Sara Cortella
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| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||
| Born | 15 February 2002 Rome, Italy | ||||||||
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| Position | Outside hitter / Opposite | ||||||||
| Current club | Polisportiva Libertas Martignacco | ||||||||
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Sara Cortella (born 15 February 2002) is an Italian volleyball player. She is currently playing for female team Libertas Martignacco, in Italian Women's 2 Volleyball League, and for the Italian U17 National women's volleyball team.
Early career
[edit]Sara, elder daughter of Ivan Cortella and Luana Catrini, started playing volleyball in Tor Sapienza, Rome, when she was five. With her athletic club, Volley Friends Tor Sapienza,[1] she won several youth competitions, including Under 12 Rome championship in 2013; Under 13 Rome championship,[2][3] Lazio championship [4] and the XI Torneig Internacional Ciutat de Sant Cugat in 2014; Under 14 Easter Volley in 2015.[5]
Club Italia
[edit]In 2016-2017 season, Sara Cortella played for Club Italia,[6] wearing jersey number 15, playing in three games for a total of 4 sets and scoring one point with an ace on her debut in Italian Women's Volleyball League, which took place on her fifteenth birthday in Scandicci (FI), against Pallavolo Scandicci[7][8]
In 2017–2018, Sara Cortella played one more year for Club Italia, relegated to Serie A2 at the end of previous season.
Italian U16 National women's volleyball team
[edit]Sara Cortella joined the Italian U16 National women's volleyball team to play the first edition of the European U16 women's volleyball championship. In Sofia, Bulgaria, on 29 July, she played the final against Russia and won the gold medal (3-0, 25/22, 25/22, 25/17).
Italian U17 National women's volleyball team
[edit]Sara Cortella joined the Italian U17 National women's volleyball team to fly again to Bulgaria and play the thirteenth edition of the Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship, the first with Under 17 teams involved. In Sofia, on 21 April, she played a dramatic final at the Hristo Botev Hall, which her team lost against Russia (1-3, 28/30, 24/26, 25/20, 24-26).
Palmarès
[edit]U16 National team
European championship 2017
U17 National team
European championship 2018
References
[edit]- ^ "Volley Friends Roma". www.volleyfriendsroma.it.
- ^ https://www.fipavroma.org/comunicati/comunicati-ufficiali?download=373:c-u-n-50-25-06-2014 [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "U13F> Il Tor Sapienza vince la finale provinciale - Volleymania". www.volleymaniaweb.com. 7 April 2014.
- ^ "Pagina non trovata".
- ^ "EasterVolley". www.eastervolley.it.
- ^ "Squadra – Lega Pallavolo Serie A Femminile". www.legavolleyfemminile.it.
- ^ "Savino del Bene ingrana la terza con Beltrami e batte il Club Italia Crai". gonews.it. 15 February 2017.
- ^ "Grande festa al Volley Friends Roma Tor Sapienza: Esordio in Serie A1 per Sara Cortella - Volleymania". www.volleymaniaweb.com. 17 February 2017.