Alessandro Michieletto
{{Short description|Italian volleyball player (born 2001)}}
{{Infobox volleyball biography
| name = Alessandro Michieletto
| image = Alessandro Michieletto (Legavolley 2021).png
| image_size =
| caption = Michieletto in 2021
| fullname =
| nationality = {{flag country|ITA}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2001|12|5|df=y}}
| birth_place = Desenzano del Garda, Italy
| height = 2.11 m
| weight = 88 kg
| spike = 375cm
| block = 355cm
| college =
| position = Outside hitter
| currentclub =
| currentnumber = 5 (national team)
| years = 2018–2020
2020–present
| teams = {{flagicon|ITA}} Uni Trento
{{flagicon|ITA}} Itas Trentino
| nationalyears = 2019–
| nationalteam = {{vb|ITA}}
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport| Men's volleyball }}
{{MedalCountry| {{ITA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|FIVB World Championship}}
{{MedalGold|2022 Poland/Slovenia|}}
{{MedalCompetition|CEV European Championship}}
{{MedalGold|2021 Poland/Czechia/Estonia/Finland|}}
}}
Alessandro Michieletto ({{IPA|it|alesˈsandro mikjeˈletto}}; born 5 December 2001) is an Italian professional volleyball player and member of the Italy men's national volleyball team.
Career
Michieletto currently plays for Itas Trentino volleyball club as an outside hitter. His father, Riccardo Michieletto, is a former Italian volleyball player and his sister Francesca Michieletto also plays professional beach and indoor volleyball.{{cite news|url=https://volleybox.net/alessandro-michieletto-p28908/clubs|title=Player Profile: Alessandro Michieletto|publisher=Volleybox|last=|first=|location=|date=|access-date=2021-07-23}}
With the Italian national team, he was named to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics squad.{{cite news|url=https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/olympics-2020/teams/men/4623/players/|title=Italy Men's Olympic 2020 Roster|publisher=Volleyball World|last=|first=|location=|date=|access-date=2021-07-23}}{{cite web|url=https://www.volleyball.it/verso-tokyo2020-i-12-azzurri-di-blengini-per-le-olimpiadi-in-lavia-michieletto-out-lanza/|title=Verso Tokyo 2020 I 12 azzurri di blengini per le olimpiadi in lavia michieletto out lanza|publisher=Italian Volleyball National Team|language=Italian|date=5 July 2021|accessdate=5 July 2021|archive-date=11 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711082329/https://www.volleyball.it/verso-tokyo2020-i-12-azzurri-di-blengini-per-le-olimpiadi-in-lavia-michieletto-out-lanza/|url-status=dead}} In his Olympic debut versus Canada, he led all scorers with 24 points in Italy's five-set comeback win.{{cite web|url=https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/olympics-2020/news/michieletto-makes-good-impression-in-olympic-debut|title=Michieletto makes good impression in Olympic debut|publisher=Volleyball world|language=|date=24 July 2021|accessdate=24 July 2021}}
Honors
=Club=
- 2022 FIVB Club World Championship 16px
- 2021 FIVB Club World Championship 16px
- 2021-2022 Italian SuperCup 16px
- 2020-2021 CEV Champions League Image:Med 2.png
- 2020-2021 Italian Serie A1 Image:Med 3.png
- 2020-2021 Italian Cup Image:Med 3.png
- 2020-2021 Italian SuperCup Image:Med 3.png
- 2018-2019 Italian Serie B Group B Image:Med 3.png
- 2022-2023 Italian Cup 16px
- 2022-2023 Italian Championship 16px
- 2023-2024 CEV Champions League 16px
=Youth national team=
=National team=
=Individual=
- 2020: U20 European Championship - Most Valuable Player
- 2021: CEV European Championship – Best outside hitter
- 2021: U21 World Championship – Most valuable player
- 2021: FIVB Club World Championship – Best outside spiker
- 2022: FIVB Club World Championship – Best outside spiker
- 2024: CEV Champions League – Most valuable player
References
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{{succession box |
| before = {{flagicon|POL}} Wilfredo León
{{flagicon|SRB}} Uroš Kovačević
| after = Incumbent
| title = Best Outside Hitters of
CEV European Championship
| years = 2021
(with {{flagicon|ITA}} Daniele Lavia)
|}}
{{succession box |
| before = {{flagicon|IRI}} Amir Hossein Esfandiar
| after = Incumbent
| title = Most Valuable Player of
FIVB U21 World Championship
| years = 2021
|}}
{{succession box |
| before = {{flagicon|ITA}} Osmany Juantorena
{{flagicon|ARG}} Facundo Conte
| after = Incumbent
| title = Best Outside Spikers of
FIVB Club World Championship
| years = 2021
(with {{flagicon|CUB}} Miguel Ángel López)
|}}
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{{Italy squad 2022 FIVB Men's World Championship}}
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Category:People from Desenzano del Garda
Category:Italian men's volleyball players
Category:Italian Champions of men's volleyball
Category:Olympic volleyball players for Italy
Category:Volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:Sportspeople from the Province of Brescia
Category:Volleyball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:21st-century Italian sportsmen
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