Eleonora Lo Bianco

Eleonora Lo Bianco
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1979-12-22) 22 December 1979 (age 45) Borgomanero, Italy
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Spike	300 cm (118 in)
Block	295 cm (116 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Setter
Current club	Volley Bergamo
National team
1998—2016   Italy
Medal record Women's volleyball Representing   Italy World Championship 2002 Germany Team World Cup 2007 Japan Team 2011 Japan Team World Grand Champions Cup 2009 Japan Team FIVB World Grand Prix 2004 Reggio Calabria Team 2005 Sendai Team 2006 Reggio Calabria Team 2007 Ningbo Team 2008 Yokohama Team 2010 Ningbo Team European Championship 2007 Belgium/Luxembourg Team 2009 Poland Team 2001 Bulgaria Team 2005 Croatia Team 1999 Italy Team Mediterranean Games 2001 Tunis Team 2009 Pescara Team World U20 Championship 1997 Poland Under-20 European Junior Championship 1996 Turkey Under-19
Last updated: August 2016

Eleonora Lo Bianco (born 22 December 1979) is an Italian volleyball player.

Career

Born in Borgomanero, in her youth she played in the Omegna volleyball team. ^[1] In the season 1998/1999 she was recruited to the Club Italia, a special team organized by the Italian volleyball Federation to train young players.

After that experience she played for several teams in the Italian woman Volleyball League. She is 172 cm tall and weighs 70 kg. ^[1]

Lo Bianco played with her national team at the 2014 World Championship. ^[2] There her team ended up in fourth place after losing 2–3 to Brazil the bronze medal match. ^[3]

Clubs

• Pallavolo Omegna (1994–1995)
• Eme Pallavolo Omegna (1995–1998)
• Club Italia (1998–1999)
• Brums Busto Arsizio (1999–2000)
• Mirabilandia Teodora Ravenna (2000–2002)
• Monte Schiavo Banca Marche Jesi (2002–2005)
• Foppapedretti Bergamo (2005–2011)
• Galatasaray Medical Park (2011–2014) ^[4]
• Fenerbahçe (2014-2015)
• Volley Bergamo (2015–2017)
• Pomi Casalmaggiore (2017–)

Awards

Individual

• 2005 European Championship "Best Setter"
• 2006 FIVB World Grand Prix "Best Setter"
• 2006–07 CEV Champions League "Best Setter"
• 2009 European Championships "Best Setter"
• 2009–10 CEV Indesit Champions League Final Four "Best Setter"

National Team

• World Championship Germany 2002
• European Champion Belgium/Luxembourg 2007
• World Cup Japan 2007.
• European Champion Poland 2009
• World Cup Japan 2011.

Club

• 2003 Italian Cup— Runner-up, with Vini Monteschiavo Jesi
• 2005 Italian Supercup— Runner-Up, with Volley Bergamo
• 2005 Italian Cup— Runner-Up, with Volley Bergamo
• 2005–06 Women's CEV Champions League— Bronze medal, with Volley Bergamo
• 2005–06 Italian Championship - Champion, with Radio 105 Foppapedretti
• 2006 Italian Cup - Champion, with Radio 105 Foppapedretti
• 2006–07 CEV Indesit Champions League - Champion, with Radio 105 Foppapedretti
• 2008 Italian Cup - Champion, with Foppapedretti
• 2008 Italian Supercup— Runner-Up, with Volley Bergamo
• 2008–09 CEV Indesit Champions League - Champion, with Foppapedretti Bergamo
• 2009–10 CEV Indesit Champions League - Champion, with Foppapedretti Bergamo
• 2010–11 Italian Championship - Champions, with Volley Bergamo
• 2011-12 Turkish Women's Volleyball Cup - Runner-up, with Galatasaray Daikin
• 2011-12 CEV Cup - Runner-up, with Galatasaray Daikin
• 2012 Turkish Volleyball Super Cup - Runner-Up, with Galatasaray Daikin
• 2012-2013 Turkish Women's Volleyball Cup - Bronze Medal with Galatasaray Daikin
• 2014-2015 Turkish Volleyball Super Cup - Champion, with Fenerbahçe Grundig
• 2014–15 Turkish Women's Volleyball League - Champion, with Fenerbahçe Grundig

References

1. "Eleonora Lo Bianco Clubs". Volleybox. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
2. "USA win first World Championship title, China and Brazil complete the podium". Milan, Italy: FIVB. 12 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
3. Carneiro, Leandro (12 October 2014). "Brasil passa sufoco e quase toma virada, mas conquista bronze ante Itália". UOL (in Portuguese). Milan, Italy. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
4. "Eleonora Lo Bianco Joins Galatasaray". galatasaray.org.

External links

• Eleonora Lo Bianco at FIVB.com
• Eleonora Lo Bianco at FIVB.org Women's Volleyball World Championship 2010
• Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 3 April 2009)(in Italian)
• Eleonora Lo Bianco at Lega Pallavolo Serie A Femminile (in Italian)
• Eleonora Lo Bianco at the European Volleyball Confederation
• Eleonora Lo Bianco at Olympics.com
• Eleonora Lo Bianco at Olympedia ( archive )

Awards
Preceded by Feng Kun	Best Setter of FIVB World Grand Prix 2006	Succeeded by Wei Qiuyue