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Paola Egonu
Paola Ogechi Egonu (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpaːola oˈɡɛːtʃi eˈɡɔːnu]; born 18 December 1998) is an Italian professional volleyball player.[3] She plays for Italian volleyball club Vero Volley Milano and is part of the Italy women's national volleyball team.
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| Full name | Paola Ogechi Egonu | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||
| Born | 18 December 1998 Cittadella, Italy | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 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 | Vero Volley Milano[2] | ||||||||||||
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She participated at the 2018 Montreux Volley Masters,[4] 2018 FIVB Volleyball World Championship,[5] and 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League.[6]
At club level, she played for Club Italia in 2015.[7] She was selected to play in the Italian League All-Star game in 2017.[8] 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.[9]
She was one of the flagbearers of the Olympic Flag at the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo.[citation needed]
Personal life edit
Egonu was born in Cittadella, in Veneto, to Nigerian parents. Her father, Ambrose, is Igbo from Imo State and her mother, Eunice, from Benin City.[10][11] She has two siblings, Angela and Andrea.[12] Her cousin Terry Enweonwu is a volleyball player as well.[13]
In 2020, she dubbed the character Dreamerwind (italian: Sognaluna Dibrezza), originally voiced by Cathy Cavadini, for the Italian version of the animation movie Soul, produced by Disney and Pixar.[14]
In the season 2020-2021, she co-presented the italian show Le Iene.[15]
Awards edit
Clubs edit
- 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
- 2021-22 Italian Cup (Coppa Italia) - Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
- 2021–22 Italian League - Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
- 2022–23 Turkish Women's Volleyball Cup – Champion, with VakıfBank S.K.
- 2022–23 CEV Women's Champions League – Champion, with Vakıfbank S.K.
Individuals edit
- 2015 U18 World Championship MVP
- 2015 U18 World Championship Best Outside Spiker
- 2016 Europe Olympic Qualification Tournament "Best outside spiker"
- 2016–17 Italian League "Top Scorer"
- 2017-18 Italian Cup (Coppa Italia) "Most valuable player"
- 2018 Montreux Volley Masters "Most valuable player"
- 2018 FIVB World Championship "Best opposite hitters"
- CEV Champions League 2018–19 "Most valuable player"
- 2018–19 Italian League "Top Scorer"
- 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"
- 2021–22 Italian League "Most valuable player"
- 2021-22 Italian Cup (Coppa Italia) "Most valuable player"
- 2021–22 Italian League "Top Scorer"
- 2022 FIVB Nations League - "Best opposite hitter"
- 2022 FIVB Nations League - "Most valuable player"
- 2022–23 Turkish Women's Volleyball Cup "Most valuable player"
- 2022–23 CEV Champions League – "Most valuable player"
References edit
- ^ "Archived copy". from the original on 2022-10-20. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "PTUR W: Paola Egonu returns to Italy, joins Vero Volley". volleyballworld. Volleyball World. 2023-07-29. from the original on 2023-07-29. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ^ "Paola, Sara e Valentina: è colorata la nuova Italia del volley femminile". Corriere.it. Eleonora Cozzari. 2016-01-07. from the original on 2017-08-10. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
- ^ "Player - Paola Ogechi Egonu - Montreux Volley Masters 2018". www.volleymasters.ch. from the original on 2019-04-26. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
- ^ "Player - Paola Ogechi Egonu - FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship Japan 2018". japan2018.fivb.com. from the original on 2019-08-05. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
- ^ "Player - Paola Ogechi Egonu - FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2018". www.volleyball.world. from the original on 2019-04-26. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
- ^ "Team Roster – Italy". FIVB.org. from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- ^ (in Italian). Bergamo: Volleyball.it. 18 December 2017. Archived from the original on 26 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. from the original on 4 July 2020. 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. from the original on 26 December 2017. 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). from the original on 16 February 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ^ "Paola Egonu: "Schiaccio anche il razzismo. Il futuro? Da avvocato"". Vanity Fair Italia (in Italian). 2017-06-20. from the original on 2022-01-06. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
- ^ "Volley femminile, Europei U18 - L'Italia piange in Finale, la maledizione continua: la Russia trionfa al tie-break, argento per Enweonwu e compagne". OA Sport (in Italian). 2017-04-09. from the original on 2022-01-06. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
- ^ "Volley, Paola Egonu protagonista nel nuovo film della Disney: sarà la voce di Sognaluna in Soul". OA Sport (in Italian). 2020-12-12. from the original on 2022-01-06. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
- ^ "Da Madame alla Canalis, ecco le dieci conduttrici de "Le Iene"". Tgcom24 (in Italian). from the original on 2021-12-01. Retrieved 2022-01-06.