Antonella Del Core

Antonella Del Core
Antonella Del Core
Personal information
Nationality	Italy
Born	5 November 1980 (age 41); Naples, Italy
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Spike	320 cm (126 in)
Block	305 cm (120 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Wing Spiker
Current club	Dinamo Kazan
Number	15
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing Italy
World Grand Champions Cup
FIVB World Cup
FIVB World Grand Prix
European Championship

Antonella Del Core (born 5 November 1980 in Naples, Italy)[1] is an Italian professional volleyball player. She plays for Italy women's national volleyball team. She has competed in the 2004 and 2012 Summer Olympics.[2][3] She is 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) tall. She won the Best Server award of the 2013–14 CEV Champions League and won the title with the Russian club Dinamo Kazan.

Career

Del Core won with the Russian club Dinamo Kazan the 2013–14 CEV Champions League held in Baku, Azerbaijan, defeating 3-0 the home owners Rabita Baku in the semifinals[4] and 3-0 to the Turkish VakıfBank İstanbul in the final.[5] She was awarded tournament Best Server.[5]

Del Core won the 2014 FIVB Club World Championship gold medal playing with the Russian club Dinamo Kazan that defeated 3-0 the Brazilian Molico Osasco in the championship match.[6]

She played with her national team at the 2014 World Championship.[7] There her team ended up in fourth place after losing 2-3 to Brazil the bronze medal match.[8]

Clubs

Assid Ester Napoli (1997-1998)
Club Italia (1998-1999)
Er Volley Napoli (1999-2001)
Robursport Volley Pesaro (2001-2006)
Pallavolo Sirio Perugia (2006-2008)
Volley Bergamo (2008-2010)
Eczacıbaşı Istanbul (2010-2011)
Fakel Novy Ourengoï (2011-2012)
Zarechie Odintsovo (2012-2013)
Dinamo Kazan (2013-2016)

Awards

Individuals

Clubs

2005–06 CEV Women's Challenge Cup— Champions, with Scavolini Pesaro
2006–07 CEV Women's Challenge Cup— Champions, with Sirio Perugia
2006–07 Italian Championship - Champion, with Sirio Perugia
2007 Italian Cup - Champion, with Sirio Perugia
2007 Italian Supercup - Champions, with Sirio Perugia
2007–08 CEV Champions League— Champions, with Sirio Perugia
2008 Italian Supercup— Runner-Up, with Volley Bergamo
2008–09 CEV Champions League— Champions, with Volley Bergamo
2009–10 CEV Champions League— Champions, with Volley Bergamo
2010 Italian Cup— Runner-Up, with Volley Bergamo
2010-11 Turkish Cup - Champions, with Eczacıbaşı Istanbul
2013 Russian Cup - Runner-up, with Dinamo Kazan
2013–14 CEV Champions League - Champion, with Dinamo Kazan
2013–14 Russian Championship - Champions, with Dinamo Kazan
2014 FIVB Club World Championship - Champion, with Dinamo Kazan
2014–15 Russian Championship - Champions, with Dinamo Kazan

References

"Antonella Del Core profile". Beach Volleyball Database. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
"Women's Volleyball". London2012.com. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Antonella Del Core". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.
"Dinamo disappoints Baku home crowd by claiming the last spot in final". Baku, Azerbaijan: CEV. 2014-03-15. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
"Dinamo KAZAN dethrones VakifBank to claim the 2014 Champions League title". Baku, Azerbaijan: CEV. 2014-03-16. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
"Russia's Kazan capture Women's Club World championship in style". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 2014-05-11. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
"USA win first World Championship title, China and Brazil complete the podium". Milan, Italy: FIVB. 2014-05-11. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
Carneiro, Leandro (2014-10-12). "Brasil passa sufoco e quase toma virada, mas conquista bronze ante Itália". UOL (in Portuguese). Milan, Italy. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
"ONE LAST THRILLER AS OLYMPIC QUALIFIER IN JAPAN DRAWS TO A CLOSE". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Archived from the original on 2016-05-23. Retrieved 22 May 2016.

External links

Antonella Del Core at the European Volleyball Confederation
Antonella Del Core at the Beach Volleyball Database
Antonella Del Core at the International Olympic Committee
Antonella Del Core at Olympedia

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[1] "Antonella Del Core profile". Beach Volleyball Database. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2013.

[2] "Women's Volleyball". London2012.com. Retrieved 30 July 2012.

[3] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Antonella Del Core". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.

[4] "Dinamo disappoints Baku home crowd by claiming the last spot in final". Baku, Azerbaijan: CEV. 2014-03-15. Retrieved 2014-03-16.

[final-5] "Dinamo KAZAN dethrones VakifBank to claim the 2014 Champions League title". Baku, Azerbaijan: CEV. 2014-03-16. Retrieved 2014-03-16.

[6] "Russia's Kazan capture Women's Club World championship in style". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 2014-05-11. Retrieved 2014-05-11.

[7] "USA win first World Championship title, China and Brazil complete the podium". Milan, Italy: FIVB. 2014-05-11. Retrieved 2014-05-11.

[8] Carneiro, Leandro (2014-10-12). "Brasil passa sufoco e quase toma virada, mas conquista bronze ante Itália". UOL (in Portuguese). Milan, Italy. Retrieved 2014-10-12.

[9] "ONE LAST THRILLER AS OLYMPIC QUALIFIER IN JAPAN DRAWS TO A CLOSE". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Archived from the original on 2016-05-23. Retrieved 22 May 2016.