Elena Pietrini
Elena Pietrini | |||
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Personal information | |||
Nationality | Italian | ||
Born | Imola, Italy | March 17, 2000||
Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||
Spike | 330 cm (130 in) | ||
Block | 306 cm (120 in) | ||
Volleyball information | |||
Position | Wing spiker | ||
Current club | Dynamo Kazan | ||
Number | 7 | ||
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Honours |
Elena Pietrini (born 17 March 2000) is an Italian volleyball player who plays as a wing spiker for Dynamo Kazan and the Italian national team.[1] She made her debut appearance at the Olympics representing Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Biography
[edit]Her father Alberto Pietrini was a professional basketball player who played at club level and her mother Laura Pietrini and her sister Giulia Pietrini were also volleyball players.[2]
Youth career
[edit]She was part of the youth national team which emerged as runners-up to Russia at the 2017 Girls' U18 Volleyball European Championship.[3]
She was also a key member of the Italian U18 team which won the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship.[4] For her tremendous performance during the 2017 FIVB Volleyball U18 World Championship she was awarded the MVP of the tournament.[5] She also participated at the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship where Italy finished at ninth position.[6][7]
Senior career
[edit]She was part of the Italian national team at the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League.[8] She was also a member of the Italian squad which emerged as runner-up to Serbia at the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship.[9][10]
She was also initially on the selection radar for the 2019 Women's European Volleyball Championship but she pulled out due to physical and mental fatigue.[11] However, she competed at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League.[12] She was part of national side which claimed bronze medal at the 2019 Montreux Volley Masters.[13]
She was included in the national squad to compete in the women's volleyball tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[14][15]
References
[edit]- ^ "Giocatrice – Lega Pallavolo Serie A Femminile". Legavolley femminile (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-08-04.
- ^ "News - One step at a time for Italy's new talent Elena Pietrini". worldtour.2017.fivb.com. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
- ^ "CEV - Confédération Européenne de Volleyball". 2017-04-10. Archived from the original on 2017-04-10. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
- ^ "Team Roster - Italy - FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship 2017". u18.girls.2017.volleyball.fivb.com. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
- ^ "News detail - Fantastic Italy once again atop of Girls' U18 World Championship - FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship 2017". u18.girls.2017.volleyball.fivb.com. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
- ^ "Player - Elena Pietrini - FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship 2017". u20.women.2017.volleyball.fivb.com. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
- ^ "Page not found - FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship 2017". Retrieved 2021-08-04.
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: Cite uses generic title (help) - ^ "Team Roster - Italy - FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2018". www.volleyball.world. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
- ^ "Player - Elena Pietrini - FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship Japan 2018".
- ^ "News - Boskovic shines as Serbia beats Italy in five-set thriller to win World Championship - FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship Japan 2018". japan2018.fivb.com. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
- ^ "Elena Pietrini". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ "Player - Elena Pietrini - FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2019". en.volleyballworld.com. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
- ^ "Team Roster - Italy - Montreux Volley Masters 2019". www.volleymasters.ch. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
- ^ "Volleyball - Women Schedule". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-10-06. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
- ^ "Verso Tokyo2020 Le 12 azure di Davide Mazzanti ultima esclusa gennari" (in Italian). Italy National Team. 5 July 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
External links
[edit]- 2000 births
- Living people
- Italian women's volleyball players
- Volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic volleyball players for Italy
- People from Imola
- Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Bologna
- Italian expatriate volleyball players
- Italian expatriate volleyball players in Russia
- Outside hitters
- Knights of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic