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Born | Sala Baganza, Province of Parma, Italy | 19 February 1959||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 194 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Middle blocker | ||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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