Emanuele Birarelli

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Emanuele Birarelli
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Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1981-02-08) 8 February 1981 (age 43)
Senigallia, Italy
Height2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)
Weight95 kg (209 lb)
Spike340 cm (134 in)
Block316 cm (124 in)
Volleyball information
PositionMiddle blocker
Current team Sir Safety Perugia
Number18
Career
YearsTeams
1995–1999 Pallavolo Falconara
1999–2000 Bottega Colbordolo
2000–2002 Pallavolo Falconara
2002–2003 Dorica Pallavolo Ancona
2005–2006 Pineto Volley
2006–2007 BluVolley Verona
2007–2015 Itas Diatec Trentino
2015– Sir Safety Perugia
National team
2008–Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Honours
Men’s volleyball
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Olympic rings.svg
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 London Team
European Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Austria/Czech Republic
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Denmark/Poland
World League
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Mar del Plata
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Florence

Emanuele Birarelli (born 8 February 1981) is an Italian volleyball player, a member of Italy men's national volleyball team and Italian club Sir Safety Perugia, silver medalist of 2016 Summer Olympics, bronze medalist of 2012 Summer Olympics and participant of the Olympic Games 2008 Summer Olympics, World League (2013, 2014) and silver medalist of European Championship (2011, 2013).

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Birarelli during the match with Copra Elior Piacenza on 2 October 2011 Emanuele Birarelli 2011.jpg
Birarelli during the match with Copra Elior Piacenza on 2 October 2011

Career

Birarelli was born at Senigallia. He debuted in the Italian top championship in 1998 for Pallavolo Falconara. He remained there until 2003, when he was diagnosed an arm ischemia which forced him away from the field for two years.

He returned to play volleyball in 2005, first at Pineto, then for Verona and, from 2007, for Trentino Volley, with which he won an Italian national title in 2008. In the same year he debuted for Italy's national team. In 2009, he won the CEV Champions League with Trentino Volley, a feat he repeated the following year. He achieved bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. In 2015, he left Trentino Volley after eight seasons and went to another Italian club Sir Safety Perugia. [1] He was a member of the Italy at the 2016 Summer Olympics and won silver medal after lost finale against Brazil. Birarelli received individual award for the Best Middle Blocker. [2]

After retirement from the sports, he turned into volleyball agent to seek talent young players. [3]

Sporting achievements

CEV Champions League

FIVB Club World Championship

National championship

National team

Individual

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References

  1. Market, the final transactions and the roster for the season 2015/16 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine - trentinovolley.it - 22-07-2015
  2. "E. Birarelli at Yahoo - Sports 2016". sports.yahoo.com.
  3. "Former Italian star turned agent Birarelli visits #EuroVolleyU20M qualifier in Serbia | CEV". www.cev.eu. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
Awards
Preceded by Best Middle Blocker of
FIVB World League

2013
ex aequo Flag of Russia.svg Dmitriy Muserskiy
Succeeded by
Preceded by Best Blocker of
FIVB Club World Championship

2012

2013
ex aequo Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Burgsthaler

Succeeded by
Preceded by
-
Best Middle Blocker of
FIVB World Grand Champions Cup

2013
ex aequo Flag of the United States.svg Maxwell Holt
Succeeded by
Preceded by
-
Best Middle Blocker of
Olympic Games

2016
ex aequo Flag of Russia.svg Artem Volvich
Succeeded by