Myriam Sylla
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Full name | Myriam Fatime Sylla | ||||||||
Born | Palermo, Italy | 8 January 1995||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (71 in) | ||||||||
Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||||||||
Spike | 320 cm (126 in) | ||||||||
Block | 315 cm (124 in) | ||||||||
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Position | Wing Spiker / opposite | ||||||||
Current club | Vero Volley Milano | ||||||||
Number | 17 | ||||||||
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Myriam Fatime Sylla (born 8 January 1995) is an Italian volleyball player, playing as a wing spiker or opposite. She is part of the Italy women's national volleyball team.
She competed at the 2015 European Games in Baku, the 2015 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix,[1] the 2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix,[2] and the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League.[3] She was selected for the 2024 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal.
Club career
[edit]On club level she played for Foppapedretti Bergamo in 2015–2017. From 2018 to 2022 she then played for Imoco Volley. In 2022 she has become a player of Vero Volley Milano.[4]
Personal life
[edit]She was born in Palermo, Italy, from Ivorian parents. Then they moved to Valgreghentino, in the province of Lecco.
Awards
[edit]Individuals
[edit]- 2018 FIVB World Championship "Best outside spiker"
- 2019 European Championship "Best outside spiker"
- 2021 European Championship "Best outside spiker"
- 2022 FIVB World Championship "Best outside spiker"
- 2024 FIVB Nations League "Best outside spiker"
- 2024 Olympic Games Paris "Best outside spiker"
Clubs
[edit]- 2015-16 Italian Cup (Coppa Italia) – Champions, with Foppapedretti Bergamo
- 2018 Italian Supercup – Champions, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
- 2018–19 Italian League – Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
- 2018–19 CEV Champions League – Runner-Up, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
- 2019 Italian Supercup – Champions, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
- 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship – Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
- 2019-20 Italian Cup (Coppa Italia) – Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
- 2020 Italian Supercup – Champions, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
- 2020-21 Italian Cup (Coppa Italia) – Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
- 2020–21 Italian League – Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
- 2020–21 CEV Women's Champions League – Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
- 2021 Italian Supercup – Champions, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
- 2021-22 Italian Cup (Coppa Italia) – Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
- 2021–22 Italian League – Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
References
[edit]- ^ "Player - Miryam Fatime Sylla - FIVB World Grand Prix 2015". worldgrandprix.2015.fivb.com. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- ^ "Player - Miryam Fatime Sylla - FIVB World Grand Prix 2017". worldgrandprix.2017.fivb.com. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- ^ "Player - Miryam Fatime Sylla - FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2018". www.volleyball.world. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- ^ "Lega volley women".
Categories:
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Italian women's volleyball players
- European Games competitors for Italy
- Volleyball players at the 2015 European Games
- Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic volleyball players for Italy
- Italian people of Ivorian descent
- Volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Palermo
- Opposite hitters
- Sportspeople from the Province of Lecco
- Wing spikers
- Knights of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
- Volleyball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Italy
- Olympic medalists in volleyball
- Italian volleyball biography stubs