Elena Pietrini (born 17 March 2000) is an Italian

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player who plays as a wing spiker for the Italian national team. She made her debut appearance at the Olympics representing Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Her father Alberto Pietrini was a professional basketball player who played at club level and her mother Laura Pietrini and her sister Giulia Pietrini were also volleyball players.

Youth career

She was part of the youth national team which emerged as runners-up to Russia at the

2017 Girls' U18 Volleyball European Championship The 2017 Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship was the 12th edition of the tournament which was held in Arnhem, Netherlands from 1 to 9 April 2017. The top six teams qualified for the 2017 Youth World Championship. Participating teams ...

. She was also a key member of the Italian U18 team which won the

2017 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship The 2017 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship was the fifteenth edition of the international volleyball tournament and the world championship for women's national teams under the age of 18, organized by the sport's world governing body, ...

. For her tremendous performance during the 2017 FIVB Volleyball U18 World Championship she was awarded the MVP of the tournament. She also participated at the

2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship The 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship was the nineteenth edition of the international volleyball tournament and the world championship for women's national teams under the age of 20, organized by the sport's world governing body, ...

where Italy finished at ninth position.

Senior career

She was part of the Italian national team at the

2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League The 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League was the inaugural edition of the FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League, a new annual international women's volleyball tournament contested by 16 national teams that replaced the former World Gran ...

. She was also a member of the Italian squad which emerged as runner-up to Serbia at the

2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship The 2018 FIVB Women's World Championship was the eighteenth edition of the event, contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of the ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The final tournament was held in Japan from 29 Sep ...

. She was also initially on the selection radar for the

2019 Women's European Volleyball Championship The 2019 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 31st edition of the Women's European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the CEV from 23 August to 8 September 2019. For the first time the Women's E ...

but she pulled out due to physical and mental fatigue. However, she competed at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League. She was part of national side which claimed bronze medal at the

2019 Montreux Volley Masters The 2019 Montreux Volley Masters was the 34rd edition of the women's volleyball competition set in Montreux, Switzerland. Participating teams Teams: Squads Group stage The first 2 teams of each group qualify for the final round. *''All times ...

. She was included in the national squad to compete in the women's volleyball tournament at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...

References

External links

FIVB profile

CEV profile
* http://www.fivb.org/viewPressRelease.asp?No=72485&Language=en#.W51scaZKjIV {{DEFAULTSORT:Pietrini, Elena 2000 births Living people Italian women's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players for Italy People from Imola Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Bologna