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Volleyball At The 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's Tournament
The women's tournament in volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics was the 16th edition of the event at the Summer Olympics, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB, in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Paris, France from 28 July to 11 August 2024. This was the first time in the history competition, each team participating was entitled to include one non-competing (AP) athlete to replace an athlete for medical reasons. As such, team rosters increased from 12 to 13 athletes. Competition schedule The match schedule was announced on 26 June 2024. Qualification Format In a change of format compared to the previous nine editions of the Olympic Games, this tournament featured three groups with four teams each during the preliminary round (between 1972 Summer Olympics to 2020 Summer Olympics the teams were placed in two groups). At this round, the teams competed in a single round-robin format. The two highest ranked teams in each pool and the best two third-place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volleyball At The 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's Tournament
The women's tournament in Volleyball at the Summer Olympics, volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics was the 15th edition of the event at an Olympic Games, organised by the world's governing body, the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball, FIVB, in conjunction with the International Olympic Committee, IOC. It was held in Tokyo, Japan from 25 July to 8 August 2021. It was originally scheduled to take place from 26 July to 9 August 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Olympic Committee, IOC and the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee announced on 24 March 2020 that the 2020 Summer Olympics would be delayed to 2021. Because of this pandemic, the games were played Behind closed doors (sport), behind closed doors. The United States women's national volleyball team, United States won their first gold after finishing runners-up three times with a 3–0 win over Brazil women's national volleyball team, Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympics
The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games, open to both amateur and professional athletes, involves more than 200 teams, each team representing a sovereign state or territory. By default, the Games generally substitute for any world championships during the year in which they take place (however, each class usually maintains its own records). The Olympics are staged every four years. Since 1994, they have alternated between the Summer and Winter Olympics every two years during the four-year Olympiad. Their creation was inspired by the ancient Olympic Games, held in Olympia, Greece, from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD. Baron Pierre de Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894, leading to the first modern Games in Athens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ekaterina Antropova
Ekaterina "Kate" Mikhailovna Antropova (; , ; born 19 March 2003) is an Iceland-born Italian professional volleyball player. In 2022 she was named CEV Women's Challenge Cup-Most valuable player, and in 2023 was named CEV Cup-Most valuable player. Personal life Antropova was born in Akureyri, Iceland to Russian parents, both of whom were athletes: her father, Mikhail Antropov, was competing in the local basketball league for Ungmennafélagið Tindastóll, Tindastóll, while her mother, Olga Antropova Maiden and married names, née Selivanova), was a handball player. When Ekaterina was three months old, her father signed a contract with BC Spartak Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg Spartak so the family returned to Russia and settled in St.Petersburg, where she spent her childhood and early adolescence. She started playing volleyball at the age of 7. In 2017, she moved in Italy with her mother, first to Reggio Calabria and then to Sassuolo: her first affiliations were therefore wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loveth Omoruyi
Oghosasere Loveth "Lolly" Omoruyi (born 25 August 2002) is an Italian volleyball player. She represented Italy at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Early life and career Born in Lodi to parents of Nigerian origins, Omoruyi is the second-born of four siblings. She started playing volleyball as a child, at the Sant’Alberto Oratory in her hometown. Her professional career started in 2016 with Pro Patria Milan, in the B2 league, the fourth category of Italian women's volleyball. In 2021, Omoruyi became U20 world champion, and the same year she received her first call-up to the senior national team. At the 2022 Women's U21 European Volleyball Championship, Italy won the gold medal, with Omoruyi being named best spiker of the tournament. She was part of the gold medalled Italian team at the 2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Fahr
Sarah Luisa Fahr (born 12 September 2001) is an Italian volleyball player who plays as a middle-blocker for Imoco Volley Conegliano. Personal life She was born in Bavaria from German parents but was raised in Piombino (Tuscany). Career She participated at the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Girl's U18 World Championship, 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League, 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, 2019 Montreux Volley Masters, and 2019 Women's European Volleyball Championship. Awards Individuals * 2024 Volleyball Nations League "Best Middle Blocker" * 2024 Italian Supercup "Most Valuable Player" * 2024 Club World Championship "Best Middle Blocker" Clubs * 2020 Italian Supercup – Champions, with Imoco Volley Conegliano * 2020–21 Italian Cup (Coppa Italia) – Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano * 2020–21 Italian League – Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano * 2020–21 CEV Champions League – Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano * 2021 Italian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola Egonu
Paola Ogechi Egonu (; born 18 December 1998) is an Italian professional volleyball player. She plays for Italian volleyball club Vero Volley Milano and is part of the Italy women's national volleyball team. Early life Egonu was born in Cittadella, Italy, to Nigerian parents. She has two siblings, Angela and Andrea, and a cousin, Terry Enweonwu, who also plays volleyball. She received Italian citizenship at age fourteen. She was awarded the prize for Woman of the Year 2019 by ''D - la Repubblica delle donne'', a weekly magazine of ''La Repubblica''. Career National team Egonu began playing for the Italian national team in 2015. That year, she led Italy's junior teams to gold at the U18 World Championship, where she was named MVP of the tournament, and bronze at the U20 World Championship. At age 17, she participated in the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she placed ninth overall with her team. In 2018, Egonu helped her team win silver at the 2018 World Championship in Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myriam Sylla
Myriam Fatime Sylla is a professional Italian volleyball player. She plays outside hitter for both the Italy women's national volleyball team, Italian Women's National Volleyball Team, and the Italian volleyball club, Vero Volley Milano in the A1 division of the Italian Women's Volleyball League, Lega Volley Femminile. She competed at the Volleyball at the 2015 European Games – Women's tournament, 2015 European Games in Baku, the 2015 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix, the 2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix, and the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League. She was also part of the 2024 Italian Volleyball Olympic Team for the 2024 Summer Olympics, where Italy took home the gold medal. Club and National Team career Sylla has played for Progetto Volley Orago (2010–2011), MC-Carnaghi Villa Cortese (2012–2013), Volley Bergamo (2013–2018), Imoco Volley (2018–2022), and Vero Volley Milano (2022–present). Sylla made her Serie A1 debut with MC-Carnaghi Villa Cortese, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain (sports)
In team sport, captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field. In either case, it is a position that indicates honor and respect from one's teammates – recognition as a leader by one's peers. In association football and cricket, a captain is also known as a skipper. Various sports have differing roles and responsibilities for team captains. Depending on the sport, team captains may be given the responsibility of interacting with game officials regarding application and interpretation of the rules. In many team sports, the captains represent their respective teams when the match official does the coin toss at the beginning of the game. The team captain, in some sports, is selected by the team coach, who may consider factors ranging from playing ability to leadership to serving as a good moral example to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Danesi
Anna Danesi (born 20 April 1996) is an Italian professional volleyball player. She is currently serving as the captain of the Italy women's national volleyball team. With the national team she competed three times in the Summer Olympics at Rio2016, Tokyo2020, and won the Gold Medal at Paris2024 with individual award as "best middle blocker". Awards Clubs * 2016 Italian Supercup – Champions, with Imoco Volley Conegliano * 2016–17 Italian Cup (Coppa Italia) – Champions, with Imoco Volley Conegliano * 2016–17 CEV Champions League – Runner-Up, with Imoco Volley Conegliano * 2017–18 Italian League – Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano * 2018 Italian Supercup – Champions, with Imoco Volley Conegliano * 2018–19 Italian League – Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano * 2018–19 CEV Champions League – Runner-Up, with Imoco Volley Conegliano * 2020–21 CEV Cup The 2020–21 CEV Cup was the 49th edition of the second most important European volleybal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caterina Bosetti
Caterina Chiara Bosetti (born 2 February 1994) is an Italian professional volleyball player who plays for Vakıfbank Istanbul and the Italian national team. She is an Olympic gold medallist. Personal life The daughter of Giuseppe Bosetti, former coach of Italy's volleyball female national team, and Franca Bardelli, who played 93 times for the latter, she was born at Busto Arsizio. Her sister Lucia Bosetti is also a volleyball player. Career In 2012, she competed at the Summer Olympics. Bosetti won the silver medal in the 2014 FIVB Club World Championship after her club lost 0-3 to the Russian Dinamo Kazan in the championship match. She played with her national team at the 2014 World Championship. There her team ended up in fourth place after losing 2-3 to Brazil the bronze medal match. She was selected to play the Italian League All-Star game in 2017. Awards Individuals * '' 2011 FIVB U20 World Championship "MVP"'' * '' 2011 FIVB U20 World Championship "Best spiker"'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessia Orro
Alessia Orro (born 18 July 1998) is an Italian volleyball player who plays as a setter of Fenerbahçe. She competed in the women's tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2020 Summer Olympics and 2024 Summer Olympics, the 2019 Montreux Volley Masters, and the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League The 2022 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League was the fourth edition of the FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League, an annual women's international volleyball tournament. The competition was held from 31 May to 17 July 2022, and the final round .... Awards Individuals * '' 2021 Women's European Volleyball Championship "Best Setter"'' * '' 2022 FIVB Nations League "Best Setter"'' * '' 2024 FIVB Nations League "Best Setter"'' * '' 2024 Olympic Games Paris "Best Setter"'' References External links * 1998 births Living people Italian women's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players for Italy Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics People from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monica De Gennaro
Monica "Moki" De Gennaro (born 8 January 1987) is an Italian professional volleyball player. She plays for Imoco Volley Conegliano and for the Italy women's national volleyball team. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2016 Summer Olympics, 2020 Summer Olympics and 2024 Summer Olympics. In the 2024 Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal and the best libero award. She is regarded as one of the greatest liberos of all time. Career De Gennaro played with her national team at the 2014 World Championship. There her team ended up in fourth place after losing 2–3 to Brazil the bronze medal match. She was selected to be tournament's Best Libero. De Gennaro won the 2020–21 CEV Women's Champions League and was twice a runner-up with Imoco Volley Conegliano ( 2016-17 and 2018-19), receiving the award of Best Libero in those three editions of the Champions League. She won both the 2019 FIVB Club World Championship and the Best Libero award in China. She won the 2017 FIVB Wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
