Myriam Sylla

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Myriam Sylla
Myriam Sylla 1.jpg
Myriam Sylla in 2013
Personal information
Full nameMyriam Fatime Sylla
NationalityItalian
Born (1995-01-08) 8 January 1995 (age 29)
Palermo, Italy
Height1.81 m (71 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Spike320 cm (126 in)
Block315 cm (124 in)
Volleyball information
PositionWing Spiker / opposite
Current club Flag of Italy.svg Vero Volley Milano
Number17
Career
YearsTeams
2015–2018 Flag of Italy.svg Foppapedretti Bergamo
2018–2022 Flag of Italy.svg Imoco Volley
2022- Flag of Italy.svg Vero Volley Milano
National team
2015– Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Honours
Women’s Volleyball
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
World Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Japan Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Poland/Netherlands 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
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

Myriam Fatime Sylla (born 8 January 1995) is an Italian volleyball player of Ivorian descent, [1] playing as a wing spiker or opposite. She is part of the Italy women's national volleyball team. She competed at the 2015 European Games in Baku, the 2015 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix, [2] the 2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix, [3] and the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League. [4]

Contents

Club career

On club level she played for Foppapedretti Bergamo in 2015–2017. From 2018 to 2022 she then played for Imoco Volley. In 2022 she has become a player of Vero Volley Milano. [5]

Personal life

She was born in Palermo from Ivorian parents. Then they left to the province of Lecco.

Awards

Individuals

Clubs

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References

  1. Stojanovic, Mario. "A tu per tu con Miriam Sylla: dal Grenta alla serie A di pallavolo". Resegone online.
  2. "Player - Miryam Fatime Sylla - FIVB World Grand Prix 2015". worldgrandprix.2015.fivb.com. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  3. "Player - Miryam Fatime Sylla - FIVB World Grand Prix 2017". worldgrandprix.2017.fivb.com. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  4. "Player - Miryam Fatime Sylla - FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2018". www.volleyball.world. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  5. "Lega volley women".
Awards
Preceded by Best Outside Spiker of
World Championship

2018 (with Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhu Ting)
2022 (with Flag of Brazil.svg Gabriela Guimarães)
Succeeded by
Incumbent