Simone Rosalba (born January 31, 1976) is an Italian retired
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. He won the bronze medal with the
men's national team at the
2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...
. Playing as an outside hitter, he claimed his first medal (bronze) for the ''Azzurri'' in 1997 at the
European Championship in
the Netherlands
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.
References
External links
Simone Rosalba at Olympics.comFIVB ProfileOlympedia Profile: Simone Rosalba
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1976 births
Living people
People from Paola, Calabria
Italian men's volleyball players
Olympic bronze medalists for Italy
Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic medalists in volleyball
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from the Province of Cosenza
Outside hitters
Knights of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
20th-century Italian sportsmen