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(Redirected from Miriam Fatime Sylla) Italian volleyball player (born 1995)

Myriam Sylla
Myriam Sylla in 2013
Personal information
Full nameMyriam Fatime Sylla
Born (1995-01-08) 8 January 1995 (age 29)
Palermo, Italy
Height1.81 m (71 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Spike320 cm (126 in)
Block315 cm (124 in)
Volleyball information
PositionWing Spiker / opposite
Current clubItaly Vero Volley Milano
Number17
Career
YearsTeams
2015–2018Italy Foppapedretti Bergamo
2018–2022Italy Imoco Volley
2022–Italy Vero Volley Milano
National team
2015–Italy Italy
Honours
Women's Volleyball
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Team
World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2018 Japan Team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Poland/Netherlands Team
FIVB Nations League
Gold medal – first place 2022 Ankara Team
Gold medal – first place 2024 Bangkok Team
FIVB World Grand Prix
Silver medal – second place 2017 Nanjing Team
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2021 Serbia/Bulgaria/Croatia/Romania Team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Turkey Team
Montreux Volley Masters
Gold medal – first place 2018 Switzerland Team

Myriam Fatime Sylla (born 8 January 1995) is an Italian volleyball player, playing as a wing spiker or opposite. She is part of the Italy women's national volleyball team.

She competed at the 2015 European Games in Baku, the 2015 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix, the 2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix, and the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League. She was selected for the 2024 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal.

Club career

On club level she played for Foppapedretti Bergamo in 2015–2017. From 2018 to 2022 she then played for Imoco Volley. In 2022 she has become a player of Vero Volley Milano.

Personal life

She was born in Palermo, Italy, from Ivorian parents. Then they moved to Valgreghentino, in the province of Lecco.

Awards

Individuals

Clubs

References

  1. "Player - Miryam Fatime Sylla - FIVB World Grand Prix 2015". worldgrandprix.2015.fivb.com. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  2. "Player - Miryam Fatime Sylla - FIVB World Grand Prix 2017". worldgrandprix.2017.fivb.com. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  3. "Player - Miryam Fatime Sylla - FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2018". www.volleyball.world. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  4. "Lega volley women".
Awards
Preceded byChina Zhu Ting and
United States Kimberly Hill 		Best Outside Spiker of
World Championship
2018 (with China Zhu Ting)
2022 (with Brazil Gabriela Guimarães) 		Succeeded byIncumbent
Italy women's volleyball squad – 2024 Summer Olympics – Gold medal
Italy


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