Monica De Gennaro

Monica De Gennaro
De Gennaro during the 2012 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix in Łódź, Poland
Personal information
NicknameMoki
Born (1987-01-08) 8 January 1987
Piano di Sorrento, Italy
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Spike298 cm (117 in)
Block215 cm (85 in)
Volleyball information
PositionLibero
Current clubImoco Volley Conegliano
Number10
Career
YearsTeams
2001–2002
2002–2009
2009–2010
2010–2013
2013–		Libertas Sorrento
Vicenza Volley
Aprilia Volley
Scavolini Pesaro
Imoco Volley Conegliano
National team
2006–2025Italy
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2024 ParisTeam
World Championship
Gold medal – first place2025 ThailandTeam
Silver medal – second place2018 JapanTeam
Bronze medal – third place2022 Poland/NetherlandsTeam
World Cup
Gold medal – first place2011 JapanTeam
FIVB Nations League
Gold medal – first place2022 AnkaraTeam
Gold medal – first place2024 BangkokTeam
Gold medal – first place2025 ŁódźTeam
FIVB World Grand Prix
Silver medal – second place2017 NanjingTeam
Bronze medal – third place2006 Reggio CalabriaTeam
European Championship
Gold medal – first place2021 Serbia/Bulgaria/Croatia/RomaniaTeam
Bronze medal – third place2019 TurkeyTeam
Montreux Volley Masters
Gold medal – first place2018 SwitzerlandTeam
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place2013 TurkeyTeam

Monica "Moki" De Gennaro (born 8 January 1987) is an Italian professional volleyball player. She plays for Imoco Volley Conegliano and for the Italy women's national volleyball team. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2016 Summer Olympics,[1] 2020 Summer Olympics and 2024 Summer Olympics.[2] In the 2024 Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal and the best libero award. She is regarded as the greatest libero of all time.

Career

De Gennaro played with her national team at the 2014 World Championship.[3] There her team ended up in fourth place after losing 2–3 to Brazil the bronze medal match.[4] She was selected to be tournament's Best Libero.[5]

De Gennaro won the 2020–21 CEV Women's Champions League and was twice a runner-up with Imoco Volley Conegliano (2016–17[6][7] and 2018–19), receiving the award of Best Libero in those three editions of the Champions League.

She won both the 2019 FIVB Club World Championship and the Best Libero award in China.

She won the 2017 FIVB World Grand Prix silver medal and the Best Libero individual award.[8]

At the 2014 FIVB World Championship she won the Best Libero award, and at the 2018 FIVB World Championship in Japan, she won the silver medal and the Best Libero individual award.[9]

She won the 2021 Women's European Volleyball Championship and the Best Libero individual award.

Awards and honours

Individuals

Clubs

Honours

Personal life

She has been married to the volleyball coach Daniele Santarelli since 2017.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Women's Volleyball". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  2. ↑ "Women's Volleyball". olympics.com. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  3. ↑ "USA win first World Championship title, China and Brazil complete the podium". Milan, Italy: FIVB. 11 May 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  4. ↑ Carneiro, Leandro (12 October 2014). "Brasil passa sufoco e quase toma virada, mas conquista bronze ante Itália". UOL (in Portuguese). Milan, Italy. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "USA's Kim Hill Honored with World Championship MVP". Milan, Italy: FIVB. 11 May 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  6. ↑ "VakifBank take 3rd Champions League title after 3–0 win against Imoco". Treviso, Italy: CEV. 23 April 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  7. ↑ "Champions League: Le migliori della Final Four. Zhu MVP" (in Italian). Volleyball.it. 23 April 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  8. ↑ "Brazil set all-time record in World Grand Prix wins". Nanjing, China: FIVB. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  9. ↑ "Monica De Gennaro inspires victory from defeat". Boxscore World Sportswire. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  10. ↑ "The Best of 2025: Women's Volleyball". Volleyball World. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
  11. ↑ "Daniele Santarelli new head coach of Team Serbia | CEV". www.cev.eu.
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