Paola Egonu

Paola
Egonu

BIRTH

Cittadella, Padova 18/12/1998

DISCIPLINE

Volleyball

TRAINING

Conegliano, Treviso

VOLLEYBALL STAR

INFORMATION

Volleyball world champion, Vero Volley Milano opposite hitter, captain of all her three former CEV Champions League-winning teams, 2019 world champion with Imoco, and European champion with the Italian national team in 2021. Off the court, Paola is an EA7 Emporio Armani poster girl, was chosen as Woman of the Year by the newspaper La Repubblica (2019), lent her voice to the Disney Pixar film Soul (2020) in Italian, hosted the television show Le iene (2021), wrote the book 18 segreti per diventare stelle ("18 secrets to becoming a star") published by Il bartello a vapore (2022), and co-hosted the third evening of the 2023 Sanremo Festival. Paola Egonu is a real icon of Italian popular culture.

I have lost more finals than I have won in my career as a player, but that does not make me a loser. My diversity is what makes me unique... I am me!

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