Serena Ortolani

Serena Ortolani
Personal information
Full name	Serena Ortolani
Born	January 7, 1987 (1987-01-07) (age 25) Ravenna, Italy
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	67 kg (150 lb)
Volleyball information
Position	Opposite hitter
Current club	Robursport Volley Pesaro
Number	6
National team
Italy
Honours Women’s Volleyball Competitor for  Italy World Grand Champions Cup Gold 2009 Tokyo/Fukuoka Team World Cup Gold 2007 Japan Team European Championships Silver 2005 Croatia Team Gold 2007 Belgium/Luxembourg Team Gold 2009 Poland Team

Serena Ortolani (born on January 7, 1987 in Ravenna) is an Italian volleyball player.

She has played plays as an opposite hitter for Foppapedretti Bergamo from 2008 to 2011. Despite being of a young age, Ortolani has already made several appearances for the Italian national volleyball team in international competitions and is considered by numerous experts to being one of the biggest promises of Italian women's volleyball. Her debut for the national team came on the 2005 edition of the European Championships, held in Croatia, when the team was then coached by Marco Bonitta. In the 2005/06 season, she won her first Coppa Italia and Scudetto with Foppapedretti Bergamo. In 2006, she was selected again for the national team for the 2006 FIVB Women's World Championship, held in Japan, where she helped Italy win fourth place. She began the 2006/2007 season for Bergamo, but after the first half of the season, she was loaned to Rebecchi Piacenza, to improve her game further. In 2007, she helped the Italian volleyball team win the Women's European Volleyball Championship, held in Belgium and Luxembourg and repeated this success a few months later at the World Cup in Japan, thereby helping Italy gain qualification for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, where she subsequently competed.

She won the 2008–09 CEV Indesit Champions League playing with Volley Bergamo and was awarded "Most Valuable Player".^[1]

Contents 1 Clubs 2 Awards 2.1 Individuals 2.2 Club 2.3 National team 2.4 National youth team 3 References 4 External links

Clubs

• Teodora Ravenna (2000–2001)
• Foppapedretti Bergamo (2004–2006)
• Rebecchi Piacenza (2006–2007)
• Yamamay Busto Arsizio (2007–2008)
• Foppapedretti Bergamo (2008–2011)

Awards

Individuals

• 2008–09 CEV Indesit Champions League Final Four "Most Valuable Player"

Club

• 2004 Italian Super Cup - Champion, with Radio 105 Foppapedretti Bergamo
• 2004–05 CEV Indesit Champions League - Champion, with Radio 105 Foppapedretti Bergamo
• 2006 Italian Championship - Champion, with Radio 105 Foppapedretti Bergamo
• 2006 Italian Cup - Champion, with Radio 105 Foppapedretti Bergamo
• 2008–09 CEV Indesit Champions League - Champion, with Foppapedretti Bergamo
• 2009–10 CEV Indesit Champions League - Champion, with Foppapedretti Bergamo

National team

• 2007 World Cup
• 2007 European Championships
• 2005 European Championships

National youth team

• 2004 Junior European Championships

References

External links

• Official website
• Italian League Profile

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

Persondata
Name	Ortolani, Serena
Alternative names
Short description	Italian Olympic volleyball player
Date of birth	1987-01-07
Place of birth	Ravenna, Italy
Date of death
Place of death