Simone Giannelli
Simone Giannelli | |||||
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Nationality | Italian | ||||
Born | Bolzano, Italy | 9 August 1996||||
Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||
Weight | 92 kg (203 lb) | ||||
Spike | 342 cm (135 in) | ||||
Block | 265 cm (104 in) | ||||
Volleyball information | |||||
Position | Setter | ||||
Current club | Diatec Trentino | ||||
Number | 9 | ||||
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Last updated: 24 October 2016 |
Simone Giannelli (born 9 August 1996) is an Italian volleyball player, a member of the Italy men's national volleyball team and Italian club Trentino Volley, silver medalist of the 2015 World Cup and bronze medalist of the 2015 European Championship, Italian Champion (2013, 2015).
Career
He had proved himself an up-and-coming star within volleyball, by achieving the Finals MVP award at the 2014-2015 Italian Volleyball League won by his team against Modena Volley. He then followed the trend up by taking the starting 7 in the national team, despite competition by players like Dragan Travica, Michele Baranowicz and Marco Falaschi.
In his first year in the national team he won a silver medal at the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup and a bronze medal at the 2015 Men's European Volleyball Championship, where he was also awarded the prize for best setter, the youngest in the history of the tournament.
Sporting achievements
Clubs
CEV Champions League
- 2015/2016 - with Trentino Diatec
National championships
- 2012/2013 Italian Championship, with Trentino Volley
- 2014/2015 Italian Championship, with Trentino Volley
National team
- 2015 CEV European Championship
- 2015 FIVB World Cup
- 2016 Olympic Games
Individual
- 2015 Best Player in Serie A1
- 2015 CEV European Championship - Best Setter
- 2016 CEV Champions League - Best Setter
- 2016 FIVB World League - Best Setter
- 2016 FIVB Club World Championship - Best Setter
External links
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Bolzano
- Italian men's volleyball players
- Olympic volleyball players of Italy
- Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Italy
- Olympic medalists in volleyball
- Trentino Volley players
- Italian volleyball biography stubs