Annamaria Solazzi

Anna Maria Solazzi ( born December 10, 1965 in Ancona ) is a former Italian volleyball player. She was three times European champion and twice took part in the Olympic Games.

Career

Solazzi completed her first international tournament in 1994 and 1995 with Consuelo Turetta. In Atlanta in 1996 she participated in the first Olympic tournament and defeated by the Brazilian Mônica Rodrigues / Adriana Samuel and the Norwegians Berntsen / Hestad.

Subsequently formed Solazzi a solid duo with Laura Bruschini, the same took the bronze medal at the European Championships in Pescara. The following year Bruschini / Solazzi won in Riccione with a victory in the final against their compatriots Daniela Gattelli and Lucilla Perrotta first time the title. At the first World Cup in the same year they were ninth. After a third place in 1998 in Rhodes in Rhodes in 1999 they celebrated their second European title ( the final against the French women Prawerman / Rigaux ), which she successfully defended a year later in Getxo with a win against Jana Vollmer and Danja Müsch. In the 1999 World Cup they reached rank 17

The Olympic tournament in 2000 ended for Bruschini / Solazzi in the quarterfinals against the Australian duo Cook / Pottharst. They were also fifth in the World Cup in 2001 after a quarter-final defeat against the Czechs Celbová / Novakova. Two years later, they failed, however, in Rio de Janeiro without set win in the first round. In the 2004 European Bruschini / Solazzi occupied the fifth rank. At the end of the year, separated the duo.

With Nicoletta Luciani Solazzi came at the 2005 World Championships in Berlin after defeats against McPeak / Kessy (USA) and Gerlic / Clarke ( Australia) do not have space beyond 33.