Marta Menegatti

Marta Menegatti
Personal information
Nationality Italian
Born (1990-08-16) 16 August 1990
Rovigo, Italy
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 70 kg (154 lb)
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
Teammate
Laura Giombini
National team
Italy Italy

Marta Menegatti (born 16 August 1990)[1] is an Italian beach volleyball player.

Biography

From 2012 through August 2013, she played with Greta Cicolari. Menegatti and Cicolari qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. In London, the pair qualified for the quarter-finals by winning all three matches in group F and winning their round-of-16 match against Spain's Elsa Baquerizo and Liliana Fernández. In the quarter-finals, they were defeated by United States' Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh. Menegatti, whose childhood idol was Misty May-Treanor, was visibly upset during the second set of the quarterfinal match.[2]

As of 2016, her teammate is Victoria Orsi.

However, due to allegations that she took a banned substance, Orsi was not allowed to participate in the 2016 Summer Olympics, in Rio. Three days before the opening ceremony the Italian Volleyball Federation partnered Menegatti with Laura Giombini.

Mengatti and Giombini finished second in their group and reach the round-of-16. They lost in two sets to the United States' April Ross and Kerri Walsh Jennings. Menegatti currently ranked 42nd.

References

  1. ↑ "Marta Menegatti". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  2. ↑ "Marta Menegatti: 5 Fast Facts You Need To Know". heavy.com. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
Awards
Preceded by
 Taiana Lima (BRA)		 Women's FIVB World Tour "Most Improved"
2011		 Succeeded by
 Sophie van Gestel (NED)
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