She was selected to the junior national team after coming in second at the event. Soon after getting into the sport, she competed in her first beach tournament at the Trophy of the Regions (Italian: Trofeo delle Regioni), a national youth competition organised by the Italian Volleyball Federation (FIPAV).
Menegatti took it as a personal challenge to get better on the beach she said years later that the challenging aspect of beach volleyball was probably what won her over from indoor. She began playing beach volleyball in the summer of 2005 or 2006, but did not take to it at first, partly because of the difficulty of playing on sand. While in Ravenna, Menegatti’s indoor club often trained on a local beach, prompting her foray into beach volleyball.
She was unable to compete in the 2016 Summer Olympics with her team.
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Marta Menegatti Height Marta Menegatti's height 5 feet 11 inches weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon. She thus moved to Ravenna and spent the next five years playing in the Serie B1 and B2, the third and fourth tier of the Italian volleyball league system respectively. In 2004, prior to her 14th birthday, Menegatti successfully tried out for the indoor volleyball club ASD Teodora Ravenna. She first played for a youth team in Taglio di Po, then later for a team in Jolanda di Savoia where her mother coached. After trying out various sports including synchronised swimming and dance, Menegatti began playing indoor volleyball at the age of nine. Her mother described her as a quiet and resolute child. Her younger brother Pietro is a footballer who has played as a goalkeeper for various Serie C and D clubs. Her father Maurizio was an amateur footballer, while her mother Cinzia was an indoor volleyball player in the Serie C, the fifth tier of the Italian volleyball league system. Menegatti represented Italy at the 20 Summer Olympics, finishing fifth (with Cicolari) and ninth (with Laura Giombini) respectively.īorn in Rovigo, Menegatti grew up in Ariano nel Polesine and hails from a sporting family. She is also the 2011 European champion and the 2013 Mediterranean Games champion, both achieved with Cicolari. Her career highlights include two gold, seven silver and seven bronze medals on the FIVB World Tour. With former teammate Greta Cicolari, she achieved a career-high world ranking of No. Marta Menegatti (born 16 August 1990) is an Italian beach volleyball player who plays as a left-side defender with her partner Viktoria Orsi Toth. She qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Marta Menegatti net worth is approximately $1.5 Million. Marta Menegatti is one of the richest Volleyball Player & listed on most popular Volleyball Player. Orsi Toth’s return produced a turnaround in results for Menegatti, with the duo posting top-ten finishes in all seven World Tour events they entered, including a second-place finish at the $75K Qinzhou Open in October. They advanced to the Round of 16 where they were knocked out of the tournament by Sara Hughes and Summer Ross of the United States. In the group stage, they upset the second-seeded Heather Bansley and Brandie Wilkerson of Canada, and the 15th-seeded Nina Betschart and Tanja Huberli of Switzerland to top their group. The following week, they were given a wild card into the main draw of the $300K Vienna Major as the 31st seeds. Orsi Toth served a two-year suspension and returned to international competition in July at the $50K Agadir Open, resuming her partnership with Menegatti. Her parents are Maurizio Menegatti and Cinzia Avanzi.
Later in the month, Menegatti and her partner Debora Allegretti won the U20 European Championships they went on to compete at the U21 World Championships in September, finishing 9th. In August, she played with Laura Giombini at the U23 European Championships where they finished 19th. Menegatti also continued to represent her country in age-group events. According to Astrologers, Marta Menegatti's zodiac sign is Leo. She has over 40,000 followers on her marta_menegatti Instagram account. Volleyball player who won Women’s FIVB World Tour Most Improved in 2011. Marta Menegatti is a famous Volleyball Player, who was born on Augin Italy.
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