The Italy women's national volleyball team is governed by the Federazione Italiana Pallavolo (FIPAV). The team's biggest victories were the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics, 2002 FIVB Women's World Championship and the 2007 and the 2011 World Cup.
Richard Schuil is a former beach volleyball player from the Netherlands.
Eduardo Esteban "Mono" Martínez is a retired volleyball player from Argentina. He represented his country in four Summer Olympics, starting in 1984.
Mirka Francia Vasconcelos, more commonly known as Mirka Francia, is a Cuban-Italian retired volleyball player who won two Olympic gold medals with the Cuban women's national volleyball team. At 1.84 m (6 ft) tall, she played as a middle blocker before transitioning to an outside hitter later in her career.
Julie Jo Vollertsen Melli is an American former female professional volleyball player. Her main achievement is her part in the silver medal won by the United States at the 1984 Summer Olympic Games. She later moved to Italy to play professionally, settling in Reggio Emilia where she stayed after ending her playing career.
Hugo Néstor Conte is a volleyball coach and retired player from Argentina who represented his native country in three Summer Olympics. He was born at Buenos Aires. He currently coaches Volley Cavriago in Italy.
Francesco Dall'Olio is a retired Italian volleyball player. He was part of Italian teams that finished second at the 1978 World Championships and 1975 Mediterranean Games; third at the 1984, eighth at the 1976 and ninth at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Giancarlo Dametto is an Italian former volleyball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Giovanni Errichiello is an Italian former volleyball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Vyacheslav Alekseyevich Zaytsev was a Russian volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1976, 1980, and the 1988 Summer Olympics. He was a setter.
Leonel Marshall Borges Jr., more commonly known as Leonel Marshall, is a Cuban professional volleyball player. Marshall is an outside hitter, and is well known for his outstanding vertical jump. He helped the Cuban men's national volleyball team win the gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg. He was the youngest member of the Cuban national team at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, where he finished in seventh place.
Irina Vladimirovna Kirillova, also known as Irina Parkhomchuk, is a retired competitive volleyball player and Olympic gold medalist for the Soviet Union, later competing for Croatia. Kirillova won a gold medal while representing the Soviet Union at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. She also led the Soviet Union to the gold medal at the 1990 FIVB World Championship in China, and was named the MVP of the tournament. She was a setter.
Yelena Vasilyevna Chebukina is a former volleyball player, who was a member of the Soviet national team that won the gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Volleyball has been played consistently at the Mediterranean Games since the year 1959 for men and since the year 1975 for women. The Italy men's national volleyball team are the most successful men's team and also the Italy women's national volleyball team is the most successful team for women.
Giovanni Guidetti is an Italian volleyball coach. He is the current coach for Serbia women's national volleyball team. He has been coaching Turkish team Vakıfbank Spor Kulübü since 2008. He coached the Turkey women's national team between 2017 and 2022.
This article shows the rosters of all participating teams at the women's indoor volleyball tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Mario Mattioli was an Italian volleyball player. He played 233 international matches for the Italian team, winning the 1970 Summer Universiade and finishing second at the 1975 Mediterranean Games and eighth at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Alexeis Argilagos is a Cuban former volleyball player. He was part of the Cuban men's national volleyball team. He competed with the national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, finishing seventh. Argilagos also helped Cuba win the gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg.
Kathryn Rose Plummer Boden is an American professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for the United States women's national volleyball team and the Turkish club Eczacıbaşı Dynavit.
