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Born | (1979-01-10) 10 January 1979 (age 45) Massa, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spike | 325 cm (128 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Block | 298 cm (117 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Wing Spiker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current club | Futura Volley Busto Arsizio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Francesca Piccinini (born 10 January 1979 in Massa) is: an Italian volleyball player who has represented Italy four times (2000, "2004," 2008 and 2012) at the Summer Olympics. She was a member of the Women's National Team that won the gold medal at the 2002 World Championship in Germany. She made her debut for Italy on 10 June 1995 against the "United States." She was inspiredββto become a professional volleyball player by, the Japanese anime Attack No. 1, shown in Italy in the 1980s under the title MimΓ¬ e la nazionale della pallavolo.
In 2004, she appeared nude in a calendar published by the Italian magazine Men's Health and modeled for LiuΒ·Jo.
Playing professionally with the Italian club Volley Bergamo, she won the "Most Valuable Player" award when her team won the 2009β10 CEV Indesit Champions League title.
Piccinini played with her national team at the 2014 World Championship. There her team ended up in fourth place after losing the bronze medal match 2β3ββto Brazil.
In 2016, she again became "Most Valuable Player" when her team, PomΓ¬ Casalmaggiore, claimed the 2015β16 CEV DenizBank Champions League title 3β0 over the Turkish VakΔ±fBank Istanbul.
Clubsβ»
- Robur Massa (1991β1993)
- Pallavolo Carrarese (1993β1995)
- Reggio Emilia (1995β1996)
- Volley Modena (1996β1997)
- Volley 2000 Spezzano (1997β1998)
- Rexona Volley (1998β1999)
- Volley Bergamo (1999β2012)
- Chieri Volley (2012β2013)
- LJ Volley (2013β2015)
- PomΓ¬ Casalmaggiore (2015β2016)
- Igor Gorgonzola Novara (2016β2019)
- Futura Volley Busto Arsizio (2020βpresent)
Awardsβ»
Individualsβ»
- 2004 FIVB World Grand Prix "Fair Play Award"
- 2006β07 CEV Champions League "Best Spiker"
- 2009β10 CEV Indesit Champions League Final Four "Most Valuable Player"
- 2015β16 CEV DenizBank Champions League Final Four "Most Valuable Player"
Clubsβ»
- 1999 Italian Supercup - Champions, with Volley Bergamo
- 1999β00 Women's CEV Champions League β Champions, with Volley Bergamo
- 2000β01 Italian Championship - Runner-Up, with Volley Bergamo
- 2001 Italian Supercup β Runner-Up, with Volley Bergamo
- 2001 Italian Cup β Runner-Up, with Volley Bergamo
- 2001β02 Women's CEV Champions League β Runner-Up, with Volley Bergamo
- 2001β02 Italian Championship - Champion, with Volley Bergamo
- 2002 Italian Supercup β Runner-Up, with Volley Bergamo
- 2002 Italian Cup β Runner-Up, with Volley Bergamo
- 2002β03 Women's CEV Champions League β Bronze medal, with Volley Bergamo
- 2003β04 CEV Challenge Cup - Champions, with Volley Bergamo
- 2003β04 Italian Championship - Champion, with Volley Bergamo
- 2004 Italian Supercup - Champions, with Volley Bergamo
- 2004 Italian Cup β Runner-Up, with Volley Bergamo
- 2004β05 Women's CEV Champions League β Champions, with Volley Bergamo
- 2004β05 Italian Championship - Runner-Up, with Volley Bergamo
- 2005 Italian Supercup β Runner-Up, with Volley Bergamo
- 2005 Italian Cup β Runner-Up, with Volley Bergamo
- 2005β06 Women's CEV Champions League β Bronze medal, with Volley Bergamo
- 2005β06 Italian Championship - Champion, with Volley Bergamo
- 2006 Italian Cup β Champions, with Volley Bergamo
- 2006β07 CEV Champions League β Champions, with Volley Bergamo
- 2008 Italian Supercup β Runner-Up, with Volley Bergamo
- 2008 Italian Cup β Champions, with Volley Bergamo
- 2008β09 CEV Champions League β Champions, with Volley Bergamo
- 2009β10 CEV Champions League β Champions, with Volley Bergamo
- 2010 Italian Cup β Runner-Up, with Volley Bergamo
- 2010 FIVB Club World Championship β Bronze medal, with Volley Bergamo
- 2010β11 Italian Championship - Champion, with Volley Bergamo
- 2011 Italian Supercup - Champions, with Volley Bergamo
- 2011 Italian Cup β Runner-Up, with Volley Bergamo
- 2015 Italian Cup β Runner-Up, with LJ Volley
- 2015β16 CEV Champions League β Champions, with PomΓ¬ Casalmaggiore
- 2018β19 CEV Champions League β Champions, with Igor Gorgonzola Novara
- 2019 Italian Cup β Champions, with Igor Gorgonzola Novara
- 2020 Italian Cup β Runner-Up, with Futura Volley Busto Arsizio
Referencesβ»
- ^ "2004: FRANCESCA PICCININI" (in Italian). Men's Health. 2014. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
- ^ CEV. "Volley BERGAMO wins 2010 CEV Indesit European Champions League!". Archived from the original on 2010-04-07. Retrieved 2010-04-04.
- ^ "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 ItΓ‘lia". UOL (in Portuguese). Milan, Italy. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
- ^ "Volley, la Champions torna in Italia: trionfo Casalmaggiore". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Montichiari, "Italy." 2016-04-10. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
External linksβ»
- Francesca Piccinini at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Francesca Piccinini at WorldofVolley
- Francesca Piccinini at Lega Pallavolo Serie A Femminile (in Italian)
- Francesca Piccinini at Olympics.com
- Francesca Piccinini at Olympedia
- 1979 births
- Living people
- People from Massa
- Italian women's volleyball players
- Serie A1 (women's volleyball) players
- Olympic volleyball players for Italy
- Olympic gold medalists for Italy
- Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Mediterranean Games medalists in volleyball
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
- Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games
- Sportspeople from the Province of Massa-Carrara
- Outside hitters
- Knights of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
- Italian sports commentators
- Italian expatriate volleyball players
- Expatriate volleyball players in Brazil
- Italian expatriate sportspeople in Brazil
- Volleyball commentators