Eleonora Lo Bianco

Eleonora Lo Bianco
Personal information
Full name	Eleonora Lo Bianco
Nationality	Italy
Born	22 December 1979(1979-12-22) Borgomanero,  Italy
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	70 kg (150 lb)
Spike	287 cm (113 in)
Block	273 cm (107 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Setter
Current club	Galatasaray Medical Park
National team
2002 -	Italy
Honours Women’s Volleyball Competitor for  Italy World Championship Gold 2002 Germany Team World Grand Champions Cup Gold 2009 Tokyo/Fukuoka Team FIVB World Cup Gold 2007 Japan Team FIVB World Grand Prix Silver 2004 Reggio Calabria Team Silver 2005 Sendai Team Bronze 2006 Reggio Calabria Team Bronze 2007 Ningbo Team European Championships Gold 2007 Belgium/Luxembourg Team Gold 2009 Poland Team
Last updated: October 2011

Eleonora Lo Bianco (born 22 December 1979) is an Italian volleyball player, currently the captain of Italy women's national volleyball team. She plays for Galatasaray Medical Park.^[1]

Contents 1 Life 2 Clubs 3 Awards 3.1 Individual 3.2 National Team 3.3 Club 4 References 5 External links

Life

Born in Borgomanero, in her youth she played in the Omegna volleyball team. In the season 1998/1999 she was recruited in the Club Italia, a special team organized by the Italian volleyball Federation to train the young players.

After that experience she played for several teams in the Italian woman Volleyball League. She is 172 cm tall and weighs 70 kg.

Clubs

• Pallavolo Omegna (1994–1995)
• Eme Pallavolo Omegna (1995–1998)
• Club Italia (1998–1999)
• Brums Busto Arsizio (1999–2000)
• Mirabilandia Teodora Ravenna (2000–2001)
• Starfin Ravenna (2001–2002)
• Monte Schiavo Banca Marche Jesi (2002–2005)
• Radio 105 Foppapedretti Bergamo (2005–2006)
• Play Radio Foppapedretti Bergamo (2006–2007)
• Foppapedretti Bergamo (2007–2011)
• Galatasaray Medical Park (2011–)

Awards

Individual

• 2005 European Championship "Best Setter"
• 2006 FIVB World Grand Prix "Best Setter"
• 2009–10 CEV Indesit Champions League Final Four "Best Setter"
• 2009 European Championships "Best Setter"

National Team

• World Championship Germany 2002
• European Champion Belgium Luxenburg 2007
• World Cup Japan 2007.

Club

• 2006 Italian Championship - Champion, with Radio 105 Foppapedretti
• 2006 Italian Cup - Champion, with Radio 105 Foppapedretti
• 2006–07 CEV Indesit Champions League - Champion, with Radio 105 Foppapedretti
• 2008 Italian Cup - Champion, with Foppapedretti
• 2008–09 CEV Indesit Champions League - Champion, with Foppapedretti Bergamo
• 2009–10 CEV Indesit Champions League - Champion, with Foppapedretti Bergamo

References

External links

• FIVB Profile
• Official website
• Official website of Italian Woman Volleyball League

Italy – 2002 World Championship 2 Rinieri 3 Togut 4 Leggeri 5 Anzanello 10 Paggi 11 Mifkova 12 Piccinini 13 Sangiuliano 14 Lo Bianco 15 Borrelli 16 Mello 17 Cardullo Coach: Bonitta

Italy – 2007 Women's European Championship Champions (1st Title)   1 Simona Gioli 3 Paola Croce 6 Valentina Fiorin 7 Martina Guiggi 8 Jenny Barazza 9 Manuela Secolo 11 Serena Ortolani 12 Taismary Aguero 13 Francesca Ferretti 14 Eleonora Lo Bianco 15 Antonella Del Core 17 Paola Cardullo Coach: Massimo Barbolini

Italy – 2008 Summer Olympics Paola Croce Nadia Centoni Martina Guiggi Jenny Barazza Manuela Secolo Paola Cardullo Serena Ortolani Francesca Piccinini Francesca Ferretti Eleonora Lo Bianco Taismary Agüero Simona Gioli

Galatasaray Medical Park 2011-12 roster 1 Slađana Erić | 2 Ezgi Arslan | 3 Dilara Bilge | 4 Seray Altay | 5 Funda Bilgi | 6 Buse İnce | 7 Natalia Hanikoğlu | 8 Nilay Konar | 9 Deniz Hakyemez | 10 Aslı Türker | 11 Gamze Alikaya | 12 Rosir Calderón | 13 Selime İlyasoğlu | 14 Eleonora Lo Bianco | 15 Bihter Dumanoğlu | 14 Ecem Alıcı | 18 Gökçen Denkel | Coach Dragan Nešić

Persondata
Name	Lo Bianco, Eleonora
Alternative names
Short description	Female volleyball player from Italy
Date of birth	22 December 1979
Place of birth	Borgomanero, Italy
Date of death
Place of death