Antonella Del Core

Antonella Del Core (born 5 November 1980 in Naples, Italy)[1] is an Italian professional volleyball player. She plays for Italy women's national volleyball team. She has competed in the 2004 and 2012 Summer Olympics.[2] She is 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) tall. She won the Best Server award of the 2013–14 CEV Champions League and won the title with the Russian club Dinamo Kazan.

Antonella Del Core
Personal information
Full nameAntonella Del Core
NationalityItaly
Born5 November 1980 (1980-11-05) (age 40)
Napoli, Italy
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Spike320 cm (130 in)
Block305 cm (120 in)
Volleyball information
PositionWing Spiker
Current club Dinamo Kazan
Number15
Honours
Women's Volleyball
Representing  Italy
World Grand Champions Cup
2009 Tokyo/Fukuoka Team
FIVB World Cup
2007 Japan Team
2011 Japan Team
FIVB World Grand Prix
2004 Reggio Calabria Team
2005 Sendai Team
2006 Reggio Calabria Team
2010 Ningbo Team
European Championship
2007 Belgium Team
2009 Poland Team
2005 Croatia Team

Career

Del Core won with the Russian club Dinamo Kazan the 2013–14 CEV Champions League held in Baku, Azerbaijan, defeating 3-0 the home owners Rabita Baku in the semifinals[3] and 3-0 to the Turkish VakıfBank İstanbul in the final.[4] She was awarded tournament Best Server.[4]

Del Core won the 2014 FIVB Club World Championship gold medal playing with the Russian club Dinamo Kazan that defeated 3-0 the Brazilian Molico Osasco in the championship match.[5]

She played with her national team at the 2014 World Championship.[6] There her team ended up in fourth place after losing 2-3 to Brazil the bronze medal match.[7]

Clubs

Awards

Individuals

Clubs

References
  1. "Antonella Del Core profile". Beach Volleyball Database. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  2. "Women's Volleyball". London2012.com. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  3. "Dinamo disappoints Baku home crowd by claiming the last spot in final". Baku, Azerbaijan: CEV. 2014-03-15. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  4. "Dinamo KAZAN dethrones VakifBank to claim the 2014 Champions League title". Baku, Azerbaijan: CEV. 2014-03-16. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  5. "Russia's Kazan capture Women's Club World championship in style". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 2014-05-11. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
  6. "USA win first World Championship title, China and Brazil complete the podium". Milan, Italy: FIVB. 2014-05-11. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
  7. 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.
  8. "ONE LAST THRILLER AS OLYMPIC QUALIFIER IN JAPAN DRAWS TO A CLOSE". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Archived from the original on 2016-05-23. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
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