Marta Menegatti

Marta Menegatti ( born August 16, 1990 in Rovigo) is an Italian volleyball player.

Career

Menegatti completed in 2009 its first international beach tournaments. With her ​​partner Greta Cicolari it was in the first year Italian champion. At the Open tournament in Sanya, the two Italian women were fourth. With Deborah Allegretti Menegatti won the title at the U20 European Championship in Kos. In 2010 she reached Cicolari in three tournaments each ninth. Each silver she won with Laura Giombini at the U23 European Championships in Kos and Viktoria Orsi Toth with at the U21 World Championships in Alanya.

2011 Menegatti / Cicolari established in the top ten of the FIVB World Tour and arrived 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 conclusion of the World Series Marta Menegatti was named Most Improved Player of the Year 2011.

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.