Marta Menegatti

Marta Menegatti
Menegatti standing in the rain holding a ball with both hands, with the scoreboard in the background.
Menegatti in 2012
Personal information
National team Italy
Born (1990-08-16) 16 August 1990 (age 34)
Rovigo, Italy
Years active2006–present
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Websitewww.martamenegatti.it
Sport
SportBeach volleyball
PositionLeft side/defender
PartnerValentina Gottardi (2023–)
Former partners
Coached by
  • Lissandro Carvalho (2009–13, 2015–17)
  • Paulo Moreira Da Costa (2014)
  • Terenzio Feroleto (2018–)
Achievements and titles
Highest world rankingNo. 4 (20 August 2012)
International medals
Women's beach volleyball
Representing  Italy
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Tour 2 7 7
European Championships 1 1 0
Mediterranean Games 1 0 0
U21 World Championships 0 1 0
U19 World Championships 0 1 0
U23 European Championships 0 1 0
U20 European Championships 1 0 0
Total 5 11 7
World Tour
Gold medal – first place 2015 Sochi Open
Gold medal – first place 2018 Agadir 2-star
Silver medal – second place 2010 Phuket Open
Silver medal – second place 2011 Myslowice Open
Silver medal – second place 2012 Beijing Grand Slam
Silver medal – second place 2012 Stare Jablonki Grand Slam
Silver medal – second place 2014 Klagenfurt Grand Slam
Silver medal – second place 2015 Antalya Open
Silver medal – second place 2018 Qinzhou 3-star
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Gstaad Grand Slam
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Phuket Open
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Brasília Open
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Berlin Grand Slam
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Moscow Grand Slam
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Puerto Vallarta Open
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Shepparton 1-star
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Kristiansand Team
Silver medal – second place 2024 Netherlands Women's
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 Mersin Team
U21 World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2010 Alanya Team
U19 World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2007 Mysłowice Team
U23 European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2010 Kos Team
U20 European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Kos Team
Updated on 30 December 2018

Marta Menegatti (born 16 August 1990)[1] is an Italian beach volleyball player who plays as a left-side defender with her partner Viktoria Orsi Toth. With former teammate Greta Cicolari, she achieved a career-high world ranking of No. 4 in August 2012. Her career highlights include two gold, seven silver and seven bronze medals on the FIVB World Tour. She is also the 2011 European champion and the 2013 Mediterranean Games champion, both achieved with Cicolari. Menegatti represented Italy at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, finishing fifth (with Cicolari) and ninth (with Laura Giombini) respectively.

Born into a sporting family, Menegatti started playing indoor volleyball at the age of nine. Her transition to beach volleyball began six or seven years later and she made her international debut in 2006. A decorated junior player, she medalled at four age-group World and European Championships with different partners. Menegatti debuted on the World Tour with Cicolari in 2009. The pair entered the top ten of the world rankings by their third year and medalled at seven World Tour events before an acrimonious split midway through 2013. Menegatti then teamed up with Orsi Toth and reached the podium five more times over the next three years, including her first World Tour title in 2015. Following Orsi Toth's suspension right before the 2016 Olympics, Menegatti struggled with different partners. Orsi Toth's return in the summer of 2018 brought about a return to form, with Menegatti climbing from a low of No. 81 back into the top 25 of the world rankings.

Menegatti has been noted as a complete player who can impact games on defense. She is the 2011 FIVB Most Improved Player.

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