Guendalina Buffon

Guendalina Buffon
Personal information
Born	(1973-05-14) 14 May 1973 (age 51) Carrara, Italy
Career
Years Teams 1991–1993 1993–1995 1995–1999 1999–2000 2000–2001 Sirio Perugia Amazzoni Agrigento PVF Matera Figurella Firenze Robursport Pesaro
National team
1994 Italy

Guendalina Buffon (born (1973-05-14)14 May 1973) is an Italian retired volleyball player. She was part of the Italy women's national volleyball team.

She participated in the 1994 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship. ^[1]

Personal life

Guendalina was born into a family of Italian athletes: her mother Maria Stella Masocco was a discus thrower, and her father Adriano was a weightlifter. ^[2] Following their athletic retirement, they subsequently worked as P.E. school teachers. ^{[3] [4]}

Guendalina's sister Veronica Buffon  [ it ] also played volleyball for the Italian national team; ^[5] their younger brother Gianluigi is a former professional football goalkeeper who played for the Italy national football team for two decades and won the 2006 FIFA World Cup. ^[6]

References

1. "Women Volleyball XIII World Championship 1994 - Teams Composition. - Italy". todor66.com. Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
2. James Horncastle (4 June 2014). "Gianluigi Buffon: a goalkeeper must be a masochist and egocentric". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
3. "Gianluigi Buffon: Bio". gianluigibuffon.it. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
4. Gianluigi Buffon (13 November 2008). "Buffon: Ricco e famoso la depressione mi prese lo stesso" [Buffon: I'm rich and famous but depression got me anyway] (in Italian). La Stampa. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
5. Veronica Buffon, Volleybox
6. "Buffon, semplicemente il migliore" [Buffon, simply the best] (in Italian). Sky.it. Archived from the original on 30 October 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2012.

External links

• Volleybox