Guendalina Buffon

Guendalina Buffon
Personal information
Nationality	Italy
Born	(1973-05-14) 14 May 1973 Carrara, Toscana
Career
Years Teams 1991–1993 1993–1995 1995–1999 1999–2000 2000–2001 Sirio Perugia Amazzoni Agrigento PVF Matera Figurella Firenze Robursport Pesaro
National team
1994 Italy

Guendalina Buffon (born (1973-05-14)14 May 1973 in Carrara, Italy) is a retired Italian female volleyball player. She was part of the Italy women's national volleyball team.^[1]

Personal life

Guendalina was born into a family of Italian athletes. His mother, Maria Stella, was a discus thrower and his father, Adriano, was a weightlifter.^[2] Following their athletic retirement, they subsequently worked as P.E. school teachers.^[3][4]

Guendalina's sister, Veronica, also played volleyball for the Italian national team; her brother, Gianluigi, is a professional football goalkeeper, who plays for Italian club Juventus and the Italy national football team.^[5]

References

1. ↑ "Women Volleyball XIII World Championship 1994 - Teams Composition. - Italy". todor66.com. Retrieved 29 November 2015. 
2. ↑ James Horncastle (4 June 2014). "Gianluigi Buffon: a goalkeeper must be a masochist and egocentric". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 November 2015. 
3. ↑ "Gianluigi Buffon: Bio". gianluigibuffon.it. Retrieved 30 October 2014. 
4. ↑ Gianluigi Buffon (13 November 2008). "Buffon: Ricco e famoso la depressione mi prese lo stesso" [Buffon: I'm rich and famous but depression got me anyway] (in Italian). La Stampa. Retrieved 11 May 2015. 
5. ↑ "Buffon, semplicemente il migliore" [Buffon, simply the best] (in Italian). Sky.it. Retrieved 18 August 2012.