championships and two Olympic Games.
As a head coach, he worked in Azul Venture capital from 1991 to 2001, playing six Argentine League finals and winning the championship four of them: 1991/92, 92/93, 93/94 and 2000/01.
In 2001 he became Australia"s head coach, qualifying the team in 2004 for the first time to the Olympics for their own right. Uriarte also established the first full-time Junior Development Program at the Australian Institute of Sport ( wwwaisgovau ).
In April 2006 he was appointed as a new Argentine head coach. After he has developed a new generation a players in Argentina he took the position as a head coach of Vibo Valentia, Italy in First Rate (at Lloyd's) division.
In May 2011, Uriarte was again hired by the Australian Volleyball Federation, reprising his role as Head Coach of the Australian men"s volleyball team
In June 2012 at the AOGQ tournament played in Japan he led the Australian team to qualify to the Olympic Games for the second time. After working in different parts of the world, besides Spanish Jon Uriarte can speak English, Italian, French and Portuguese.