Ilaria Spirito
{{Short description|Italian volleyball player (born 1994)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox volleyball player
| name = Ilaria Spirito
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|02|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = Albisola Superiore, Liguria, Italy
| height = 1.74 m
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| position = Libero
| currentclub = Chieri '76
| currentnumber = 5
| years = {{unbulleted list|2008–2009|2009–2010|2010–2014|2014–2016|2016–2017|2017–2018|2018–2020|2020–2021|2021–2022|2022–}}
| teams = {{unbulleted list|Albisola|Lanterna Genova|Busto Arsizio|Club Italia|Busto Arsizio||UYBA|Casalmaggiore|Club Roma|Cuneo Granda|Chieri '76}}
| nationalyears = {{0|0000}}
| nationalteam = Italy
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Women's volleyball}}
{{MedalCountry|{{ITA}}}}
{{MedalOlympic}}
{{MedalGold|2024 Paris|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|FIVB Nations League}}
{{MedalGold|2024 Bangkok|Team}}
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Ilaria Spirito (born 20 February 1994) is an Italian volleyball player who plays for Chieri '76 as libero with jersey number 5.
Career
=Clubs=
Spirito's career began in 2008 in Albisola, in Serie C, while in the following year she played for Lanterna Volley Genova, in Serie B1. In the 2010–11 season she was signed by Busto Arsizio with whom she played in the Serie B2 championship and then, from the 2012–13 season, in Serie B1. In this period of time she still obtained some sporadic call-ups to the team that plays in Serie A1, where she entered permanently from the 2013–14 season.
For the 2014–15 season, Spirito was part of the team of Club Italia, in Serie A2, where she remained for two years. In the 2016–17 season she returned to the club Busto Arsizio, where she remained for two years, during which it was renamed UYBA.
In the 2018–19 season, Spirito moved to Casalmaggiore, still in Serie A1, and then signed with Club Roma for the 2020–21 season, in Serie A2, with whom she was promoted to the top division, where, in the following championship, she participated with Cuneo Granda.{{Cite web |url=https://www.legavolleyfemminile.it/la-pomi-riparte-dal-libero-presentata-ilaria-spirito/ |title=LA POMI’ RIPARTE DAL LIBERO: PRESENTATA ILARIA SPIRITO |accessdate=2024-06-20 |date=2018-06-03}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cuneograndavolley.it/ilaria-spirito-e-il-nuovo-libero-della-bosca-sbernardo-cuneo/|title=ILARIA SPIRITO È IL NUOVO LIBERO DELLA BOSCA SAN BERNARDO CUNEO|date=21 May 2021|accessdate=21 May 2021|archive-date=21 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521233235/https://www.cuneograndavolley.it/ilaria-spirito-e-il-nuovo-libero-della-bosca-sbernardo-cuneo/|url-status=dead}} In the 2022–23 season she moved to Chieri '76,{{Cite web |url=https://www.chieri76.it/ilaria-spirito-e-il-nuovo-libero-della-reale-mutua-fenera-chieri-76/ |title=Ilaria Spirito è il nuovo libero della Reale Mutua Fenera Chieri ’76 |accessdate=2024-06-20 |date=2022-05-24}} still in the top division, with whom she won the WEVZA Cup, the Challenge Cup{{cite web|url=https://www.cev.eu/match-centres/2023-european-cups/cev-volleyball-challenge-cup-2023-women/chcw-98-c-s-m-lugoj-v-reale-mutua-fenera-chieri/#teams|title=CHCW 98, C.S.M. LUGOJ v Reale Mutua Fenera CHIERI|accessdate=23 March 2023}} and, in the following season, the CEV Cup.{{cite web|url=https://www-old.cev.eu/Competition-Area/MatchStatistics.aspx?ID=69831|title=CEV Volleyball Cup 2024 Women Finals|date=20 March 2024|accessdate=20 March 2024}}
=National team=
With the under 19 national team, Spirito won the bronze medal at the 2012 Women's Junior European Volleyball Championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.cev.lu/Competition-Area/competition.aspx?ID=562&PID=1169|title=2012 CEV Junior Volleyball European Championship - Women|website=www.cev.lu}}
In 2015, Spirito received her first call-ups to the senior national team, with whom she won gold at the Volleyball Nations League in 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.fivb.org/vis2009/getdocument.asmx?no=256677411|title=Women's Volleyball Nations League 2024 - P-2 Match result - Final 1-2 (Places 1 and 2)|format=PDF|accessdate=24 June 2024}}
Awards
=National team=
- 2024 Nations League – 16px Gold medal
- 2024 Olympic Games – 16px Gold medal
=Clubs=
- 2022 WEVZA Cup – 16px Champion, with Chieri '76
- 2022–23 Challenge Cup – 16px Champion, with Chieri '76
- 2023–24 Women's CEV Cup – 16px Champion, with Chieri '76
References
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External links
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{{Italy women's volleyball squad 2024 Summer Olympics}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Spirito, Ilaria}}
Category:Sportspeople from the Province of Savona
Category:Italian women's volleyball players
Category:Volleyball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic volleyball players for Italy
Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic gold medalists for Italy