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Merit Adigwe

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Merit Adigwe
Personal information
Born24 August 2006 (2006-08-24) (age 20)
Crema, Italy
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing  Italy
FIVB Nations League
Bronze medal – third place2026 MacauTeam
European Championship
Silver medal – second place2026 Azerbaijan-Czechia-Sweden-TurkeyTeam

Merit Adigwe (born 24 August 2006) is an Italian volleyball player.

Life and career

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Born in Crema to a family of Nigerian origin, Adigwe began playing volleyball at 15, first as a middle blocker before becoming an opposite hitter.[1] In 2022, she became champion at the U18 European Championship, scoring 21 points in the final.[1] She later won bronze at the 2023 U19 World Championship and silver at the 2024 U20 European Championship.[1] The same year, she made her A1 League debut with Imoco Volley.[2] In 2025, she became world champion and was named MVP of the tournament at the U21 World Championship.[2][3]

In 2026, Adigwe won the gold at the U22 European Volleyball Championship,[4] and the same year, she made her debut with the Italian team at the Nations League, in which Italy went on to win the bronze.[5] She was later selected to be part of the Italian roster at the 2026 Women's European Volleyball Championship.[6]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 Arcari, Marco (9 December 2024). "Chi è Merit Adigwe, la vice-Haak di Conegliano: opposta italiana classe 2006, già decisiva tra Imoco e under azzurre". Eurosport. Retrieved 27 August 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Merit "Meme" Adigwe: regina del Mondiale Under 21". VolleyballWorld.com (in Italian). Retrieved 27 August 2026.
  3. ↑ Salvini, Laerte. "Per Velasco è "l'eccezione", ora vuole prendersi l'azzurro: chi è Merit Adigwe, la vice Egonu". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 27 August 2026.
  4. ↑ "Volley U22 femminile. Italia campione d'Europa: la cremasca Merit Adigwe Mvp!". Il Nuovo Torrazzo (in Italian). 13 July 2026. Retrieved 27 August 2026.
  5. ↑ Barbacci, Roberto (4 June 2026). "L'Italvolley scopre Merit Adigwe: "l'eccezione" voluta da Velasco non ha fatto rimpiangere Egonu e Antropova". Virgilio Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 27 August 2026.
  6. ↑ "Europei su Sky, le 14 convocate del ct Velasco". Sky Sport (in Italian). 25 August 2026. Retrieved 26 August 2026.
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