Julia Ituma
{{Short description|Italian volleyball player (2004–2023)}}
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{{Infobox volleyball biography|birth_date={{Birth date|df=y|2004|10|8}}|death_date={{Death date and age|df=y|2023|4|13|2004|10|8}}|birth_place=Milan, Italy|death_place=Istanbul, Turkey|nationality=Italian|height=1.92 m|homecountry=Italy|position=Diagonal attack/ Opposite hitter}}Julia Ituma (8 October 2004 – 13 April 2023) was an Italian volleyball player who played for AGIL Volley.
Life and career
Born in Milan from Nigerian parents, Ituma played three seasons in A2 volleyball league before making her debut in Serie A1 in 2022 with Igor Volley Novara.{{Cite news |last=Redazione |date=13 April 2023 |title=Chi era Julia Ituma, giovane promessa del volley precipitata dal sesto piano di un hotel a Istanbul |language=it |work=RaiNews |url=https://www.rainews.it/articoli/2023/04/chi-era-julia-ituma-giovane-promessa-del-volley--63c40b53-05fd-472b-9b1d-83c132ce1938.html |access-date=20 April 2023}} Often compared to Paola Egonu, in 2022 she won the Gold Medal at the European Youth Summer Olympic Festival and the Women's Junior European Volleyball Championship with the Italian national team, scoring 21 points in the final.
Ituma committed suicide on 13 April 2023, aged 18, by jumping from a window on the sixth floor of a hotel in Istanbul, where her club was staying for a Champions League semi-final match.{{cite web|access-date=14 April 2023|date=13 April 2023|title=18 Jahre alte Volleyballerin Julia Ituma aus Italien stirbt in Türkei|url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/sport/mehr-sport/18-jahre-alte-volleyballerin-julia-ituma-aus-italien-stirbt-in-tuerkei-18818187.html|website=Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung}}{{Cite web |title=Julia Ituma, smentita notizia di un messaggio di saluto in chat |url=https://tg24.sky.it/mondo/2023/04/14/julia-ituma-pallavolista-morta-turchia |access-date=15 April 2023 |website=Sky TG24 |date=14 April 2023 |language=it}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.legavolleyfemminile.it/player/player/ITU-JUL-04/ Profil bei der italienischen Volleyball-Liga] (italienisch)
- [https://women.volleybox.net/de/julia-ituma-p29951 Profil bei Volleybox]
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Category:Italian women's volleyball players
Category:Italian people of Nigerian descent
Category:Suicides by jumping in Turkey
Category:Volleyball players from Milan
Category:Sportspeople of Nigerian descent
Category:21st-century Italian sportswomen
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