Paola Egonu

Paola Egonu
Personal information
Full namePaola Ogechi Egonu
Born (1998-12-18) 18 December 1998 (age 25)
Cittadella, Italy
Height1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight79 kg (174 lb)
Spike3.44 m (135 in)
Block3.21 m (126 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOpposite
Current clubItaly Vero Volley Milano[2]
Career
YearsTeams
2013–2017Italy Club Italia
2017–2019Italy AGIL Novara
2019–2022Italy Imoco Volley Conegliano
2022–2023Turkey VakıfBank S.K.
2023–Italy Vero Volley Milano
National team
2015–Italy Italy
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Team
FIVB World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2018 Japan Team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Poland/Netherlands Team
FIVB Nations League
Gold medal – first place 2022 Ankara Team
Gold medal – first place 2024 Bangkok Team
FIVB World Grand Prix
Silver medal – second place 2017 Nanjing
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2021 Serbia/Bulgaria/Croatia/Romania Team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Turkey Team
Montreux Volley Masters
Gold medal – first place 2018 Switzerland Team
FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2015 Peru Team

Paola Ogechi Egonu (Italian: [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.

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2022-10-20. Retrieved 2023-10-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "PTUR W: Paola Egonu returns to Italy, joins Vero Volley". volleyballworld. Volleyball World. 2023-07-29. Archived from the original on 2023-07-29. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Paola, Sara e Valentina: è colorata la nuova Italia del volley femminile". Corriere.it. Eleonora Cozzari. 2016-01-07. Archived from the original on 2017-08-10. Retrieved 9 January 2016.