Ofelia Malinov
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1996-02-29) 29 February 1996 (age 27)
Bergamo, Italy
Height184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Spike306 cm (120 in)
Block286 cm (113 in)
Volleyball information
PositionSetter
Current clubPallavolo Scandicci
Career
YearsTeams
2015-2016Club Italia
2016-2017Imoco Volley
2017Volley Bergamo
2018-Pallavolo Scandicci
National team
2015Italy
Honours
Representing  Italy
FIVB World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2018 Japan Team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Poland/Netherlands Team
FIVB Nations League
Gold medal – first place 2022 Ankara Team
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2021 Serbia/Bulgaria/Croatia/Romania Team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Turkey Team
FIVB World Grand Prix
Silver medal – second place 2017 Nanjing Team
Montreux Volley Masters
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Montreux Team

Ofelia Malinov (Bulgarian: Офелия Малинов; born (1996-02-29)29 February 1996) is an Italian volleyball player, playing as a setter.

She is part of the Italy women's national volleyball team. She was born in Italy to Bulgarian parents (her father was a coach in the sport).

Career

She competed at the 2015 Women's European Volleyball Championship,[1] 2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix,[2] 2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix,[3] and 2019 Montreux Volley Masters.[4]

She was selected to play the Italian League All-Star game in 2017.[5]

Awards

Clubs

Individuals

References

  1. ^ "CEV - Confédération Européenne de Volleyball". www.cev.lu. Archived from the original on 2017-09-02. Retrieved 2017-09-01.
  2. ^ "Player - Ofelia Malinov - FIVB World Grand Prix 2016". worldgrandprix.2016.fivb.com. Retrieved 2017-09-01.
  3. ^ "Player - Ofelia Malinov - FIVB World Grand Prix 2017". worldgrandprix.2017.fivb.com. Retrieved 2017-09-01.
  4. ^ "Team Roster - Italy - Montreux Volley Masters 2019". 2019-10-18. Archived from the original on 2019-10-18. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  5. ^ "All Star Game: A Bergamo la sfida Selezione Italia vs Resto del Mondo". Volleyball.it (in Italian). Bergamo. 2017-12-18. Retrieved 2017-12-25.
Awards Preceded by Alisha Glass Best Setter of World Championship 2018 Succeeded by Bojana Drča


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