Alessandro Michieletto
Italian professional volleyball player
Alessandro Michieletto (born 5 December 2001) is an Italian professional volleyball player and member of the Italy men's national volleyball team.
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| Nationality |  Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (2001-12-05) 5 December 2001 (age 22) Desenzano del Garda, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 88 kg (194 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Spike | 357 cm (141 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Block | 321 cm (126 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Outside hitter | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 5 (national team) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
Michieletto currently plays for Itas Trentino volleyball club as an outside hitter. His father, Riccardo Michieletto, is a former Italian volleyball player and his sister Francesca Michieletto also plays professional beach and indoor volleyball.[1]
With the Italian national team, he was named to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics squad.[2][3] In his Olympic debut versus Canada, he led all scorers with 24 points in Italy's five-set comeback win.[4]
Honors
Club
- 2022 FIVB Club World Championship
- 2021 FIVB Club World Championship
- 2021-2022 Italian SuperCup
- 2020-2021 CEV Champions League
- 2020-2021 Italian Serie A1
- 2020-2021 Italian Cup
- 2020-2021 Italian SuperCup
- 2018-2019 Italian Serie B Group B
- 2022-2023 Italian Cup
- 2022-2023 Italian Championship
- 2023-2024 CEV Champions League
Youth national team
- 2018
U18 European Championship - 2019 2019 European Youth Olympic Festival
- 2019 U19 World Championship
- 2020 U20 European Championship
- 2021 U21 World Championship
National team
Individual
- 2020: U20 European Championship - Most Valuable Player
- 2021: CEV European Championship – Best outside hitter
- 2021: U21 World Championship – Most valuable player
- 2021: FIVB Club World Championship – Best outside spiker
- 2022: FIVB Club World Championship – Best outside spiker
- 2024: CEV Champions League – Most valuable player
References
- ^ "Player Profile: Alessandro Michieletto". Volleybox. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
- ^ "Italy Men's Olympic 2020 Roster". Volleyball World. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
- ^ "Verso Tokyo 2020 I 12 azzurri di blengini per le olimpiadi in lavia michieletto out lanza" (in Italian). Italian Volleyball National Team. 5 July 2021. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ "Michieletto makes good impression in Olympic debut". Volleyball world. 24 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
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| Preceded by | Best Outside Hitters of CEV European Championship 2021 (with Daniele Lavia) | Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by | Most Valuable Player of FIVB U21 World Championship 2021 | Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by | Best Outside Spikers of FIVB Club World Championship 2021 (with  Miguel Ángel López) | Succeeded by Incumbent |
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