Indre Sorokaite

Indrė Sorokaitė (born 2 July 1988) is a Lithuanian-born Italian volleyball player. She plays for Il Bisonte Firenze and for the Italy women's national volleyball team.[2][3] She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Indre Sorokaite
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1988-07-02) 2 July 1988
Kaunas, Lithuania[1]
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOpposite, Outside Hitter
Current clubIl Bisonte Firenze
Number1
Career
YearsTeams
2003–2004Montesilvano
2004–2006Castelfidardo
2006–2009Bergamo
2009–2012Chieri Torino
2012–2013Azerrail Baku
2013–2014Denso Airybees
2014–2016River
2016–2019Il Bisonte Firenze
2019–2020Imoco Volley
2020–2021Toyota Queenseis
2021–Il Bisonte Firenze
National team
2013–Italy
Honours
Women’s volleyball
Representing  Italy
European Championship
Bronze medal – third place2019 TurkeyTeam
FIVB World Grand Prix
Silver medal – second place2017 Nanjing

Career

She was born in Kaunas, Lithuania, and moved to Italy with her mother at age 14. She started playing volleyball in Italy in 2003. In June 2013 she became an Italian citizen, and made her national team debut a few days later.

She competed at the 2019 Montreux Volley Masters,[4] and 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League.[5]

Her younger brother Paulius Sorokas is a professional basketball player.

Awards

Clubs

References
  1. "Indre Sorokaite". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  2. "Team Roster - Italy - Montreux Volley Masters 2019". volleymasters.ch. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  3. "Indre Sorokaite". Volleyball World. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  4. "Team Roster - Italy - Montreux Volley Masters 2019". 2019-10-18. Archived from the original on 2019-10-18. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  5. "Player - Indre Sorokaite - FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2019". en.volleyballworld.com. Retrieved 2023-04-19.


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