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1995 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix
The 1995 FIVB World Grand Prix was the third women's volleyball tournament of its kind, played by eight countries from 18 August to 17 September 1995. The final round was staged in Shanghai. Preliminary rounds Ranking The host China and top three teams in the preliminary round advance to the Final round. First round Group A *Venue: Honolulu, United States Group B *Venue: Belo Horizonte, Brazil Second round Group C *Venue: Taipei, Taiwan Group D *Venue: Jakarta, Indonesia Third round Group E *Venue: Tokyo, Japan Group F *Venue: Macau Fourth round Group G *Venue: Hamamatsu, Japan Group H *Venue: Beijing, China Final round *Venue: Shanghai, China Final ranking Final standings Individual awards *Most Valuable Player: ** *Best Scorer: ** *Best Spiker: ** *Best Blocker: ** *Best Server: ** *Best Setter: ** *Best Receiver: ** Dream Team Setter: ** Middle Blockers: ** ** Outside H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tara Cross-Battle
Tara Cross-Battle (born September 16, 1968 in Houston, Texas) is a retired volleyball player from the United States, who won the bronze medal with the USA National Women's Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. She played NCAA women's volleyball for California State University, Long Beach, where she helped lead her team to the 1989 NCAA Championship title. In 1990, she won the Honda-Broderick Award (now the Honda Sports Award) as the nation's best female collegiate volleyball player. Cross-Battle competed in four Summer Olympics overall, starting in 1992, after having made her debut in 1990.Her height is 190 cm(6ft 3in) Current life Cross-Battle is currently working at Houston Juniors Volleyball Club. She previously coached at Texas Pride in the 2011 club season as the head coach of the top 16s team. In the 2010 season she coached at Texas Tornados Volleyball club as the head 16s coach and took her team to nationals and got 13th place at nationals. In 2009, her t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beijing
} Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 million residents. It has an administrative area of , the third in the country after Guangzhou and Shanghai. It is located in Northern China, and is governed as a municipality under the direct administration of the State Council with 16 urban, suburban, and rural districts.Figures based on 2006 statistics published in 2007 National Statistical Yearbook of China and available online at archive. Retrieved 21 April 2009. Beijing is mostly surrounded by Hebei Province with the exception of neighboring Tianjin to the southeast; together, the three divisions form the Jingjinji megalopolis and the national capital region of China. Beijing is a global city and one of the world's leading centres for culture, diplomacy, politics, finance, busi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 In Chinese Sport
File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake strikes Kobe, Japan, killing 5,000-6,000 people; The Unabomber Manifesto is published in several U.S. newspapers; Gravestones mark the victims of the Srebrenica massacre near the end of the Bosnian War; Windows 95 is launched by Microsoft for PC; The first exoplanet, 51 Pegasi b, is discovered; Space Shuttle Atlantis docks with the Space station Mir in a display of U.S.-Russian cooperation; The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City is bombed by domestic terrorists, killing 168., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 O. J. Simpson murder case rect 200 0 400 200 Kobe earthquake rect 400 0 600 200 Unabomber Manifesto rect 0 200 300 400 Oklahoma City bombing rect 300 200 600 400 Srebrenica massacre rect 0 400 200 600 Space Shuttle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 In Women's Volleyball
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Yevgeniya Artamonova
Yevgeniya Viktorovna Estes (russian: Евге́ния Ви́кторовна Э́стес, born 17 July 1975 in Sverdlovsk), née Artamonova (Артамонова), is a Russian volleyball player who was a member of the national team and one of only two volleyball players (along with Sergey Tetyukhin) that competed consecutively in six Olympic Games and took the silver medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She also won the Most Beautiful Women Volleyball Player Award, which was held on the occasion of FIVB World Grand Champions Cup 1993 and sponsored by Japanese Monthly Volleyball Magazine. As a member of TOYOBO, she won the first runner-up of "Miss V-League". Honors * 1991 World Under-20 Championship — 1st place * 1991 World Cup — 3rd place * 1992 European Junior Championship — 1st place * 1992 Olympic Games — 2nd place * 1993 FIVB World Grand Prix — 3rd plac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elaina Oden
Elaina Oden (born March 21, 1967, in Orange, California) is a former volleyball player from the United States who won the bronze medal with the United States women's national volleyball team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. She also competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Oden was a member of the U.S. junior national team in 1985. During her tenure with the national team, she competed at the 1986 Goodwill Games and the 1990 FIVB World Championship, earning a bronze medal in each event. She also won a silver medal at the 1995 Pan American Games. High school Oden attended Irvine High School in Irvine, California, and was a standout in volleyball, basketball, soccer, softball, and track & field, where she was the state champion in the shot put her senior year. As a senior, she was named the School's Athlete of the Year. College Oden is remembered as one of the most decorated women's volleyball players in University of the Pacific history. Oden was the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lori Endicott
Lori Ann Endicott (born August 1, 1967, in Kansas City, Missouri) is a retired female volleyball player from the United States. She played for the University of Nebraska and then for the United States national team, winning a bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. High school Endicott attended Willard High School in Willard, Missouri. She helped the volleyball team win the 1981 Missouri state championship, and was an all-conference selection in 1982, 1983, and 1984. Endicott also played basketball and was named to the basketball all-state team in 1984 and 1985. College Endicott then played volleyball for the University of Nebraska. She helped the team win four Big Eight Conference titles from 1985 to 1988. In 1986, Nebraska finished second at the NCAA championships. Endicott was named the Big Eight Player of the Year, and was an All-American in 1987 and 1988. She finished her career at Nebraska with school records for assists in a single season, assists i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lai Yawen
Lai Yawen (, born 9 September 1970 in Dalian) is a Chinese former volleyball player and the current assistant coach of China's women's national volleyball team. She competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, .... References 1973 births Living people Chinese women's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players of China Volleyball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for China Olympic medalists in volleyball Asian Games medalists in volleyball Volleyball players at the 1990 Asian Games Volleyball players at the 1994 Asian Games Volleyball players at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Volleyba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernanda Venturini
Fernanda Porto Venturini (born 24 October 1970, in Ribeirão Preto) is a former volleyball player from Brazil. She represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where she won the bronze medal with the Brazilian women's national volleyball team. Clubs * Recra/Ribeirão Preto (1984–1985) * São Caetano (1986–1987) * Sadia Esporte Clube (1987–1991) * Minas Tênis Clube (1991–1992) * Recra/Ribeirão Preto (1992–1994) * Soracaba Esporte Clube (1994–1997) * Paraná (1997–2000) * Vasco da Gama (2000–2001) * Osasco (2002–2004) * Rio de Janeiro (2004–2006) * CAV Murcia 2005 (2007–2008) * Rio de Janeiro (2011–2012) Awards Individuals * '' 1989 FIVB U20 World Championship – "Best Setter"'' * '' 1991 FIVB Club World Championship – "Best Setter"'' * ''1991 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup The 1991 FIVB Women's World Cup was held from 8 to 17 November 1991 in 3 cities in Japan: Tokyo, Sendai, and Osaka. Twe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ana Moser
Ana Beatriz Moser (born August 14, 1968 in Blumenau) is a Brazilian former volleyball player, who played as an outside hitter. She was a member of the Women's National Team for over a decade, serving as the team captain and winning the squad's first Olympic Games medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. She participated at the 1999 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup. Clubs * Transbrasil (1985–1988) * Sadia Esporte Clube (1988–1991) * Colgate/São Caetano (1991–1993) * Leite Moça/Sorocaba (1993–1996) * Mizuno/Uniban (1996–1997) * Dayvit/Barueri (1997–1998) * UNG Ung or UNG may refer to: People * Woong, a Korean given name also spelled Ung * Ung (surname), a Cambodian and Norwegian surname * Ung Thị (full name Nguyễn Phúc Ung Thị; 1913–2001), Vietnamese-born American businessman * Franz Unger ( ... (1998–1999) * BCN/Osasco (1998–1999) Awards Individuals * '' 1987 FIVB U20 World Championship – "Most Valuable Player"'' * '' 1990 FIVB World Champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magaly Carvajal
Magalys Carvajal Rivera (born December 18, 1968) is a Cuban Volleyball Player, World champion and Olympic champion. She led Cuba to Olympic Gold Medals in the 1992 Barcelona and 1996 Atlanta Games. She also helped Cuba to win the World Gold Medal in 1994. She has been called the greatest middle blocker to ever play the sport of women's volleyball, standing at 6' 3" tall. Known for shutting down the greatest hitters in the world. Her vertical jump (11 feet) is rivaled only by teammate Mireya Luis. Her stare is known to intimidate any player at the net, and has been called by many of her peers "the look of death". She was a dominant blocker and hitter in the world during her time as a starter for the Cuban National Team. Magaly is still an active player in 2009 for Ciudad Las Palmas G.C. Cantur in Spain, where she is one of the best attackers and blockers being elected MVP and "best 7" several times. In 2013/14 she plays for CV IBSA ACE Gran Canaria 2014 and is one of the Top Scorer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
