Monica De Gennaro facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Monica De Gennaro |
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| Nationality | Italian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 January 1987 Piano di Sorrento, Italy |
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Monica De Gennaro (born 8 January 1987) is an Italian professional volleyball player. She plays for Imoco Volly and for the Italy women's national volleyball team. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics. She is 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) tall.
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Career
De Gennaro played with her national team at the 2014 World Championship. There her team ended up in fourth place after losing 2–3 to Brazil the bronze medal match. She was selected to be tournament's Best Libero.
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 winning also the Best Libero award.
She won the 2017 FIVB World Grand Prix silver medal and the Best Libero individual award.
At the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Japan, she won the silver medal.
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"
- 2016-17 Italian Cup (Coppa Italia) "MVP"
- 2017 World Grand Prix "Best Libero"
- 2018 FIVB World Championship "Best Libero"
- 2018–19 Italian League "MVP"
Clubs
- 2010 Italian Supercup -
Champions, with Scavolini Pesaro - 2013 Italian Supercup -
Runner-Up, with Imoco Volley Conegliano - 2015–16 Italian League - Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
- 2016 Italian Supercup - Champions, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
- 2016-17 Italian Cup (Coppa Italia) - Champions, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
- 2016–17 CEV Champions League - Runner-Up, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
- 2017–18 Italian League - Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
- 2018 Italian Supercup - Champions, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
- 2018–19 Italian League - Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
- 2018–19 CEV Champions League - Runner-Up, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
- 2019 Italian Supercup - Champions, 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
