Lucía Fresco
Personal information
Full nameLucía Daniela Fresco
Nicknamela Rusa (the Russian)
Nationality Argentina
Born (1991-05-14) 14 May 1991
Chajarí, Argentina
Height1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight88 kg (194 lb)
Spike322 cm (127 in)
Block316 cm (124 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOpposite
Current club
Number5 (National Team) 6 (Boca Juniors)
Career
YearsTeams
2003–2009Club Santa Rosa Chajarí
2009–2011Boca Juniors
2011–2014SC Potsdam
2014–2015Tiboni Urbino
2015–2016Volley Soverato
2016–2017AON Pannaxiakos Naxos
2017-2019Békéscsabai RSE
2019-presentIncheon Heungkuk Life Pink Spiders
National team
2009–Argentina
Honours
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place2019 LimaTeam
Pan-American Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Lima/Callao Team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Lima Team
South American Championship
Silver medal – second place 2011 Callao
Silver medal – second place 2013 Ica
Last updated: 10 January 2017

Lucía Daniela Fresco (born 14 May 1991, in Chajarí) is an Argentine volleyball player.

Career

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

Personal life

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

  1. 1 2 "Profile – Toronto 2015". Toronto 2015 Pan Am. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "Profile – World Grand Prix 2016". FIVB. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "Profile – World Cup 2011". FIVB. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "Profile – World Cup 2015". FIVB. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "Profile – Italy 2014". FIVB. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "Team Roster - Argentina - FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship Japan 2018". japan2018.fivb.com. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
  7. ↑ "Profile – Rio 2016". FIVB. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  8. ↑ "Dominican Republic end 16-year drought, win Pan-Am Games over sensational finalists Colombia". 12 August 2019.
  9. ↑ "Lucía Fresco, la entrerriana estrella del voley". unoentrerios.com.ar (in Spanish). 4 August 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  10. ↑ "La "Pantera" entrerriana Lucia Fresco fue homenajeada en Chajarí". elonce.com (in Spanish). 6 September 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  11. ↑ "Profile". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  12. ↑ "Lucía Fresco jugará en el Pannaxiakos AON de Grecia". Somosvoley.com (in Spanish). 20 September 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  13. ↑ "Argentin válogatott nehézbombázót igazolt a BRSE!". Archived from the original on 2017-10-05. Retrieved 2017-10-05.
  14. ↑ "ARG W: Boca Juniors claim back-to-back title, Fresco named MVP". worldofvolley.com. 18 April 2019.
  15. ↑ "Season 2022-2023! Incoming transfer for Charleroi Volley". Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  16. ↑ "#JugáConOrgullo: La bandera de la diversidad se le planta al deporte argentino". pagina12.com.ar. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
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