FOLIE Raphaela

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
4	Women	2014	Italy

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

Rapha, Raffa (volleybergamo.it, 20 Jan 2014; legavolleyfemminile.it, 20 Jan 2014; FIVB Media Guide, 2012)

Travelling, learning languages. (Instagram profile, 04 Feb 2020; DHLExpressItaly YouTube.com, 30 Mar 2018)

Athlete

Partner David Paunovic

English, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish

Imoco Volley Conegliano [Italy] since 2016/17

Daniele Santarelli [club], ITA; Davide Mazzanti [national], ITA

Middle blocker (legavolleyfemminile.it, 25 Jan 2020)

Her partner David Paunovic has played professional basketball in Italy. (volleynews.it, 08 Apr 2020; legapallacanestro.com, 2019)

2011 for Italy (federvolley.it, 19 Apr 2012)

In September 2020 she sustained a right knee injury. (oasport.it, 21 Sep 2020)

In April 2018 she tore the anterior cruciate ligament and damaged the medial collateral ligament and meniscus in her left knee during a Serie A1 match. She underwent surgery and was sidelined for eight months, missing the 2018 World Championships in Japan. (rainews.it, 13 May 2019; volleynews.it, 08 Nov 2018; topphysiospecialist.it, 08 May 2018)

In November 2017 she sustained a plantar fasciitis injury in her left foot. She returned to competitive action three months later. (gazzetta.it, 07 Feb 2018)

She missed two months in late 2013 due to a right shoulder injury. (Corriere della Sera Bergamo, 25 Jan 2014; legavolleyfemminile.it, 20 Dec 2013)

Serie A1 [ITA] (oasport.it, 21 Sep 2020; legavolleyfemminile.it, 25 Jan 2020)

She took up volleyball at age eight at school in Italy. (modenasportiva.it, 18 Mar 2015)

She followed her older cousins who were playing mini volleyball. She began the sport recreationally until a coach encouraged her to train more seriously. (pallavoliamo.it, 20 Mar 2012; DHLExpressItaly YouTube channel, 30 Mar 2018)

To win a medal at the Olympic Games. (rainews.it, 13 May 2019)

Italian volleyball player Martina Guiggi, Brazilian volleyball player Thaisa Menezes, German volleyball player Christiane Furst. (letteradonna.it, 05 Aug 2015; bergamorossoblu.wordpress.com, 07 Nov 2013)

Coach Paolo Pallabazzer, and her father. (pallavoliamo.it, 20 Mar 2012)

She sleeps in the period before a match, and also listens to music to help motivate herself. (volleybergamo.it, 20 Jan 2014; bergamorossoblu.wordpress.com, 07 Nov 2013)

"Don't listen to those who do not believe in you." (volleybergamo.it, 20 Jan 2014)