BELLANDI Giulia

Sitting Volleyball

Date of Birth: 4 May 1990

Age: 31

Gender: Female

Sport Class: VS1

Place of residence : PISA

Residence Country:

Italy

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Sitting Volleyball	Women ITA Italy	6

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Women's Preliminaries Pool A #01 JPN Japan 0 ITA Italy 3	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Women's Preliminaries Pool A #05 ITA Italy 1 CAN Canada 3	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Women's Preliminaries Pool A #09 BRA Brazil 3 ITA Italy 1	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Women's 5-6 Classification #14 ITA Italy 1 RPC RPC 3	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
World Championships
4	Women	2018	Netherlands
European Championships
2	Women	2019	Budapest, HUN
7	Women	2017	Porec, CRO

Singing, cooking. (dal15al25.gazzetta.it, 20 Mar 2021)

Occupation:

Economics - University of Pisa, Italy

Languages spoken:

English, French, Italian

Dream Volley Pisa ASD [Italy]

Amauri Ribeiro [national]

Position style:

Setter (dal15al25.gazzetta.it, 20 Mar 2021)

She began playing able-bodied volleyball at age 10. She took up sitting volleyball at age 26. (volleynews.it, 03 Sep 2019; comitatoparalimpico.it, 29 May 2019)

She played able-bodied volleyball growing up. "After the accident, my coach often called me to convince me to play sitting volleyball. I tried and I had fun immediately. The sport introduced me to a new world with other people that had the same conditions and the same difficulties. It opened my mind, and at the same time made me feel more confident." (volleynews.it, 03 Sep 2019; comitatoparalimpico.it, 29 May 2019)

To win gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (ruetir.com, 16 Apr 2021)

She trains twice a week with her club, and twice a month with the national team. (ruetir.com, 16 Apr 2021)

Swiss tennis player Roger Federer. (volleynews.it, 03 Sep 2019)

Philosophy:

"After the dark comes the light. The light must be sought in ourselves, we must take the opportunities that arise because they never come back." (ruetir.com, 16 Apr 2021)

General Interest

Classification
VS1 (worldparavolley.org, 20 Dec 2020)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (volleynews.it, 03 Sep 2019; comitatoparalimpico.it, 29 May 2019)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (volleynews.it, 03 Sep 2019; comitatoparalimpico.it, 29 May 2019)

Impairment Details
She was involved in a motorbike accident at age 19 that resulted in the amputation of her left leg. "If I hadn't played volleyball, maybe I would have played tennis. I always regretted not having tried it before the accident." (volleynews.it, 03 Sep 2019; comitatoparalimpico.it, 29 May 2019)

General
FUTURE PLANS
She wants to stay involved in the sport after retiring. "I am very ambitious and I have set myself important objectives both for the sport and workplace, even if to date, it has been difficult to combine the two activities. Therefore, one day I would like to work in the sports federation and, when I stop playing, become the national team manager." (volleynews.it, 03 Sep 2019)

FURTHER EDUCATION
In 2017 she graduated with a master's degree in finance from the University of Pisa in Italy. (Instagram profile, 01 Jan 2020; LinkedIn profile, 01 Aug 2018)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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