ORRO Alessia

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
9	Women	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

Nations League - Final Round

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Women	2019	People's Republic of China

World Grand Prix

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women	2017

European Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Women	2019
5	Women	2017

Athlete

Italian

Saugella Monza [Italy] since 2020/21

Marco Gaspari [club], ITA; Davide Mazzanti [national], ITA

Setter (legavolleyfemminile.it, 26 Jan 2020)

She was sidelined for two weeks in November 2019 after injuring her ankle during training. (varesesport.com, 15 Nov 2019; corrieredellosport.it, 29 Nov 2019)

Serie A1 [ITA] (volley-world.com, 28 Oct 2020)

She began playing volleyball at an early age. (volleynet.it, 21 Mar 2013)

Her mother played and coached volleyball and encouraged her to take up the sport. "I grew up on the courts. She [her mother] played and trained at the time. She was very good, so many things I know about volleyball are thanks to her. But at the time I also used to practise equestrian. One day she made me choose, 'You can't do both'. So I chose to stay with horses. She smiled and then she said something I will never forget, 'I was joking, you can continue doing both'." (olbia.it, 17 Mar 2015; ivolleymagazine.it, 20 Jan 2019)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and to win the Italian Serie A1 title. She also aspires to study exercise science at university. (ivolleymagazine.it, 20 Jan 2019; oasport.it, 12 Jun 2020)

Italian volleyball players Valentina Arrighetti and Eleonora Lo Bianco. (volleynet.it, 21 Mar 2013)

Her family, and her coaches. (volleynet.it, 21 Mar 2013)

She was named Best Setter at both the 2015 European Youth Championships in Bulgaria and the 2015 World Youth Championships in Peru. (linkoristano.it, 06 Apr 2015; u18.women.2015.volleyball.fivb.com, 17 Aug 2015)