Alessandro Michieletto

Alessandro Michieletto (born 5 December 2001) is an Italian professional volleyball player and member of the Italy men's national volleyball team.

Alessandro Michieletto
Michieletto in 2021
Personal information
NationalityItaly Italian
Born (2001-12-05) 5 December 2001
Desenzano del Garda, Italy
Height2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)
Weight88 kg (194 lb)
Spike357 cm (141 in)
Block321 cm (126 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Number5 (national team)
Career
YearsTeams
2018-2020
2020-present		Italy Uni Trento
Italy Itas Trentino
National team
2019– Italy
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  Italy
FIVB World Championship
Gold medal – first place2022 Poland/Slovenia
CEV European Championship
Gold medal – first place2021 Poland/Czechia/Estonia/Finland

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

Youth national team

National team

Individual

References
  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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