Jenny Barazza (born July 24, 1981) is an Italian
volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...
player. She was born in
Codogné,
Veneto
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.
She began to play in her native town. She scored her first success with
Foppapedretti Bergamo
Volley Bergamo is an Italian women's volleyball club based in Bergamo and currently playing in the Serie A1.
Previous names
Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names:
* Volley Bergamo (1991–1992)
* Foppapedretti Be ...
, with which she was two times national champion (2004 and 2006), European champion (2005), won a
CEV Cup
The CEV Cup is the second tier official competition for men's Volleyball clubs of Europe. The competition takes place every year.
Until 2000, it was the CEV Cup Winners' Cup. In 2000 it was renamed CEV Top Teams Cup and in 2007 it was renamed CE ...
(2004) and one National Cup (2006).
She earned more than 130 caps for the
Italian national team
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, with whom she won the 2007 European Volleyball Championship, and where she also was named ''Best Blocker'' of the tournament.
Barazza competed at the
2004
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Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...
,
2008
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, and
2012 Summer Olympics
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.
She currently plays for
Imoco Volley Conegliano
Imoco Volley is an Italian women's volleyball club based in Conegliano and currently playing in the Serie A1.
History
The club was founded on 15 March 2012, two months after the bankruptcy of the other volleyball team in Conegliano. In April 2 ...
.
Career
Individual awards
* ''
2007 European Championship "Best Blocker"''
References
External links
Jenny Barazzaat the
Italian Women's Volleyball League
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1981 births
Living people
Sportspeople from the Province of Treviso
Italian women's volleyball players
Italian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Eczacıbaşı volleyball players
Olympic volleyball players of Italy
Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Mediterranean Games medalists in volleyball
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games
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