Paola Egonu

Paola Ogechi Egonu (born 18 December 1998) is an Italian female volleyball player of Nigerian heritage.[2] She plays for Imoco Volley and is part of the Italy women's national volleyball team. She participated at the 2018 Montreux Volley Masters,[1] 2018 FIVB Volleyball World Championship,[3] and 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League.[4]

Paola Egonu
Personal information
Full namePaola Ogechi Egonu
NationalityItalian
Born (1998-12-18) 18 December 1998
Cittadella, Italy
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Weight79 kg (174 lb)
Spike3.44 m (135 in)
Block3.21 m (126 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOpposite
Current clubImoco Volley Conegliano
Number18
Career
YearsTeams
2013–2017Club Italia
2017–2019AGIL Novara
2019–Imoco Volley
National team
2015–Italy

On club level she played for Club Italia in 2015.[5] She was selected to play the Italian League All-Star game in 2017.[6] In 2017 she moved to AGIL Novara.

She was awarded the prize for Woman of the Year 2019 by the weekly magazine of la Repubblica D - la Repubblica delle donne.[7]

Personal life

She was born at Cittadella, in Veneto, to Nigerian parents, Her father, Ambrose is from Lagos and her mother Eunice from Benin City [8] [9] and she has two siblings.

Awards

Clubs

Individuals

References

  1. "Player - Paola Ogechi Egonu - Montreux Volley Masters 2018". www.volleymasters.ch. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
  2. "Paola, Sara e Valentina: è colorata la nuova Italia del volley femminile". Corriere.it. Eleonora Cozzari. 2016-01-07. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  3. "Player - Paola Ogechi Egonu - FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship Japan 2018". japan2018.fivb.com. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
  4. "Player - Paola Ogechi Egonu - FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2018". www.volleyball.world. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
  5. "Team Roster – Italy". FIVB.org. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  6. "All Star Game: A Bergamo la sfida Selezione Italia vs Resto del Mondo" (in Italian). Bergamo: Volleyball.it. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  7. "Paola Egonu è la donna dell'anno D: la campionessa di volley premiata dalle lettrici" (in Italian). 12 December 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  8. Cozzari, Eleonora (7 January 2016). "Paola, Sara e Valentina: è colorata la nuova Italia del volley femminile" (in Italian). Bergamo: Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  9. Candida Morvillo (3 November 2018). "Paola Egonu: «Le mie lacrime in Giappone e la lezione della mia fidanzata»" [Paola Egonu:]. Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 5 November 2018.
Awards
Preceded by
Sheilla Castro
Best Opposite Spiker of
World Championship

2018
Succeeded by
Incumbent
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