Greta Cicolari

As of October 8, 2012

Greta Cicolari ( born August 23, 1982 in Osio Sotto) is an Italian volleyball and beach volleyball player.

Career

Cicolari began her career in the hall 1997 Excelsior Bergamo. In the 1999/2000 season they won the Champions League with Foppapedretti Bergamo. In the next two years, she was active in the third division (B1 ) in Pistoia and Collecchio. From 2002 to 2006 she played in the second division (A2 ) in Carpi, Cavazzale, Padua and Castelfidardo. 2006/ 07, she returned to the first division in Tena Volley Santeramo. She then moved to Familia Chieri, where they played until 2009.

In 2009, Cicolari for beach volleyball. With her ​​partner Marta Menegatti it was in the first year Italian champion. At the Open tournament in Sanya, the two Italian women were fourth. In 2010 she achieved in three tournaments each of the ninth. 2011, they established themselves in the top ten and came at the Mysłowice Open finals. At the World Championships in Rome they succeeded without dropping a set the group victory in the first round, before they had to admit defeat the Chinese women Xue Chen / Zhang Xi in the second round. Then they made a one-digit placement with five grand slams in a row. In August they were European champions in Kristiansand.

At the Olympic Games in London in 2012 they reached the first place in the group stage and thus qualified for the knockout stages. There they met the Spanish duo Liliana / Baquerizo, which they defeated 2-0. Then subject but in the quarterfinals May-Treanor/Walsh (USA) with 0:2 and thus occupied the fifth place.