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Alessandro Michieletto

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Alessandro Michieletto
Michieletto in 2021
Personal information
Nationality Italy
Born (2001-12-05) 5 December 2001 (age 23)
Desenzano del Garda, Italy
Height2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)
Weight88 kg (194 lb)
Spike375 cm (148 in)
Block355 cm (140 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 place 2022 Poland/Slovenia
CEV European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2021 Poland/Czechia/Estonia/Finland

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

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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

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Club

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Youth national team

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National team

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Individual

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References

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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.
Awards
Preceded by Best Outside Hitters of
CEV European Championship
2021
(with Italy 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 Cuba Miguel Ángel López) 		Succeeded by
Incumbent


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