Emanuele Birarelli
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Emanuele Birarelli (born 8 February 1981) is an Italian volleyball player, a member of Italy men's national volleyball team and Italian club Sir Safety Perugia, silver medalist of 2016 Summer Olympics, bronze medalist of 2012 Summer Olympics and participant of the Olympic Games 2008 Summer Olympics, World League (2013, 2014) and silver medalist of European Championship (2011, 2013).
Career
Birarelli was born at Senigallia. He debuted in the Italian top championship in 1998 for Pallavolo Falconara. He remained there until 2003, when he was diagnosed an arm ischemia which forced him away from the field for two years.
He returned to play volleyball in 2005, first at Pineto, then for Verona and, from 2007, for Trentino Volley, with which he won an Italian national title in 2008. In the same year he debuted for Italy's national team. In 2009, he won the CEV Champions League with Trentino Volley, a feat he repeated the following year. He achieved bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. In 2015, he left Trentino Volley after eight seasons and went to another Italian club Sir Safety Perugia. He was a member of the Italy at the 2016 Summer Olympics and won silver medal after lost finale against Brazil. Birarelli received individual award for the Best Middle Blocker.
After retirement from the sports, he turned into volleyball agent to seek talent young players.
Sporting achievements
CEV Champions League
- 2008/2009 - with Itas Diates Trentino
- 2009/2010 - with Itas Diates Trentino
- 2010/2011 - with Itas Diates Trentino
- 2011/2012 - with Itas Diates Trentino
- 2016/2017 - with Sir Sicoma Colussi Perugia
FIVB Club World Championship
- Qatar 2009 - with Itas Diates Trentino
- Qatar 2010 - with Itas Diates Trentino
- Qatar 2011 - with Itas Diates Trentino
- Qatar 2012 - with Itas Diates Trentino
National championship
- 2007/2008 Italian Championship, with Itas Diates Trentino
- 2008/2009 Italian Championship, with Itas Diates Trentino
- 2009/2010 Italian Cup Serie A, with Itas Diates Trentino
- 2009/2010 Italian Championship, with Itas Diates Trentino
- 2010/2011 Italian Championship, with Itas Diates Trentino
- 2011/2012 Italian Cup Serie A, with Itas Diates Trentino
- 2011/2012 Italian Championship, with Itas Diates Trentino
- 2012/2013 Italian Cup Serie A, with Itas Diates Trentino
- 2012/2013 Italian Championship, with Itas Diates Trentino
- 2014/2015 Italian Championship, with Trentino Volley
National team
- 2011 CEV European Championship
- 2012 Olympic Games
- 2013 FIVB World League
- 2013 CEV European Championship
- 2014 FIVB World League
- 2016 Olympic Games
Individual
- 2012 FIVB Club World Championship - Best Blocker
- 2013 FIVB World League - Best Middle Blocker
- 2013 FIVB Club World Championship - Best Middle Blocker
- 2013 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup - Best Middle Blocker
- 2016 Olympic Games - Best Middle Blocker
External links
- at the European Volleyball Confederation
- at Olympedia
- at Olympics.com
- at the Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (in Italian)
| Awards | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded byPoland Marcin Możdżonek | Best Middle Blocker of FIVB World League 2013 ex aequo Russia Dmitriy Muserskiy | Succeeded byUnited States David Lee Brazil Lucas Saatkamp |
| Preceded byUnited States Russell Holmes | Best Blocker of FIVB Club World Championship 2012 2013 ex aequo Italy Matteo Burgsthaler | Succeeded byCuba Robertlandy Simón Brazil José Santos Júnior |
| Preceded by- | Best Middle Blocker of FIVB World Grand Champions Cup 2013 ex aequo United States Maxwell Holt | Succeeded byItaly Matteo Piano Brazil Lucas Saatkamp |
| Preceded by- | Best Middle Blocker of Olympic Games 2016 ex aequo Russia Artem Volvich | Succeeded byRussia Ivan Iakovlev France Barthélémy Chinenyeze |