Monica De Gennaro
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| Full name | Monica De Gennaro | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
January 8, 1987 Piano di Sorrento, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Spike | 292 cm (115 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Block | 270 cm (110 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Volleyball information | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Libero | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Current club | Imoco Volley Conegliano | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Monica De Gennaro (born 8 January 1987) is an Italian professional volleyball player. She plays for the Italy women's national volleyball team. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics.[1] She is 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) tall.
Career
De Gennaro played with her national team at the 2014 World Championship.[2] There her team ended up in fourth place after losing 2-3 to Brazil the bronze medal match.[3] She was selected to be tournament's Best Libero.[4]
De Gennaro won the 2016–17 CEV Champions League silver medal with Imoco Volley Conegliano after losing the final match 0-3 to the Turkish VakıfBank Istanbul[5] winning also the Best Libero award.[6]
She won the 2017 FIVB World Grand Prix silver medal and the Best Libero individual award.[7]
Clubs
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Libertas Sorrento (2001–2002) - Vicenza Volley (2002–2009)
- Aprilia Volley (2009–2010)
- Scavolini Pesaro (2010–2013)
- Imoco Volley Conegliano (2013–2016)
Awards
Individuals
- 2007–08 CEV Challenge Cup "Best Digger"
- 2013 Montreux Volley Masters "Best Receiver"
- 2014 FIVB World Championship "Best Libero"
- 2016-17 CEV Champions League "Best Libero"
- 2017 World Grand Prix "Best Libero"
Clubs
- 2010 Italian Supercup -
Champions, with Scavolini Pesaro - 2013 Italian Supercup -
Runner-Up, with Imoco Volley Conegliano - 2016–17 CEV Champions League - Runner-Up, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
References
- ↑ "Women's Volleyball". London2012.com. Retrieved July 30, 2012.
- ↑ "USA win first World Championship title, China and Brazil complete the podium". Milan, Italy: FIVB. 2014-05-11. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
- ↑ Carneiro, Leandro (2014-10-12). "Brasil passa sufoco e quase toma virada, mas conquista bronze ante Itália". UOL (in Portuguese). Milan, Italy. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
- ↑ "USA's Kim Hill Honored with World Championship MVP". Milan, Italy: FIVB. 2014-05-11. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
- ↑ "VakifBank take 3rd Champions League title after 3-0 win against Imoco". Treviso, Italy: CEV. 2017-04-23. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
- ↑ "Champions League: Le migliori della Final Four. Zhu MVP" (in Italian). Volleyball.it. 2017-04-23. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
- ↑ "Brazil set all-time record in World Grand Prix wins". Nanjing, China: FIVB. 2017-08-06. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
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Preceded by Lin Li |
Best Libero of FIVB World Grand Prix 2017 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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