Annamaria Solazzi (born 10 December 1965) is a female former

beach volleyball Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two to four players each on a sand court divided by a net. Similar to indoor volleyball, the objective of the game is to send the ball over the net and to ground it on the opponent's side o ...

player from

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who twice represented her native country at the

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: 1996 and 2000. Partnering with Laura Bruschini, she thrice claimed the gold medal at the

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: in 1997, 1999 and 2000.

Playing partners

* Laura Bruschini * Gaia Cicola * Giseli Gavio * Daniela Gioria *

Nicoletta Luciani Nicoletta Luciani (born 22 November 1979 in Chiaravalle) is an Italian professional volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on t ...

Diletta Lunardi Diletta is an Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian langu ...

Consuelo Turetta Consuelo Turetta (born 7 September 1961) is an Italian former beach volleyball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as A ...

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* * * 1965 births Living people Italian women's beach volleyball players Beach volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Beach volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic beach volleyball players for Italy Sportspeople from Ancona 20th-century Italian sportswomen {{Italy-volleyball-bio-stub