MALINOV Ofelia

29 Feb 1996
25
Female
1.82/5'11''
BERGAMO
 
Italy
ITALY

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
VVO Volleyball Women 6

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Ariake Arena
ROC
ROC
0
ITA
Italy
3
Finished
Ariake Arena
ITA
Italy
3
TUR
Turkey
1
Finished
Ariake Arena
ITA
Italy
3
ARG
Argentina
0
Finished
Finish On:  Aug 1
Ariake Arena
CHN
China
3
ITA
Italy
0
Finished
Ariake Arena
USA
United States
3
ITA
Italy
2
Finished
Ariake Arena
SRB
Serbia
3
ITA
Italy
0
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

:
World Championship
RankEventYearLocation
2Women2018Japan

Nations League - Final Round
RankEventYearLocation
5Women2019People's Republic of China

World Grand Prix
RankEventYearLocation
2Women2017

European Championship
RankEventYearLocation
3Women2019
:
Lia (gazzetta.it, 28 Sep 2018)
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Athlete
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Law - University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, ITA
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Italian
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Savino Del Bene Scandicci [Italy] since 2018
:
Massimo Barbolini [club], ITA; Davide Mazzanti [national], ITA
:
Setter (volleynews.it, 06 Dec 2018)
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Her mother Kamelia Arsenov played international volleyball for Bulgaria, and her father Atanas has coached volleyball at club level in Bulgaria and Italy. (bruelvolleybassano.com, 04 Aug 2014; ilgrandesport.net, 07 Dec 2012)
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2014 for Italy (lavocedeltrentino.it, 28 Jul 2014)
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In September 2017 she fractured the calcaneus [heel bone] in her right foot. The injury prevented her from competing at the 2017 European Championships in Azerbaijan and Georgia. (corrieredellosport.it, 07 Sep 2017)
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Serie A1 [ITA] (legavolleyfemminile.it, 26 Jan 2020)
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She took up the sport at age nine. (avvenire.it, 27 Sep 2018)
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She followed her parents into the sport. "I come from a family in which there is volleyball every single day. But I have never been pressured to become a top athlete. When you have a family name so important there is immediately the pressure to perform at the same level, but for me it has not been a burden. Yet I am proud to be the daughter of two athletes, because they never pushed me, volleyball was a choice I made by myself." (volleynews.it, 06 Dec 2018; avvenire.it, 27 Sep 2018)
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US volleyball players Karch Kiraly and Micah Christenson. (vivovolley.net, 23 Jan 2015; volleynews.it, 06 Dec 2018)
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Her parents. (vivovolley.net, 23 Jan 2015)
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"Life and sport require sacrifices and passion." (avvenire.it, 27 Sep 2018)
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She was named the Best Setter at the 2018 World Championships in Japan. (volleynews.it, 06 Dec 2018)

General Interest

General
TEAM SPORT
She enjoys the team aspect of volleyball and says it was one of the reasons that motivated her to take up the sport. "At age nine I discovered the beauty of this team sport in which it is essential to rely on your teammates. Not everything depends on you, as well as not everything depends on the others. It's a mutual interchange. I like this link that is created. It's also true that I saw what my parents were doing and I also wanted to follow in their footsteps." (pallavoliamo.it, 29 Dec 2013; avvenire.it, 27 Sep 2018)

FAMILY INFLUENCE
She says her family's involvement in the sport has taught her important values that have helped her during her volleyball career. Her mother played professional volleyball, while her father has coached in the sport at club level in Bulgaria and Italy. "I was born with a winning mentality. Since the beginning, my parents made me understand what it means to sacrifice and to dedicate all my force to my passion. They transmitted values within the sport that maybe other girls do not learn so soon. My parents have always been a great support and help for me because of their experience. I admire the attitude my father has in everything he does, while I also admire the unbelievable willpower of my mother, even in the hardest moments she gives it all." (volleynews.it, 06 Dec 2018; avvenire.it, 27 Sep 2018)

CHANGE IN POSITION
She began the sport playing in attacking positions, but switched to setter under the advice of her father. "To tell the truth I was born an attacker. Later my father, who may know something about volleyball, told me that if I wanted to stand out I had to switch. At the beginning I was furious because I wanted to be the one who smashes the last ball. But later I realised the beauty of being at teammates' service." (gazzetta.it, 28 Sep 2018)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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