Roberta Bianconi

Roberta Bianconi (born 8 July 1989) is an Italian water polo player.^[1] She was part of the Italian team that won the silver medal at the 2016 Olympics and the bronze medal at the 2015 World Championships.^[2][3]

Roberta Bianconi

Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1989-07-08) 8 July 1989 (age 35) Rapallo, Liguria, Italy
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Water polo
Club	Ekipe Orizzonte
Medal record Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team World Championships 2015 Kazan Team 2023 Fukuoka Team European Championships 2012 Eindhoven 2016 Belgrade 2022 Split FINA World League 2011 Tianjin 2014 Kunshan 2019 Budapest

Bianconi was named 2015^[4] and 2016^[5] LEN European Water Polo Player of the Year being the first female player to be awarded by LEN in multiple times.^[5]

Club career

• 2007–2011 Rapallo
• 2011–2012 Pro Recco
• 2012–2013 RN Bogliasco
• 2013–2014 Rapallo
• 2014–2017 Olympiacos Piraeus
• 2017– Ekipe Orizzonte

Club honours

Rapallo

• LEN Trophy
  • 2011
• Coppa Italia
  • 2014

Pro Recco

• LEN Euro League
  • 2012
• LEN Super Cup
  • 2011
• Serie A1
  • 2012

Olympiacos

• LEN Euro League
  • 2015^[6]
• LEN Super Cup
  • 2015^[7]
• Greek Championships
  • 2015, 2016 and 2017

Ekipe Orizzonte

• LEN Trophy
  • 2019^[8]
• Serie A1
  • 2019
• Coppa Italia
  • 2018

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in water polo (women)
• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Roberta Bianconi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
2. "Water Polo, Women's final and bronze matches - US retain title, their reign is unchallenged". FINA.org. 19 August 2016.
3. "Water Polo Reports - Women, FINALS". FINA.org. 7 August 2015.
4. "Pijetlovic, Bianconi LEN European Players of the Year" waterpoloworld.com 5 January 2016
5. "Filipovic and Bianconi European water polo players of the year" waterpology.com 14 March 2015
6. "Olympiacos wins Euro League after thrilling final" waterpoloworld.com 25 April 2015.
7. "Olympiacos claims European Super Cup" waterpoloworld.com 20 November 2015.
8. "Orizzonte lifts LEN trophy" waterpology.com 13 April 2019

External links

• Roberta Bianconi at World Aquatics
• Roberta Bianconi at Olympedia
• Roberta Bianconi at Olympics.com
• Roberta Bianconi at the Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (in Italian)
• Roberta Bianconi at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics

Awards
Preceded by Maica García	LEN European Water Polo Player of the Year 2015 2016	Succeeded by Laura Ester