Alessandro Michieletto (born December 5, 2001) is an Italian professional volleyball player and member of the Italy men's national volleyball team.
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Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||
Born | Desenzano del Garda, Italy | December 5, 2001||||||||||||||
Height | 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 88 kg (194 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Spike | 357 cm (141 in) | ||||||||||||||
Block | 321 cm (126 in) | ||||||||||||||
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Position | Outside Hitter | ||||||||||||||
Number | 18 (national team) | ||||||||||||||
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Honours
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Career
Michieletto currently plays for Itas Trentino volleyball club as an outside hitter. His father, Riccardo Michieletto, is a former Italian volleyball player and his sister Francesca Michieletto also plays professional beach and indoor volleyball.[1]
With the Italian national team, he was named to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics squad.[2][3] In his Olympic debut versus Canada, he led all scorers with 24 points in Italy's five-set comeback win.[4]
Honors
Club
- 2021 FIVB Club World Championship
- 2021-2022 Men Italian SuperCup
- 2020-2021 CEV Champions League
- 2020-2021 Men Italian Serie A1
- 2020-2021 Men Italian Cup
- 2020-2021 Men Italian SuperCup
- 2018-2019 Men Italian Serie B Group B
Youth national team
- 2018 U18 European Championship
- 2019 2019 European Youth Olympic Festival
- 2019 U19 World Championship
- 2020 U20 European Championship
- 2021 U21 World Championship
National team
Individual
- 2020: U20 European Championship - Most Valuable Player
- 2021: CEV European Championship – Best Outside Hitters
- 2021: U21 World Championship – Most Valuable Player
- 2021: FIVB Club World Championship – Best Outside Spikers
References
- ^ "Player Profile: Alessandro Michieletto". Volleybox. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
- ^ "Italy Men's Olympic 2020 Roster". Volleyball World. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
- ^ "Verso Tokyo 2020 I 12 azzurri di blengini per le olimpiadi in lavia michieletto out lanza" (in Italian). Italian Volleyball National Team. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ "Michieletto makes good impression in Olympic debut". Volleyball world. 24 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.