Lucía Fresco
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Full name | Lucía Daniela Fresco | ||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | la Rusa (the Russian) | ||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||
Born | Chajarí, Argentina | 14 May 1991||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 92 kg (203 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||
Spike | 322 cm (127 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
Block | 316 cm (124 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Opposite | ||||||||||||||||||
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Number | 5 (National Team) 6 (Boca Juniors) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Last updated: 10 January 2017 |
Lucía Daniela Fresco (born 14 May 1991, in Chajarí) is an Argentine volleyball player.
Career
[edit]She has been a part of the Argentina national team since 2009, appearing at the Pan-American Volleyball Cup (in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016),[1] the FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix (in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016),[2] the FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup (in 2011, 2015),[3][4] the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Italy,[5] 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship,[6] the 2015 Pan American Games in Canada,[1] and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil.[7] In the 2019 Pan American Games in Peru, Fresco won the bronze medal and was chosen as the tournament's best opposite.[8]
Nicknamed as 'la Rusa' (literally 'the Russian') by the Argentine press, she resumed playing in August 2014, after recovering from a right shoulder surgery which kept her inactive for almost a year.[9] At club level, Fresco played for Club Santa Rosa (in her native town of Chajarí),[10] Boca Juniors, Sportclub Potsdam, Urbino and Soverato[11] before moving to Pannaxiakos in September 2016.[12] In 2017, she was hired by Békéscsabai RSE of the Hungarian league.[13] In 2019 she returned to Boca Juniors (Arg.) and her team was champion, with Fresco being the best player.[14]
Clubs
[edit]- Club Santa Rosa Chajarí (2003–2009)
- Boca Juniors (2009–2011)
- SC Potsdam (2011–2014)
- Tiboni Urbino (2014–2015)
- Volley Soverato (2015–2016)
- AON Pannaxiakos Naxos (2016–17)
- Békéscsabai RSE (2017–2019)
- Boca Juniors (2019)
- Incheon Heungkuk Life Pink Spiders (2019–21)
- Boca Juniors (2022)
- Charleroi Volley (2022–present)[15]
Personal life
[edit]Fresco, who is homosexual, took part in the #JugáConOrgullo (#PlayWithPride) alongside other LGBT Argentinian sportspeople like Sebastián Vega, Valentina Kogan, and Facundo Imhoff to fight discrimination in the Argentinian sportsculture.[16]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Profile – Toronto 2015". Toronto 2015 Pan Am. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ "Profile – World Grand Prix 2016". FIVB. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ "Profile – World Cup 2011". FIVB. Archived from the original on 12 January 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ "Profile – World Cup 2015". FIVB. Archived from the original on 11 January 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ "Profile – Italy 2014". FIVB. Archived from the original on 4 July 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ "Team Roster - Argentina - FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship Japan 2018". japan2018.fivb.com. Archived from the original on 2018-10-08. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
- ^ "Profile – Rio 2016". FIVB. Archived from the original on 11 January 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ "Dominican Republic end 16-year drought, win Pan-Am Games over sensational finalists Colombia". 12 August 2019.
- ^ "Lucía Fresco, la entrerriana estrella del voley". unoentrerios.com.ar (in Spanish). 4 August 2014. Archived from the original on 13 January 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ "La "Pantera" entrerriana Lucia Fresco fue homenajeada en Chajarí". elonce.com (in Spanish). 6 September 2016. Archived from the original on 11 January 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ "Profile". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ "Lucía Fresco jugará en el Pannaxiakos AON de Grecia". Somosvoley.com (in Spanish). 20 September 2016. Archived from the original on 12 January 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ "Argentin válogatott nehézbombázót igazolt a BRSE!". Archived from the original on 2017-10-05. Retrieved 2017-10-05.
- ^ "ARG W: Boca Juniors claim back-to-back title, Fresco named MVP". worldofvolley.com. 18 April 2019. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
- ^ "Season 2022-2023! Incoming transfer for Charleroi Volley". Archived from the original on 31 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ "#JugáConOrgullo: La bandera de la diversidad se le planta al deporte argentino". pagina12.com.ar. 28 June 2021. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
External links
[edit]- 1991 births
- Living people
- Argentine women's volleyball players
- Sportspeople from Entre Ríos Province
- Volleyball players at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Volleyball players at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Olympic volleyball players for Argentina
- Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Opposite hitters
- Pan American Games medalists in volleyball
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Argentina
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Argentine lesbian sportswomen
- LGBTQ volleyball players