Monica De Gennaro

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Monica De Gennaro
Monica De Gennaro, Grand Prix Lodz, Poland.jpg
De Gennaro during the 2012 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix in Łódź, Poland
Personal information
NicknameMoki
Born (1987-01-08) 8 January 1987 (age 37)
Piano di Sorrento, Italy
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Spike298 cm (117 in)
Block215 cm (85 in)
Volleyball information
PositionLibero
Current club Imoco Volley Conegliano
Number10
Career
YearsTeams
2001–2002
2002–2009
2009–2010
2010–2013
2013–		Libertas Sorrento
Vicenza Volley
Aprilia Volley
Scavolini Pesaro
Imoco Volley Conegliano
National team
0000 Italy
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Olympic Games
Olympic rings.svg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Paris Team
World Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Japan Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Poland/Netherlands Team
World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Japan Team
FIVB Nations League
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Ankara Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Bangkok Team
FIVB World Grand Prix
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Nanjing Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Reggio Calabria Team
European Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Serbia/Bulgaria/Croatia/Romania Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Turkey Team
Montreux Volley Masters
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Switzerland Team
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Turkey Team

Monica "Moki" De Gennaro (born 8 January 1987) is an Italian professional volleyball player. She plays for Imoco Volley Conegliano and for the Italy women's national volleyball team. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2016 Summer Olympics, [1] 2020 Summer Olympics and 2024 Summer Olympics. [2] In the 2024 Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal and the best libero award. She is regarded as one of the greatest liberos of all time.

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Career

De Gennaro played with her national team at the 2014 World Championship. [3] There her team ended up in fourth place after losing 2–3 to Brazil the bronze medal match. [4] She was selected to be tournament's Best Libero. [5]

De Gennaro won the 2020–21 CEV Women's Champions League and was twice a runner-up with Imoco Volley Conegliano (2016-17 [6] [7] and 2018-19), receiving the award of Best Libero in those three editions of the Champions League.

She won both the 2019 FIVB Club World Championship and the Best Libero award in China.

She won the 2017 FIVB World Grand Prix silver medal and the Best Libero individual award. [8]

At the 2014 FIVB World Championship she won the Best Libero award, and at the 2018 FIVB World Championship in Japan, she won the silver medal and the Best Libero individual award. [9]

She won the 2021 Women's European Volleyball Championship and the Best Libero individual award.

Awards

Individuals

Clubs

Personal life

She has been married to the volleyball coach Daniele Santarelli since 2017. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Women's Volleyball". London2012.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2013. Retrieved July 30, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Women's Volleyball". olympics.com. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
  3. ↑ "USA win first World Championship title, China and Brazil complete the podium". Milan, Italy: FIVB. 2014-05-11. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
  4. ↑ Carneiro, Leandro (2014-10-12). "Brasil passa sufoco e quase toma virada, mas conquista bronze ante Itália". UOL (in Portuguese). Milan, Italy. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
  5. ↑ "USA's Kim Hill Honored with World Championship MVP". Milan, Italy: FIVB. 2014-05-11. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
  6. ↑ "VakifBank take 3rd Champions League title after 3-0 win against Imoco". Treviso, Italy: CEV. 2017-04-23. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  7. ↑ "Champions League: Le migliori della Final Four. Zhu MVP" (in Italian). Volleyball.it. 2017-04-23. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  8. ↑ "Brazil set all-time record in World Grand Prix wins". Nanjing, China: FIVB. 2017-08-06. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
  9. ↑ "Monica De Gennaro inspires victory from defeat". Boxscore World Sportswire. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  10. ↑ "Daniele Santarelli new head coach of Team Serbia | CEV". www.cev.eu.
Awards
Preceded by Best Libero of
FIVB World Grand Prix
2017 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by Best Libero of
FIVB World Championship
2014
2018 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Best Libero of
FIVB Nations League
2022 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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