Julia Sends. IMAGO/BEAUTIFUL SPORTS/Tom Bloch
The great hope of Italian volleyball (18 years old) fell to his death from his hotel room in Istanbul, after the defeat of his team Novara against the Turkish Eczacibas in the Champions League.
Julia Ituma, great hope of Italian volleyball, died Thursday in Istanbul on the sidelines of the semi-final of the Champions League lost by his team of Novara against the Turks of Eczacibas, announced the Italian club.
Ituma, 18, fell from the sixth floor of her hotel room in Istanbul, according to local police, quoted by Turkish media.
An investigation has been opened into the causes of the death of the volleyball player, whose body was transported to the forensic institute, Haber Türk television reported citing the police.
Troubled after a phone call
The tragedy occurred a few hours after the Champions League semi-final against the Turkish team Eczacibas, lost on Wednesday by Novara (Piedmont, north-west) 3 to 0.
His body was discovered around 5:30 a.m. Thursday outside the hotel on the Asian side of Istanbul, according to the Turkish daily Daily Sabah.
Hotel surveillance cameras show her returning to her room down the hall, visibly troubled, around 11:00 p.m. Wednesday evening, after a long phone call.
The shocked Italian team was seen leaving the hotel late in the morning, television reported.
Julia Ituma, from Nigeria and born in Milan, played at the point position and was crowned world champion under 20 in 2021.
