Antonella Del Core

Antonella Del Core
Del Core with Bergamo in 2008
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born5 November 1980 (1980-11-05) (age 46)
Naples, Italy
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Spike320 cm (126 in)
Block305 cm (120 in)
Volleyball information
PositionWing Spiker
Current clubRussia Dinamo Kazan
Number15
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing  Italy
World Grand Champions Cup
Gold medal – first place2009 Tokyo/FukuokaTeam
FIVB World Cup
Gold medal – first place2007 JapanTeam
Gold medal – first place2011 JapanTeam
FIVB World Grand Prix
Silver medal – second place2004 Reggio CalabriaTeam
Silver medal – second place2005 SendaiTeam
Bronze medal – third place2006 Reggio CalabriaTeam
Bronze medal – third place2010 NingboTeam
European Championship
Gold medal – first place2007 BelgiumTeam
Gold medal – first place2009 PolandTeam
Silver medal – second place2005 CroatiaTeam

Antonella Del Core (born 5 November 1980 in Naples, Italy) is an Italian former professional volleyball player. She played for Italy women's national volleyball team. She has competed in the 2004 and 2012 Summer Olympics. She is 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) tall. She won the Best Server award of the 2013–14 CEV Champions League and won the title with the Russian club Dinamo Kazan.

Career

Del Core won with the Russian club Dinamo Kazan the 2013–14 CEV Champions League held in Baku, Azerbaijan, defeating 3-0 the home owners Rabita Baku in the semifinals and 3–0 to the Turkish VakıfBank İstanbul in the final. She was awarded tournament Best Server.

Del Core won the 2014 FIVB Club World Championship gold medal playing with the Russian club Dinamo Kazan that defeated 3-0 the Brazilian Molico Osasco in the championship match.

She played with her national team at the 2014 World Championship. There her team ended up in fourth place after losing 2–3 to Brazil the bronze medal match.

Clubs

Awards

Individuals

Clubs

References

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  2. ↑ "Women's Volleyball". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  3. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Antonella Del Core". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "Dinamo disappoints Baku home crowd by claiming the last spot in final". Baku, Azerbaijan: CEV. 15 March 2014. Archived from the original on 16 March 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  5. 1 2 "Dinamo KAZAN dethrones VakifBank to claim the 2014 Champions League title". Baku, Azerbaijan: CEV. 16 March 2014. Archived from the original on 28 August 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  6. ↑ "Russia's Kazan capture Women's Club World championship in style". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 11 May 2014. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  7. ↑ "USA win first World Championship title, China and Brazil complete the podium". Milan, Italy: FIVB. 11 May 2014. Archived from the original on 15 October 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  8. ↑ Carneiro, Leandro (12 October 2014). "Brasil passa sufoco e quase toma virada, mas conquista bronze ante Itália". UOL (in Portuguese). Milan, Italy. Archived from the original on 14 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  9. ↑ "ONE LAST THRILLER AS OLYMPIC QUALIFIER IN JAPAN DRAWS TO A CLOSE". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Archived from the original on 23 May 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2016.