Alessandro Michieletto

Alessandro Michieletto
Alessandro Michieletto
	Michieletto in 2021
Personal information
Nationality	Italy
Born	5 December 2001 (age 22); Desenzano del Garda, Italy
Height	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)
Weight	88 kg (194 lb)
Spike	375 cm (148 in)
Block	355 cm (140 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Outside hitter
Number	5 (national team)
Career
2018–2020; 2020–present	Uni Trento; Itas Trentino
National team
2019–	Italy
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing Italy
FIVB World Championship
CEV European Championship

Alessandro Michieletto (Italian pronunciation: [alesˈsandro mikjeˈletto]; born 5 December 2001) is an Italian professional volleyball player and member of the Italy men's national volleyball team.

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

2021 CEV European Championship
2022 FIVB World Championship

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.

Awards
Preceded by Wilfredo León Uroš Kovačević	Best Outside Hitters of CEV European Championship 2021 (with Daniele Lavia)	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Amir Hossein Esfandiar	Most Valuable Player of FIVB U21 World Championship 2021	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Osmany Juantorena Facundo Conte	Best Outside Spikers of FIVB Club World Championship 2021 (with Miguel Ángel López)	Succeeded by Incumbent

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[1] "Player Profile: Alessandro Michieletto". Volleybox. Retrieved 2021-07-23.

[2] "Italy Men's Olympic 2020 Roster". Volleyball World. Retrieved 2021-07-23.

[3] "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.

[4] "Michieletto makes good impression in Olympic debut". Volleyball world. 24 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.

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