Sport in Italy has a long tradition. In several sports, both individual and team, Italy has good representation and many successes. Football is the most popular sport in Italy. Italy won the 2006 FIFA World Cup, and is currently the second most successful football team in World Cup history, after Brazil, having won four FIFA World Cup championships.
William Reid Priddy, known as Reid Priddy, is an American volleyball player on the United States men's national volleyball team and Italian club Cucine Lube Civitanova. He has also played on the AVP tour from 2000 to 2006.
Neslihan Demir is a retired Turkish volleyball star. She is one of the most successful athletes of Turkey and has been among FIVB Heroes. She represented her country as the flag bearer at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the official advertisement face of Turkey for the 2020 Summer Olympics candidateship along with basketballer Hedo Türkoğlu. She was a left-handed opposite hitter and won numerous individual awards in the international tournaments. She studied at Gazi University.
Alexander Horst is a beach volleyball player from Austria. He currently plays on the FIVB World Beach Volleyball Tour with new partner Clemens Doppler. Horst found most success with partner Florian Gosch on the FIVB World Beach Volleyball Tour, however a knee injury forced Florian Gosch into early retirement in autumn 2010.
Margareta "Maggie" Kozuch is a German female volleyball player who played for Atom Trefl Sopot, and previously played as a wing-spiker for TuS Berne Hamburg, CVMJ Hamburg, TV Fischbek, and Unicom Starker Kerakoll Sassuolo.
Giulia Momoli is an Italian beach volleyball player. She and Daniela Gioria were Italian Champions in 2007, and they are currently the second best Italian couple in the FIVB World Ranking with the 20th position. Since 2006, Momoli has been constantly involved in the World Tour and with 72 career presences, 229 international matches and 18,573 points played she is Italy's most active beach volleyball player. Together with Gioria, she was trying to qualify for London 2012 Olympics.
Alexandra Rose "Alix" Klineman is an American beach volleyball, 2020 Summer Olympics gold medalist, and former indoor volleyball player.
Uroš Kovačević is a Serbian volleyball player. He is part of the Serbian national team. 2016 World League winner, two–time European Champion, two–time Slovenian Champion, Chinese Champion (2021). At the professional club level, he plays for Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie.
Marta Menegatti is an Italian beach volleyball player who plays as a left-side defender with her partner Viktoria Orsi Toth. With former teammate Greta Cicolari, she achieved a career-high world ranking of No. 4 in August 2012. Her career highlights include two gold, seven silver and seven bronze medals on the FIVB World Tour. She is also the 2011 European champion and the 2013 Mediterranean Games champion, both achieved with Cicolari. Menegatti represented Italy at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, finishing fifth and ninth respectively.
Michał Jarosław Kubiak is a Polish volleyball player. He was part of the Polish national team in 2011–2021. A participant at the Olympic Games, two–time World Champion, 2012 World League winner. At the professional club level, he plays for the Japanese team, Panasonic Panthers.
Amir Ghafour is an Iranian volleyball player who plays as an opposite spiker for the Iranian national team and Iranian club Foolad Sepahan Isfahan.
Miguel Ángel de Amo Fernández-Echevarría is a Spanish player of volleyball and beach volleyball.
Earvin N'Gapeth is a French volleyball player, member of the France national volleyball team and Iranian club Paykan Tehran VC, 2015 European Champion, gold medallist of the World League, French Champion (2010), Italian Champion (2016) and Olympic Champion (2020).
Sebastián Solé is an Argentine–Italian volleyball player, a former member of the Argentine national team. Bronze medallist at the Olympic Games, Italian Champion (2015). At the professional club level, he plays for Sir Safety Perugia.
Viktoria Orsi Toth is an Italian beach volleyball player who plays as a right-side blocker. With partner Marta Menegatti, she achieved a career-high world ranking of No. 7 in June 2016. Her career highlights include two gold, three silver and two bronze medals on the FIVB World Tour.
Nina Betschart is a Swiss professional beach volleyball player who plays as a right side defender with her partner Tanja Hüberli. She is the 2021 European Champion and the silver medallist at the 2018 and 2022 European Championships. With her former partner Nicole Eiholzer, she won the gold medal at the first ever European Games in 2015. Alongside Hüberli, Betschart has won combined total of 1 gold, 2 silver and 6 bronze medals on FIVB World Tour and its successor Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour. Betschart / Hüberli team represented Switzerland at the 2020 Summer Olympics where they finished in ninth place and played a pivotal role at their country's triumph in the women's event of the inaugural CEV Beach Volleybal Nations Cup in 2022. They achieved a career-high World ranking of No. 2 in November 2021.
Anders Berntsen Mol is a Norwegian beach volleyball player. He won the gold medal at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.
Christian Sandlie Sørum is a Norwegian beach volleyball player. He won the gold medal at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.
Javier Bello is a British beach volleyball player.
Joaquin Bello is a British beach volleyball player.
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