Alessia Gennari (born 3 November 1991) is an Italian volleyball player, who plays as an outside hitter for the Italian club Imoco Volley and the Italian women's national volleyball team. At club level, she has won the Italian Championship, the Italian Cup, the CEV Cup and the FIVB Club World Championship with the clubs she played for. With the national team, she competed in the women's tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics[1] and has won the 2021 European Championship and the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Nations League.

Alessia Gennari
Gennari in 2012
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1991-11-03) 3 November 1991 (age 33)
Parma, Italy
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Spike302 cm (119 in)
Block284 cm (112 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Current clubImoco Volley
Number6
Career
YearsTeams
2005–2009Volley Sassuolo
2009–2011Volley Cadelbosco
2011–2012Riso Scotti Pavia
2012–2013River Volley
2013Chieri Torino Volley Club
2013–2015VBC Casalmaggiore
2015–2017Volley Bergamo
2017–2021UYBA Volley
2021–2022Vero Volley Monza
2022–2024Imoco Volley
National team
2011–Italy
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing  Italy
FIVB World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Poland/Netherlands Team
FIVB Nations League
Gold medal – first place 2022 Ankara Team
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2021 Serbia/Bulgaria/Croatia/Romania Team
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 Mersin Team

Awards

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Individuals

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  • 2007 Junior European Championships "Best Hitter"

Clubs

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National team

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Junior team

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Senior team

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References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alessia Gennari". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
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