Italian volleyball player (born 1998)
Paola Egonu Full name Paola Ogechi Egonu Born (1998-12-18 ) 18 December 1998 (age 25) Cittadella , ItalyHeight 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[ 1] Weight 79 kg (174 lb) Spike 3.44 m (135 in) Block 3.21 m (126 in) Position Opposite Current club Vero Volley Milano [ 2]
Paola Ogechi Egonu (Italian: [ˈpaːola oˈɡɛːtʃi eˈɡɔːnu] ; born 18 December 1998) is an Italian professional volleyball player.[ 3] She plays for Italian volleyball club Vero Volley Milano and is part of the Italy women's national volleyball team .
Egonu was born in Cittadella , Italy, to Nigerian parents . Her father, Ambrose, is Igbo from Imo State and her mother, Eunice, from Benin City .[ 4] [ 5] She has two siblings, Angela and Andrea.[ 6] Her cousin Terry Enweonwu is a volleyball player as well.[ 7]
She was awarded the prize for Woman of the Year 2019 by D - la Repubblica delle donne , a weekly magazine of La Repubblica .[ 8]
In 2020, she dubbed the character Dreamerwind (Italian: Sognaluna Dibrezza ), originally voiced by Cathy Cavadini , for the Italian version of the animation movie Soul , produced by Disney and Pixar .[ 9]
In the season 2020–2021, she co-presented the Italian show Le Iene .[ 10]
Egonu participated at the 2016 Summer Olympics , 2020 Summer Olympics and 2024 Summer Olympics . She also participated at the 2018 Montreux Volley Masters ,[ 11] 2018 FIVB Volleyball World Championship ,[ 12] and 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League .[ 13]
At club level, she played for Club Italia in 2015.[ 14] She was selected to play in the Italian League All-Star game in 2017.[ 15] In 2017, she moved to AGIL Novara .
2017 Italian Supercup – Champion, with Igor Gorgonzola Novara
2017-18 Italian Cup (Coppa Italia) – Champion, with Igor Gorgonzola Novara
2018-19 Italian Cup (Coppa Italia) – Champion, with Igor Gorgonzola Novara
2018–19 CEV Women's Champions League – Champion, with AGIL Novara
2019 Italian Supercup – Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship – Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
2019-20 Italian Cup (Coppa Italia) – Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
2020 Italian Supercup – Champions, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
2020-21 Italian Cup (Coppa Italia) – Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
2020–21 Italian League – Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
2020–21 CEV Women's Champions League – Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
2021 Italian Supercup – Champions, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
2021-22 Italian Cup (Coppa Italia) – Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
2021–22 Italian League – Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
2022–23 Turkish Women's Volleyball Cup – Champion, with VakıfBank S.K.
2022–23 CEV Women's Champions League – Champion, with Vakıfbank S.K.
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^ "Paola, Sara e Valentina: è colorata la nuova Italia del volley femminile" . Corriere.it . Eleonora Cozzari. 2016-01-07. Archived from the original on 2017-08-10. Retrieved 9 January 2016 .
^ Cozzari, Eleonora (7 January 2016). "Paola, Sara e Valentina: è colorata la nuova Italia del volley femminile" (in Italian). Bergamo: Corriere della Sera. Archived from the original on 26 December 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2017 .
^ Morvillo, Candida (3 November 2018). "Paola Egonu: 'Le mie lacrime in Giappone e la lezione della mia fidanzata' " [Paola Egonu:]. Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Archived from the original on 16 February 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2018 .
^ "Paola Egonu: "Schiaccio anche il razzismo. Il futuro? Da avvocato" " . Vanity Fair Italia (in Italian). 2017-06-20. Archived from the original on 2022-01-06. Retrieved 2022-01-06 .
^ "Volley femminile, Europei U18 - L'Italia piange in Finale, la maledizione continua: la Russia trionfa al tie-break, argento per Enweonwu e compagne" . OA Sport (in Italian). 2017-04-09. Archived from the original on 2022-01-06. Retrieved 2022-01-06 .
^ "Paola Egonu è la donna dell'anno D: la campionessa di volley premiata dalle lettrici" (in Italian). 12 December 2019. Archived from the original on 4 July 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2019 .
^ "Volley, Paola Egonu protagonista nel nuovo film della Disney: sarà la voce di Sognaluna in Soul" . OA Sport (in Italian). 2020-12-12. Archived from the original on 2022-01-06. Retrieved 2022-01-06 .
^ "Da Madame alla Canalis, ecco le dieci conduttrici de "Le Iene" " . Tgcom24 (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2021-12-01. Retrieved 2022-01-06 .
^ "Player - Paola Ogechi Egonu - Montreux Volley Masters 2018" . www.volleymasters.ch . Archived from the original on 2019-04-26. Retrieved 2019-01-11 .
^ "Player - Paola Ogechi Egonu - FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship Japan 2018" . japan2018.fivb.com . Archived from the original on 2019-08-05. Retrieved 2019-01-11 .
^ "Player - Paola Ogechi Egonu - FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2018" . www.volleyball.world . Archived from the original on 2019-04-26. Retrieved 2019-01-11 .
^ "Team Roster – Italy" . FIVB.org . Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2016 .
^ "All Star Game: A Bergamo la sfida Selezione Italia vs Resto del Mondo" (in Italian). Bergamo: Volleyball.it. 18 December 2017. Archived from the original on 26 December 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2017 .