Indrė Sorokaitė (born 2 July 1988) is a Lithuanian-born Italian volleyball player. She plays for Union Volley Pinerolo and for the Italy women's national volleyball team.[2][3] She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Indre Sorokaite
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1988-07-02) 2 July 1988 (age 36)
Kaunas, Lithuania[1]
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOpposite, Outside Hitter
Current clubUnion Volley Pinerolo
Number1
Career
YearsTeams
2003–2004Montesilvano
2004–2006Castelfidardo
2006–2009Bergamo
2009–2012Chieri Torino
2012–2013Azerrail Baku
2013–2014Denso Airybees
2014–2016River
2016–2019Il Bisonte Firenze
2019–2020Imoco Volley
2020–2021Toyota Queenseis
2021–2022Il Bisonte Firenze
2022–2023Savino del Bene Scandicci
2023–2024Union Volley Pinerolo
National team
2013–Italy
Honours
Women’s volleyball
Representing  Italy
European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Turkey Team
FIVB World Grand Prix
Silver medal – second place 2017 Nanjing

Career

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She was born in Kaunas, Lithuania, and moved to Italy with her mother at age 14. She started playing volleyball in Italy in 2003. In June 2013 she became an Italian citizen, and made her national team debut a few days later.

She competed at the 2019 Montreux Volley Masters,[4] and 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League.[5]

Her younger brother Paulius Sorokas [it] is a professional basketball player.

Awards

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Clubs

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References

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  1. ^ "Indre Sorokaite". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Team Roster - Italy - Montreux Volley Masters 2019". volleymasters.ch. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Indre Sorokaite". Volleyball World. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Team Roster - Italy - Montreux Volley Masters 2019". 2019-10-18. Archived from the original on 2019-10-18. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  5. ^ "Player - Indre Sorokaite - FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2019". en.volleyballworld.com. Retrieved 2023-04-19.