Greta Cicolari

Greta Cicolari
Greta Cicolari in Moscow, 2012
portrait
birthday	23rd August 1982
place of birth	Osio Sotto, Italy
size	1.80 m
Indoor volleyball
position	External attack
societies
1997–1999 1999–2000 2000–2001 2001–2002 2002–2003 2003–2004 2004–2005 2005–2006 2006–2007 2007–2009	Excelsior Bergamo Foppapedretti Bergamo Italstudio Pistoiese Il Cervo Collecchio Forme Cucina Veca Carpi Caoduro Cavazzale Megius Volley Padua Marche Metali Castelfidardo Tena Volley Santeramo Familia Chieri
successes
2000 - Champions League winner
beach volleyball
Partner	2009–2013 Marta Menegatti
successes
2009 - Italian Champion 2011 - European Champion 2012 - Olympic Fifth
As of June 2, 2014

Greta Cicolari (born August 23, 1982 in Osio Sotto ) is an Italian volleyball and beach volleyball player .

Career

Cicolari began her indoor career in 1997 at Excelsior Bergamo. In the 1999/2000 season she won the Champions League with Foppapedretti Bergamo . In the next two years she was active in third division clubs (B1) in Pistoia and Collecchio . From 2002 to 2006 she played in the second division (A2) in Carpi , Cavazzale , Padua and Castelfidardo . In 2006/07 she returned to the first division with Tena Volley Santeramo . She then moved to Familia Chieri , where she played until 2009.

In 2009 Cicolari came to beach volleyball. With her partner Marta Menegatti , she became Italian champion in her first year. The two Italians finished fourth at the Open tournament in Sanya . In 2010 they reached ninth place in three tournaments. In 2011 they established themselves in the top ten and reached the final at the Mysłowice Open. At the World Cup in Rome they managed to win the group in the preliminary round without losing a set before they had to admit defeat to the Chinese Xue Chen / Zhang Xi in the round of 16 . They then managed a single-digit placement at five Grand Slams in a row. In August they became European champions in Kristiansand .

At the 2012 Olympic Games in London they reached first place in the group stage and qualified for the round of 16. There they met the Spanish duo Liliana / Baquerizo , which they defeated 2-0. They then lost to May-Treanor / Walsh (USA) in the quarterfinals with 0: 2 and thus finished fifth. Menegatti / Cicolari also achieved fifth place at the 2013 World Cup in Stare Jabłonki .

Web links

Commons : Greta Cicolari  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website (Italian)
• Portrait at Pianeta Volley (Italian)
• Profile at FIVB (English)
• Profile in the Beach Volleyball Database (English)
• Greta Cicolari in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )