Paola Egonu

[4][5] She has two siblings, Angela and Andrea, and a cousin, Terry Enweonwu, who also plays volleyball.

Egonu was the leading scorer of the finals, amassing a total of 83 points over three matches.

[15] That year, Egonu led Italy to repeat its 2022 performance at the Volleyball Nations League, where she once again earned MVP.

At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Italy won its first-ever gold medal, with Egonu being named MVP and Best Opposite.

Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani described the vandalism as a "serious gesture of vulgar racism", while Roberto Gualtieri, the Mayor of Rome, said it was "a vile insult to a great Italian, who has brought the colours of our country to the top of the world, and to an artist committed to fighting against xenophobia.

She won the Club World Championship with Imoco Volley in 2019 and the CEV Champions League in 2023 with Vakifbank.