Elena Pietrini (born 17 March 2000) is an Italian

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 the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

player who plays as a wing spiker for Dynamo Kazan and the Italian national team. She made her debut appearance at the Olympics representing

Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics Italy competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Italian athletes have appeared in every ...

Biography

Her father Alberto Pietrini was a professional basketball player who played at club level and her mother Laura Pietrini and her sister Giulia Pietrini were also volleyball players.

Youth career

She was part of the youth national team which emerged as runners-up to Russia at the

2017 Girls' U18 Volleyball European Championship The 2017 Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship was the 12th edition of the tournament which was held in Arnhem, Netherlands from 1 to 9 April 2017. The top six teams qualified for the 2017 Youth World Championship. Participating teams ...

. She was also a key member of the Italian U18 team which won the

2017 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship The 2017 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship was the fifteenth edition of the international volleyball tournament and the world championship for women's national teams under the age of 18, organized by the sport's world governing body, ...

. For her tremendous performance during the 2017 FIVB Volleyball U18 World Championship she was awarded the MVP of the tournament. She also participated at the

2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship The 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship was the nineteenth edition of the international volleyball tournament and the world championship for women's national teams under the age of 20, organized by the sport's world governing body ...

where Italy finished at ninth position.

Senior career

She was part of the Italian national team at the

2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League The 2018 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League was the inaugural edition of the FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League, a new annual international women's volleyball tournament contested by 16 national teams that replaced the former FIVB Volleyba ...

. She was also a member of the Italian squad which emerged as runner-up to Serbia at the

2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship The 2018 FIVB Women's World Championship was the eighteenth edition of the event, contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of the ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The final tournament was held in Japan from 29 Se ...

. She was also initially on the selection radar for the

2019 Women's European Volleyball Championship The 2019 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 31st edition of the Women's European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball, CEV from 23 August to 8 Septemb ...

but she pulled out due to physical and mental fatigue. However, she competed at the

2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League The 2019 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League was the second edition of the FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League, an annual international women's volleyball tournament contested by 16 national teams. The competition was held between May and Ju ...

. She was part of national side which claimed bronze medal at the

2019 Montreux Volley Masters The 2019 Montreux Volley Masters was the 34th edition of the women's volleyball competition set in Montreux, Switzerland. Participating teams Teams: Squads Group stage The first 2 teams of each group qualify for the final round. *''All times a ...

. She was included in the national squad to compete in the women's volleyball tournament at the

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pietrini, Elena 2000 births Living people Italian women's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players for Italy Sportspeople from Imola Italian expatriate volleyball players Italian expatriate volleyball players in Russia Outside hitters Knights of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic 21st-century Italian sportswomen