Emanuele Birarelli
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| Full name | Emanuele Birarelli | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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February 8, 1981 Senigallia, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 95 kg (209 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spike | 332 cm (131 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Block | 316 cm (124 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Middle-blocker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Trentino Volley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 3 (club), 15 (national team) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Emanuele Birarelli (born February 8, 1981 in Senigallia, Italy) is an Italian volleyball player, a member of Italy men's national volleyball team and Italian club Trentino Volley, a bronze medalist of the Olympic Games London 2012, a participant of the Olympic Games Beijing 2008, World League (2013, 2014) and silver medalist of European Championship (2011, 2013).
Career
Birarelli was born at Senigallia. He debuted in the Italian top championship in 1998 for Pallavolo Falconara. He remained there until 2003, when he was diagnosed an arm ischemia which forced him away from the field for two years.
He returned to play volleyball in 2005, first at Pineto, then for Verona and, from 2007, for Trentino Volley, with which he won an Italian national title in 2008. In the same year he debuted for Italy's national team. In 2009 he won the CEV Champions League with Trentino Volley, a feat he repeated the following year.
Sporting achievements
CEV Champions League
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2008/2009 - with Itas Diates Trentino - 2009/2010 - with Itas Diates Trentino
- 2010/2011 - with Itas Diates Trentino
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2011/2012 - with Itas Diates Trentino
FIVB Club World Championship
- Qatar 2009 - with Itas Diates Trentino
- Qatar 2010 - with Itas Diates Trentino
- Qatar 2011 - with Itas Diates Trentino
- Qatar 2012 - with Itas Diates Trentino
National championship
- 2007/2008
Italian Championship, with Itas Diates Trentino - 2008/2009 Italian Championship, with Itas Diates Trentino
- 2009/2010
Italian Cup Serie A, with Itas Diates Trentino - 2009/2010 Italian Championship, with Itas Diates Trentino
- 2010/2011 Italian Championship, with Itas Diates Trentino
- 2011/2012 Italian Cup Serie A, with Itas Diates Trentino
- 2011/2012 Italian Championship, with Itas Diates Trentino
- 2012/2013 Italian Cup Serie A, with Itas Diates Trentino
- 2012/2013 Italian Championship, with Itas Diates Trentino
National team
Olympic Games
CEV European Championships
FIVB World League
Individually
- 2012 FIVB Club World Championship - Best Blocker
- 2013 FIVB World League - Best Middle Blocker
- 2013 FIVB Club World Championship - Best Middle Blocker
- 2013 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup - Best Middle Blocker
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Preceded by Marcin Możdżonek |
Best Middle Blocker of FIVB World League 2013 ex aequo  Dmitriy Muserskiy |
Succeeded by David Lee Lucas Saatkamp |
| Preceded by Russell Holmes |
Best Blocker of FIVB Club World Championship 2012 2013 |
Succeeded by Robertlandy Simón José Santos Júnior |
| Preceded by Robertlandy Simón |
Best Middle Blocker of FIVB World Grand Champions Cup 2013 ex aequo Maxwell Holt |
Succeeded by ? |