Simona Rinieri (born 1 September 1977) is an Italian former

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player and two-time Olympian. Rinieri played for

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

at the

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and

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

. While playing for Italy, she won the gold medal at the 2002 FIVB World Championship, the silver medal at the 2004 FIVB World Grand Prix, and the bronze medal at the 2006 FIVB World Grand Prix.

Family

Rinieri married Cuban-Italian volleyball player Ángel Dennis.

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rinieri, Simona 1977 births Living people Sportspeople from Ravenna Italian women's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in volleyball Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Volleyball players at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Knights of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic Italian expatriate volleyball players in Russia Italian expatriate volleyball players in France Italian expatriate volleyball players in Poland