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Guendalina Buffon (born 14 May 1973) is a retired Italian female 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]
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 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]
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