Monica De Gennaro
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| Nationality | Italian | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 January 1987 Piano di Sorrento, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spike | 298 cm (117 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Block | 215 cm (85 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Libero | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current club | Imoco Volley Conegliano | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Monica De Gennaro (born 8 January 1987) is an Italian professional volleyball player. She plays for the Italy women's national volleyball team. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics.[1] She is 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) tall.
Career
De Gennaro played with her national team at the 2014 World Championship.[2] There her team ended up in fourth place after losing 2-3 to Brazil the bronze medal match.[3] She was selected to be tournament's Best Libero.[4]
De Gennaro won the 2016–17 CEV Champions League silver medal with Imoco Volley Conegliano after losing the final match 0-3 to the Turkish VakıfBank Istanbul[5] winning also the Best Libero award.[6]
She won the 2017 FIVB World Grand Prix silver medal and the Best Libero individual award.[7]
Awards
Individuals
- 2007–08 CEV Challenge Cup "Best Digger"
- 2013 Montreux Volley Masters "Best Receiver"
- 2014 FIVB World Championship "Best Libero"
- 2016-17 CEV Champions League "Best Libero"
- 2017 World Grand Prix "Best Libero"
Clubs
- 2010 Italian Supercup -
Champions, with Scavolini Pesaro - 2013 Italian Supercup -
Runner-Up, with Imoco Volley Conegliano - 2016–17 CEV Champions League - Runner-Up, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
- 2017–18 Italian League - Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
References
- ^ "Women's Volleyball". London2012.com. Retrieved July 30, 2012.
- ^ "USA win first World Championship title, China and Brazil complete the podium". Milan, Italy: FIVB. 2014-05-11. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
- ^ Carneiro, Leandro (2014-10-12). "Brasil passa sufoco e quase toma virada, mas conquista bronze ante Itália". UOL (in Portuguese). Milan, Italy. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
- ^ "USA's Kim Hill Honored with World Championship MVP". Milan, Italy: FIVB. 2014-05-11. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
- ^ "VakifBank take 3rd Champions League title after 3-0 win against Imoco". Treviso, Italy: CEV. 2017-04-23. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
- ^ "Champions League: Le migliori della Final Four. Zhu MVP" (in Italian). Volleyball.it. 2017-04-23. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
- ^ "Brazil set all-time record in World Grand Prix wins". Nanjing, China: FIVB. 2017-08-06. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
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