Paola Cardullo

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| nationality = Italian

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| birth_place = Omegna, Italy

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| position = Libero

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Paola Cardullo (born 18 March 1982 in Omegna) is a former volleyball player from Italy, who was a member of the Women's National Team that won the gold medal at the 2007 European Championship in Belgium and Luxembourg. There she was named Best Libero of the tournament.

Career

Cardullo also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where Italy ended up in fifth place and she was named Best Libero at the end of the Olympic tournament.

She won the bronze medal at the 2007–08 CEV Indesit Champions League with Asystel Novara and also was individually awarded Best Libero.{{cite web|url=http://www.cev.lu/mmp/online/website/news/news_archive/news_archive_2008/news_archive_2008_04/11476_EN.html|title=Second Indesit Champions’ League trophy for Colussi PERUGIA|author=CEV|accessdate=2010-06-10|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722153640/http://www.cev.lu/mmp/online/website/news/news_archive/news_archive_2008/news_archive_2008_04/11476_EN.html|archivedate=2011-07-22}} In the 2012-12 champions league, Cardullo played with the French club RC Cannes, capturing the silver medal and the Best Libero award.

Cardullo played with her national team at the 2014 World Championship.{{cite news|url=http://www.fivb.org/viewPressRelease.asp?No=50092&Language=en|title=USA win first World Championship title, China and Brazil complete the podium|publisher=FIVB|location=Milan, Italy|date=2014-05-11|accessdate=2014-05-11}} There her team ended up in fourth place after losing 2-3 to Brazil the bronze medal match.{{cite news|url=http://esporte.uol.com.br/volei/ultimas-noticias/2014/10/12/brasil-passa-sufoco-e-quase-toma-virada-mas-conquista-bronze-ante-italia.htm|title=Brasil passa sufoco e quase toma virada, mas conquista bronze ante Itália|newspaper=UOL|last=Carneiro|first=Leandro|language=Portuguese|location=Milan, Italy|date=2014-10-12|accessdate=2014-10-12}}