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1995 FIVB Women's World Cup
The 1995 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup, FIVB Women's World Cup was held from 3 to 17 November 1995 in Japan. Twelve national teams played in cities all over Japan for the right to a fast lane ticket into the Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, US. Teams * — Host * — African Champions * — Asian Champions * — European Champions * — NORCECA Champions * — South American Champions * — Asian Vice-champions * — European Vice-champions * — NORCECA Vice-champions * — South American Vice-champions * — Wild-card * — Wild-card Squads Results First round Site A Location: Tokyo Site B Location: Matsumoto, Nagano, Matsumoto Second round Site A Location: Fukuoka Site B Location: Fukui (city), Fukui Third round Site A Location: Nagoya Site B Location: Okazaki, Aichi, Okazaki Fourth round Site ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mireya Luis
Alejandrina Mireya Luis Hernández, often referred to as Mireya (born August 25, 1967 in Camagüey) is a retired Cuban volleyball player. Life At the age of 10 she started playing volleyball. At 16, Mireya joined the Cuban national team for the 1983 Pan-American Games, in which Cuba took first place. She would play with them again in the 1987 Games, and Cuba would again win the tournament. After a brief hiatus due to injury, she resumed play in 1990 at the World Championship in Japan where the Cuban team finished fourth. In 1991 she led the Cuban team to win its first ever World Cup in Mexico . Mireya won her first Olympic gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics, 1992 Games in Barcelona with team mate Regla Bell. She would win a second gold in 1996 Olympic Games, Atlanta in 1996, again playing with the Cuban national team. Meanwhile, she also led Cuba to two world championships in 1994 where she was chosen the best spiker and Cuba won every match with a perfect 3-0. The team wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raisa O'Farrill
Raisa O'Farrill Bolanos (born 17 April 1972) was a Cuban female volleyball player. She was part of the Cuba women's national volleyball team winning the gold medal at both the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1996 Summer Olympics. She also played at the 1994 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship The 1994 FIVB Women's World Championship was the twelfth edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held from 17 to 30 October 1994 in São Paulo and Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Teams ;Group A * * * * ... in Brazil. On club level she played with Villa Clara. Clubs * Villa Clara (1994) References Further reading Sports Reference Profile External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 In Women's Volleyball
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Nataša Osmokrović
Nataša Osmokrović, born 27 May 1976 in Zagreb, Yugoslavia) is an international Croatian volleyball player who played with Croatia at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Personal life Natasa has a son named Markus and currently lives in Moscow. Career Osmokrović, then Nataša Leto, played with her national team in the 2000 Summer Olympics, helping them to reach the quarterfinals rounds and finishing in seventh place. She won the bronze medal at the 2007–08 CEV Indesit Champions League with Asystel Novara and also was individually awarded "Best receiver". She also won the 2009 CEV Cup with Novara. She signed a two-year contract with the Turkish team Fenerbahçe Acibadem in 2009. With this team she was awarded "Best server" at the CEV Indesit Champions League Final Four 2010 and win the Turkish League Championship. She also won the 2010 Clubs World Championship crown and the bronze medal in the 2011 CEV Championsleague with Fenerbahçe. Osmokrović win the 2011 FIVB Women's Club Worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerine Fleurke
Jenny ("Jerine") Catharine Fleurke (born 11 August 1973, in Groningen) is a retired female volleyball player from the Netherlands, who represented her native country at 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, ... in Atlanta, Georgia, finishing in fifth place. Fleurke was a member of the Netherlands national team that won the gold medal at the 1995 European Championship by defeating Croatia 3–0 in the final. References *Dutch Olympic Committee 1973 births Dutch women's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players of the Netherlands Sportspeople from Groningen (city) Living people {{Netherlands-volleyball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elles Leferink
Elles Maria Leferink (born 14 November 1976 in Weerselo, Overijssel) is a volleyball player from the Netherlands, who represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, finishing in fifth place. Leferink was a leading youngster in the Netherlands national team that won the gold medal at the 1995 European Championship by defeating Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland") , image_map = , map_caption = , capit ... 3–0 in the final. Among other awards she was elected "best player of Europe" aged 19 in 1995 and "best server" at the World Championship 1998 and the European Championship in 2003. She retired in 2007, becoming a mother. Individual awards * 1995 CEV "European Volleyball Player of the Year" * 1998 World Championship "Best Server" * 2003 European Championship "B ... [...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] |
Eugenio George Lafita
Eugenio George Lafita (March 29, 1933 – June 1, 2014) was a Cuban volleyball coach. Nicknamed "Volleyball guru", Lafita led the Cuban women's team to three straight gold medals in the Olympic Games, 1992, 1996 and 2000. In 2000, the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball named George the Best Women's Volleyball Team Coach of the Twentieth Century. George was born on March 29, 1933, in Baracoa, Cuba. In the 1940s his family moved to Havana running from the economical crisis.Eugenio Rafael George Lafita Ecured.cu. Retrieved 2014-08-21. His volleyball career started in 1947 at Pepe Barrientos Gymnasium in the Luyano neighborhood in . For more than 40 years he was married to Graciela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marta Sánchez (volleyball)
Marta Sánchez Salfrán (born May 17, 1973) is a Cuban volleyball player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), .... In 2004, she was a member of the Cuban team which won the bronze medal in the Olympic tournament. References * 1973 births Living people Cuban women's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players of Cuba Olympic medalists in volleyball Olympic bronze medalists for Cuba Volleyball players at the 2003 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Pan American Games medalists in volleyball Olympic gold medalists for Cuba Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games 21st-century Cuban women { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirka Francia
Mirka Francia Vasconcelos (born 14 February 1975, in Villa Clara) is a Cuban-Italian volleyball player who has won two Olympic gold medals with the Cuba women's national volleyball team. At 1.84 meters (6 ft) tall, she played as a blocker before becoming a hitter in 2004. Life and career Born in Santa Clara, Cuba, Francia first played volleyball at age ten and joined the junior national team in Havana four years later. With the national team she won two gold medals, at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She also played on the Cuban national team that won the FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in 1994 and 1998. In the 1998-1999 season she played for Romanelli Firenze in the Italian second division before joining Sirio Perugia for the following season. She skipped the 2000-2001 season because of pregnancy, but rejoined Sirio Perugia the next year. With the team she has won the Italian Championship three times (2002–2003, ... [...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] |
