Marta Menegatti, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Italian beach volleyball player
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Place of Birth: Rovigo, Veneto, Italy
About Marta Menegatti
- Marta Menegatti (born 16 August 1990) is an Italian beach volleyball player who plays as a left-side defender with her partner Viktoria Orsi Toth.
- With former teammate Greta Cicolari, she achieved a career-high world ranking of No.
- 4 in August 2012.
- Her career highlights include two gold, seven silver and seven bronze medals on the FIVB World Tour.
- She is also the 2011 European champion and the 2013 Mediterranean Games champion, both achieved with Cicolari.
- Menegatti represented Italy at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, finishing fifth (with Cicolari) and ninth (with Laura Giombini) respectively. Born into a sporting family, Menegatti started playing indoor volleyball at the age of nine.
- Her transition to beach volleyball began six or seven years later and she made her international debut in 2006.
- A decorated junior player, she medalled at four age-group World and European Championships with different partners.
- Menegatti debuted on the World Tour with Cicolari in 2009.
- The pair entered the top ten of the world rankings by their third year and medalled at seven World Tour events before an acrimonious split midway through 2013.
- Menegatti then teamed up with Orsi Toth and reached the podium five more times over the next three years, including her first World Tour title in 2015.
- Following Orsi Toth's suspension right before the 2016 Olympics, Menegatti struggled with different partners.
- Orsi Toth's return in the summer of 2018 brought about a return to form, with Menegatti climbing from a low of No.
- 81 back into the top 25 of the world rankings. Menegatti has been noted as a complete player who can impact games on defense.
- She is the 2011 FIVB Most Improved Player.
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