Paolo Ingrosso

Paolo Ingrosso
portrait
birthday	February 12, 1988
place of birth	Fortaleza, Brazil
size	1.90 m
partner	since 2005 Matteo Ingrosso
World ranking	Item 36
successes
2005 - Italian Champion U18 2006 - Third Youth World Championship 2008 - Third Junior World Championship 2008 - Finalist U23 European Championship 2010 - Third U23 European Championship 2010 - Italian Champion
(As of June 21, 2013)

Paolo Ingrosso (born February 12, 1988 in Fortaleza , Brazil ) is an Italian beach volleyball player .

Career

Paolo Ingrosso won the Italian U18 championship with his twin brother Matteo in 2005. In the same year the Ingrosso brothers reached the 29th place at the Junior World Championships in Rio de Janeiro . In the same competition in 2006 in Mysłowice they climbed to fifth place. They won the bronze medal at the Youth World Cup in Bermuda . They achieved fifth place in the junior tournament in Modena in 2007 . In 2008 they played their first open tournament on the FIVB World Tour in Roseto degli Abruzzi . Third in the Junior World Championships in Brighton and finalist in the U23 European Championship in Espinho , they achieved the next successes. In 2009 they took part in a Grand Slam for the first time in Gstaad . They finished the U23 European Championship in Jantarny in fifth place. At the end of the season in Sanya , the brothers came in seventh together for the first time together in the top ten of a World Tour tournament.

In 2010 they finished ninth in the Grand Slam in Rome and 13th in Marseille . With Paolo Nicolai , Paolo Ingrosso took third place at the U23 European Championships in Kos . In addition, the Ingrossos won the Italian championship in 2010. In 2011 they finished ninth at the Prague Open. At the World Cup in Rome they won the opening game against the Russians Barsuk / Jutwalin , but missed out on the knockout round by losing to the Brazilian duo Ferramenta / Pedro and the German Dollinger / Windscheif as third in the group. In the further course of the year there was twice place 17 and once 13th place. In 2012, the Ingrossos came ninth and seventeen at the Grand Slams in Rome and Klagenfurt . In 2013 they achieved ninth place in Corrientes as their best result so far . At the 2013 World Cup in Stare Jabłonki , Paolo Ingrosso was eliminated from the preliminary round alongside Matteo Cecchini without a win.

Web links

• Official website of the Ingrosso brothers (Italian)
• Profile at FIVB (English)
• Profile in the Beach Volleyball Database (English)
• Profile at FIPAV (Italian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ FIVB world rankings