Paola Egonu
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| Full name | Paola Ogechi Egonu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 December 1998 Cittadella, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spike | 3.44 m (135 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Block | 3.21 m (126 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Opposite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current club | Imoco Volley Conegliano | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Paola Ogechi Egonu (born 18 December 1998) is Italian volleyball player of Nigerian descent.[2] She plays for Imoco Volley and is part of the Italy women's national volleyball team. She participated at the 2018 Montreux Volley Masters,[1] 2018 FIVB Volleyball World Championship,[3] and 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League.[4]
On club level she played for Club Italia in 2015.[5] She was selected to play the Italian League All-Star game in 2017.[6] In 2017 she moved to AGIL Novara.
She was awarded the prize for Woman of the Year 2019 by D - la Repubblica delle donne, a weekly magazine of la Repubblica.[7]
She was one of the flagbearers of the Olympic Flag at the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo.
Personal life[]
Of Nigerian and later acquired Italian citizenship, she was born at Cittadella, in Veneto, to Nigerian parents. Her father, Ambrose, is Igbo from Imo State and her mother, Eunice, from Benin City.[8][9] She has two siblings.
Awards[]
Clubs[]
- 2017 Italian Supercup -
Champion, with Igor Gorgonzola Novara - 2017-18 Italian Cup (Coppa Italia) - Champion, with Igor Gorgonzola Novara
- 2018-19 Italian Cup (Coppa Italia) - Champion, with Igor Gorgonzola Novara
- 2018–19 CEV Women's Champions League - Champion, with AGIL Novara
- 2019 Italian Supercup - Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
- 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship - Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
- 2019-20 Italian Cup (Coppa Italia) - Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
- 2020 Italian Supercup - Champions, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
- 2020-21 Italian Cup (Coppa Italia) - Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
- 2020–21 Italian League - Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
- 2020–21 CEV Women's Champions League - Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
- 2021 Italian Supercup - Champions, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
Individuals[]
- 2015 U18 World Championship MVP
- 2016 Europe Olympic Qualification Tournament "Best Outside Spiker"
- 2018 Montreux Volley Masters "Most Valuable Player"
- 2018 FIVB World Championship "Best Opposite Hitters"
- CEV Champions League 2018–19 "Most Valuable Player"
- 2019 Italian Supercup "Most Valuable Player"
- 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship "Most Valuable Player"
- 2020-21 Italian Cup (Coppa Italia) "Most Valuable Player"
- 2020–21 Italian League "Most Valuable Player"
- CEV Champions League 2020–21 "Most Valuable Player"
- CEV EuroVolley 2021 "Most Valuable Player"
- 2021 European Volleyball Confederation "Female Volleyball Player of the Year 2021"
References[]
- ^ a b "Player - Paola Ogechi Egonu - Montreux Volley Masters 2018". www.volleymasters.ch. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
- ^ "Paola, Sara e Valentina: è colorata la nuova Italia del volley femminile". Corriere.it. Eleonora Cozzari. 2016-01-07. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
- ^ "Player - Paola Ogechi Egonu - FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship Japan 2018". japan2018.fivb.com. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
- ^ "Player - Paola Ogechi Egonu - FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2018". www.volleyball.world. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
- ^ "Team Roster – Italy". FIVB.org. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- ^ "All Star Game: A Bergamo la sfida Selezione Italia vs Resto del Mondo" (in Italian). Bergamo: Volleyball.it. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
- ^ "Paola Egonu è la donna dell'anno D: la campionessa di volley premiata dalle lettrici" (in Italian). 12 December 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ Cozzari, Eleonora (7 January 2016). "Paola, Sara e Valentina: è colorata la nuova Italia del volley femminile" (in Italian). Bergamo: Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
- ^ Morvillo, Candida (3 November 2018). "Paola Egonu: 'Le mie lacrime in Giappone e la lezione della mia fidanzata'" [Paola Egonu:]. Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 5 November 2018.
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- Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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