Paola Paggi (born 6 December 1976 in

Ivrea Ivrea (; pms, Ivrèja ; ; lat, Eporedia) is a town and ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy. Situated on the road leading to the Aosta Valley (part of the medieval Via Francigena), it strad ...

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player from

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, who represented her native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000. She was a member of the Women's National Team, that won the title at the

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. Paggi made her debut for Italy on 22 May 1999 against

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. She won the 2008–09 CEV Cup playing with Asystel Novara and was awarded "Best Blocker".

Clubs

* Volley Vicenza (1996–2002) *

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(2002–2007) * Asystel Novara (2008–2009) * Volley Universal Modena (2010 - today)

Awards

Individuals

* 2008–09 CEV Cup "Best Blocker"

Clubs

* 2008-09 CEV Cup - Simple cup icon

Champion, with Asystel Novara

References

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1976 births Living people People from Ivrea Italian women's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players of Italy Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Turin {{Italy-volleyball-bio-stub