Overview
- Stefania Corna died on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, after a prolonged illness, a fact confirmed by her former club Savino Del Bene Scandicci and multiple national outlets.
- Corna rose through Foppapedretti Bergamo’s youth system and built a lengthy professional career in Italy’s Serie A1 and A2 with clubs including Milano, Parma, Pavia, Casalmaggiore, Montichiari and Scandicci.
- She won two European Championships with Italy’s junior national team in 2006 and 2008 and made her senior national-team debut at the Montreux Volley Masters on June 7, 2011.
- The Italian Volleyball Federation, the Lega Volley Femminile and several of her former clubs issued public messages of condolence, and Scandicci described her loss as a deep blow to the volleyball community.
- Funeral rites will be held Friday, October 9, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. in the church of San Giorgio Martire in Boltiere, where Corna lived; after retiring from play she worked as an English teacher and was married to player Alejandro Rizo Gonzalez.