Alessandro Michieletto Explained

Alessandro Michieletto
Birth Date:5 December 2001
Birth Place:Desenzano del Garda, Italy
Height:2.11 m
Weight:88 kg
Spike:375cm
Block:355cm
Position:Outside hitter
Currentnumber:5 (national team)
Years:2018–2020
2020–present
Nationalyears:2019–

Alessandro Michieletto (pronounced as /it/; born 5 December 2001) is an Italian professional volleyball player and member of the Italy men's national volleyball team.

Career

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

Club

Youth national team

National team

Individual

Notes and References

  1. News: Player Profile: Alessandro Michieletto. Volleybox. 2021-07-23.
  2. News: Italy Men's Olympic 2020 Roster. Volleyball World. 2021-07-23.
  3. Web site: Verso Tokyo 2020 I 12 azzurri di blengini per le olimpiadi in lavia michieletto out lanza. Italian Volleyball National Team. Italian. 5 July 2021. 5 July 2021. 11 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210711082329/https://www.volleyball.it/verso-tokyo2020-i-12-azzurri-di-blengini-per-le-olimpiadi-in-lavia-michieletto-out-lanza/. dead.
  4. Web site: Michieletto makes good impression in Olympic debut. Volleyball world. 24 July 2021. 24 July 2021.