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National team | Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Budapest, Hungary | 14 August 1990||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years active | 2010–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Beach volleyball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Right side/blocker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Partner | Marta Menegatti (2013–16, 2018–) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Updated on 3 February 2019 |
Viktoria Orsi Toth (born 14 August 1990) is an Italian beach volleyball player who plays as a right-side blocker. With partner Marta Menegatti, she achieved a career-high world ranking of No. 7 in June 2016. Her career highlights include two gold, three silver and two bronze medals on the FIVB World Tour.
Born in Hungary, her family moved to Italy when Orsi Toth was five. She began her sporting career playing indoor volleyball for various clubs, including two seasons in the Serie A1. As a member of the Italy women's national under-20 team, she won the 2008 Junior European Volleyball Championship. Orsi Toth competed in her first international beach volleyball event in 2010 and quit indoor volleyball the following year to focus solely on the beach game.
Orsi Toth debuted on the World Tour in 2011. For the next two and a half seasons, she was mostly partnered with Laura Giombini and struggled to qualify for main draws. Her breakthrough came mid-2013 when she teamed up with Menegatti. The pair medalled on the World Tour five times over the next three years, including their first World Tour title in 2015. They qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics but Orsi Toth was suspended right before the tournament for a doping violation, for which she has maintained her innocence. After serving a two-year ban, she returned to international competition in July 2018, resuming her partnership with Menegatti.