Italian volleyball player
Elena Pietrini Nationality Italian Born (2000-03-17 ) March 17, 2000 (age 24) Imola , Italy Height 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) Weight 73 kg (161 lb) Spike 330 cm (130 in) Block 306 cm (120 in) Position Wing spiker Current club Dynamo Kazan Number 7
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
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
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
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]
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