Lupo was born in
Rome to an Italian father and a
Kazakh mother. Lupo debuted in the international beach volley circuit on 18 May 2010 in Rome, and obtained his first podium in a
World Tour stage at
Beijing in May 2012, together with
Paolo Nicolai. The two finished fifth in the
2012 Olympic Games and ninth in the
2013 World Championships. In 2014 Lupo and Nicolai were the first Italians to win a European Championship in
the tournament held in Cagliari. In 2015, Lupo was diagnosed with a bone tumor, but was completely cured. The following year, Lupo and Nicolai won the European Championship again, and they were the first Italian team ever to reach a final in the
Summer Olympics. ==References==