Paola Cardullo
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| Full name | Paola Cardullo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 March 1982 Omegna, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spike | 275 cm (108 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Block | 268 cm (106 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Libero | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current club |  Polisportiva Filottrano Pallavolo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Paola Cardullo (born 18 March 1982 in Omegna) is a volleyball player from Italy, who was a member of the Women's National Team that won the gold medal at the 2007 European Championship in Belgium and Luxembourg. There she was named Best Libero of the tournament.
Career
[edit]Cardullo also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where Italy ended up in fifth place and she was named Best Libero at the end of the Olympic tournament.
She won the bronze medal at the 2007–08 CEV Indesit Champions League with Asystel Novara and also was individually awarded Best Libero.[1] In the 2012-12 champions league, Cardullo played with the French club RC Cannes, capturing the silver medal and the Best Libero award.
Cardullo played with her national team at the 2014 World Championship.[2] There her team ended up in fourth place after losing 2-3 to Brazil the bronze medal match.[3]
Clubs
[edit]- Pallavolo Omegna (1996–1999)
- AGIL Trecate (1999–2001)
- Asystel Novara (2001–2009)
- Villa Cortese (2009–2011)
RC Cannes (2011–2012)- Asystel MC Carnaghi (2012–2013)
- LJ Volley (2013–2014)
- Volley 2002 Forlì (2014–2014)
- River Piacenza (2014–2015)
- Volley Bergamo (2015–2018)
- Polisportiva Filottrano Pallavolo (2018–)
Awards
[edit]Individuals
[edit]- 2002 World Championship "Fair Play Award"
- 2002–03 CEV Challenge Cup "Best Libero"
- 2003 World Grand Prix "Most Valuable Player"
- 2004 FIVB World Grand Prix "Most Popular Player"
- 2004 Olympic Games "Best Libero"
- 2004–05 CEV Champions League "Best Libero"
- 2005–06 Women's CEV Cup "Best Libero"
- 2007 FIVB World Cup "Best Libero"
- 2007 European Championship "Best Libero"
- 2007–08 CEV Indesit Champions League Final Four "Best Libero"
- 2009 European Championships "Best Libero"
- 2011–12 CEV Champions League "Best Libero"
Clubs
[edit]- 2002–03 CEV Challenge Cup -
Champions, with AGIL Novara - 2003 Italian Supercup - Champions, with Asystel Novara
- 2004 Italian Cup— Champions, with Asystel Novara
- 2005 Italian Supercup - Champions, with Asystel Novara
- 2005–06 Women's CEV Cup - Champions, with Asystel Novara
- 2008–09 Women's CEV Cup - Champions, with Asystel Novara
- 2010 Italian Cup— Champions, with GSO Villa Cortese
- 2011 Italian Cup— Champions, with GSO Villa Cortese
- 2011–12 CEV Champions League—
Runner-Up, with RC Cannes
References
[edit]- ^ CEV. "Second Indesit Champions' League trophy for Colussi PERUGIA". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2010-06-10.
- ^ "USA win first World Championship title, China and Brazil complete the podium". Milan, Italy: FIVB. 2014-05-11. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
- ^ Carneiro, Leandro (2014-10-12). "Brasil passa sufoco e quase toma virada, mas conquista bronze ante Itália". UOL (in Portuguese). Milan, Italy. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
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- 1982 births
- Italian women's volleyball players
- Living people
- Olympic volleyball players for Italy
- People from Omegna
- Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola
- Serie A1 (women's volleyball) players
- Liberos
- Knights of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
- Italian expatriate volleyball players in France
- Italian volleyball biography stubs