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.
Marrit Leenstra is a Dutch professional beach volleyball and indoor volleyball player born in Emmen, Drenthe.
Stacy Denise Sykora is a retired American volleyball player. She was a two-time All-American at Texas A&M University and she competed in both the 2000 and the 2004 Olympics as part of the U.S. women's national team. She made her third Olympic appearance at the 2008 Olympics, helping Team USA to a silver medal.
Eleonora Lo Bianco is an Italian volleyball player.
Julie Jo Vollertsen Melli is an American former female professional volleyball player. Her main achievement is her part in the silver medal won by the United States at the 1984 Summer Olympic Games. She later moved to Italy to play professionally, settling in Reggio Emilia where she stayed after ending her playing career.
Leyla Felícita Chihuán Ramos is a retired female volleyball player from Peru, of Quechua and Afro-Peruvian descent, who twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics. In 2011, she entered politics, becoming a Congresswoman.
Nuris Arias Doñé is a retired volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who won the gold medal with the women's national team at the 2003 Pan American Games in her home town of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Serena Ortolani is an Italian volleyball player.
Carolina del Pilar Costagrande is an Argentine born professional volleyball player who became a naturalized Italian. She currently plays for Vakıfbank Spor Kulübü. She played for Argentina between 1999-02 and has played for the Italian national team since 2009.
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.
Michela Monari is a retired Italian female volleyball player. She was part of the Italy women's national volleyball team.
Vania Beccaria is a retired Italian female volleyball player. She was part of the Italy women's national volleyball team.
Cinzia Perona is a retired Italian female volleyball player. She was part of the Italy women's national volleyball team.
Guendalina Buffon is a retired Italian female volleyball player. She was part of the Italy women's national volleyball team.
Chiara Navarrini is a retired Italian female volleyball player. She was part of the Italy women's national volleyball team.
Stefania Paccagnella is a retired Italian volleyball player. She was part of the Italy women's national volleyball team.
Daniela Biamonte is a retired Italian volleyball player. She was part of the Italy women's national volleyball team.
Yuliya Timonova is a Russian retired volleyball player.
Nataliya Bozhenova was a Ukrainian female volleyball player, playing as a middle-blocker.
Irina Donets is a volleyball player from the Netherlands.
