Paola Ogechi Egonu (born 18 December 1998) is an Italian volleyball player.[3] She plays for Turkish volleyball club VakıfBank S.K. and was part of the Italy women’s national volleyball team until 2022 when she is considering leaving from the team allegedly due to racism.[4]
She participated at the 2018 Montreux Volley Masters,[1] 2018 FIVB Volleyball World Championship,[5] and 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women’s Nations League.[6]
On club level she played for Club Italia in 2015.[7] She was selected to play the Italian League All-Star game in 2017.[8] In 2017 she moved to AGIL Novara.
She was awarded the prize for Woman of the Year 2019 by D – la Repubblica delle donne, a weekly magazine of la Repubblica.[9]
She was one of the flagbearers of the Olympic Flag at the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo
Individuals
2015 U18 World Championship MVP
2015 U18 World Championship Best Outside Spiker
2016 Europe Olympic Qualification Tournament “Best Outside Spiker”
2016–17 Italian League “Top Scorer”
2017-18 Italian Cup (Coppa Italia) “Most Valuable Player”
2018 Montreux Volley Masters “Most Valuable Player”
2018 FIVB World Championship “Best Opposite Hitters”
CEV Champions League 2018–19 “Most Valuable Player”
2018–19 Italian League “Top Scorer”
2019 Italian Supercup “Most Valuable Player”
2019 FIVB Volleyball Women’s Club World Championship “Most Valuable Player”
2020-21 Italian Cup (Coppa Italia) “Most Valuable Player”
2020–21 Italian League “Most Valuable Player”
CEV Champions League 2020–21 “Most Valuable Player”
CEV EuroVolley 2021 “Most Valuable Player”
2021 European Volleyball Confederation “Female Volleyball Player of the Year 2021”
2021–22 Italian League “Most Valuable Player”
2021-22 Italian Cup (Coppa Italia) “Most Valuable Player”
2021–22 Italian League “Top Scorer”
2022 FIVB Nations League – “Best Opposite Hitter”
2022 FIVB Nations League – “Most Valuable Player”
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Tijana Bošković (Serbian Cyrillic: Тијана Бошковић; born 8 March 1997) is a Serbian professional volleyball player of the Serbia women’s national volleyball team. Bošković is a left-handed and has won gold with the national team at the 2018 World Championship, the 2022 World Championship, the 2017 European Championship, and the 2019 European Championship. She is a two-time Olympic medalist. She won silver at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games and bronze at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics.
Bošković has been one of Serbia’s key players ever since her debut with the national team in 2014. By the age of 21, she had played in gold medal matches in all major tournaments (Olympic Games, World Championship and European Championship) and she was one of the players who has contributed a lot of winning points for Serbia.
Being selected as the 2019 European Volleyball Confederation Female Volleyball Player of the Year award, Bošković has recorded an impressive achievement by receiving that award for three consecutive years (2017, 2018, 2019).
She currently holds women’s world record for serve speed of 111.4km/h.
Individual Awards (awarded)
National Team
2013 European Youth Olympic Festival “Most Valuable Player”
2014 Junior European Championship “Most Valuable Player”
2017 FIVB World Grand Prix “Best Opposite”
2017 European Championship “Most Valuable Player”
2018 World Championship “Most Valuable Player”
2019 European Championship “Most Valuable Player”
2019 European Championship “Best Opposite”
2020 Summer Olympics “Best Opposite Spiker”
2021 European Championship “Best Opposite”
2022 World Championship “Most Valuable Player”
2022 World Championship “Best Opposite”
Club
2016 FIVB Club world Championship “Most Valuable Player”
2016 FIVB Club world Championship “Best Opposite”
2016-17 Turkish League Regular Season “Best Opposite”
2017 FIVB Club world Championship “Best Opposite”
2017-18 Turkish League Regular Season “Best Opposite”
2017-18 Women’s CEV Cup “Most Valuable Player”
2018 FIVB Club world Championship “Best Opposite”
2018-19 Turkish Cup “Most Valuable Player”
2018-19 Turkish League “Best Spiker”
2019 Turkish Super Cup “Most Valuable Player”
2019-20 Turkish League Regular Season “Best Opposite”
2020 Turkish Super Cup “Most Valuable Player”[29]
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