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Heather Bown
Heather Erin Bown (born November 29, 1978) is a retired volleyball player from the United States, who played as a middle-blocker. She represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There she finished in fifth place with the USA national team. She also competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Bown made her third straight Olympic appearance in Beijing, helping Team USA to a silver medal. Early life and education Bown was born in Orange, California, and calls Yorba Linda, California home. She graduated from Esperanza High School in Anaheim where she was a three-year letterwinner. She was named all-CIF twice and played club volleyball for NIKE Ichiban that won the Junior Olympics in 1996. Bown attended University of California, Santa Barbara, for two seasons, where her squad advanced the NCAA regional finals in 1997. In her sophomore campaign, she was named to the all-Big West first team after finishing the season ranked ninth nationally in hitting ...
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Americans
Americans are the Citizenship of the United States, citizens and United States nationality law, nationals of the United States, United States of America.; ; Although direct citizens and nationals make up the majority of Americans, many Multiple citizenship, dual citizens, expatriates, and green card, permanent residents could also legally claim American nationality. The United States is home to race and ethnicity in the United States, people of many racial and ethnic origins; consequently, culture of the United States, American culture and Law of the United States, law do not equate nationality with Race (human categorization), race or Ethnic group, ethnicity, but with citizenship and an Oath of Allegiance (United States), oath of permanent allegiance. Overview The majority of Americans or their ancestors Immigration to the United States, immigrated to the United States or are descended from people who were Trans Atlantic Slave Trade, brought as Slavery in the United States ...
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Volleyball At The 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's Team Rosters
This article shows the rosters of all participating teams at the women's volleyball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Group A Group B See also Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters References External linksOfficial website of the 2008 women's Olympic volleyball tournament {{DEFAULTSORT:Volleyball At The 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's Volleyball Team Rosters 2008 2 Women's team rosters 2008 in women's volleyball Vol Vol or Vols may refer to: * Vol (command), a computer operating system command * Vol (heraldry), a heraldic charge * Volatility (finance) * Volume (other) * Volunteer (Irish republican) * Nashville Vols, an American minor league baseball t ...
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2001 FIVB World Grand Prix Squads
This article show all participating team squads at the 2001 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Grand Prix, played by eight countries with the final round held in Macau, China. *Head Coach: Marco Aurélio Motta :''#9 Janina Conceição injured herself in the second weekend and was substituted by #19 Flávia Carvalho'' *Head Coach: Luis Felipe Calderon *Head Coach: Chen Zhonghe *Head Coach: Lee Hee-Wan *Head Coach: Masahiro Yoshikawa *Head Coach: Nikolay Karpol *Head Coach: Ryu Hao-Suk *Head Coach: Toshiaki Yoshida References Line-ups {{FIVB World Grand Prix 2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ... 2001 in volleyball ...
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2001 FIVB World Grand Prix
The 2001 FIVB World Grand Prix was the ninth women's volleyball tournament of its kind. Teams * Preliminary rounds Ranking First round Group A *Venue: Suphanburi, Thailand Group B *Venue: Kowloon, Hong Kong Second round Group C *Venue: Harbin, China Group D *Venue: Kaohsiung, Taiwan Third round Group E *Venue: Harbin, China Group F *Venue: Tokyo, Japan Final round *Venue: Macau Pool play Group A Group B Final four Semifinals 7th place match 5th place match 3rd place match Final Final ranking Individual awards *Most Valuable Player: ** *Best Scorer: ** *Best Spiker: ** *Best Blocker: ** *Best Server: ** *Best Digger: ** *Best Setter: ** *Best Receiver: ** ReferencesFIVB
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FIVB World Grand Prix
The FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix was an annual women's volleyball competition created in 1993. The men's version of the competition was called World League. This event should not be confused with the other international volleyball competitions, the World Championship, the World Cup and the World Grand Champions Cup. From 2018, the World Grand Prix was replaced by the FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League and Challenger Cup. History Origins World Grand Prix was created in 1993 as part of the FIVB's marketing strategy to promote the sport of volleyball by establishing annual international competitions. It was modelled after the World League, a successful event for men that had been introduced three years before. The Grand Prix made women's volleyball very popular in East Asia. As of 2004, the competition was maintained mainly with the support of Asian investors. The early competitions and the finals were usually held in East Asia, because the volleyball market in Eas ...
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2007 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup Squads
This article shows the rosters of all participating teams at the 2007 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup in Japan. The following is the Brazil roster in the 2007 FIVB World Cup. The following is the Cuba roster in the 2007 FIVB World Cup. The following is the Dominican Republic roster in the 2007 FIVB World Cup. The following is the Italy roster in the 2007 FIVB World Cup. The following is the Japan roster in the 2007 FIVB World Cup. * Head coach: Shoichi Yanagimoto The following is the Kenya roster in the 2007 FIVB World Cup. The following is the Peru roster in the 2007 FIVB World Cup. The following is the Poland roster in the 2007 FIVB World Cup. The following is the Serbia roster in the 2007 FIVB World Cup. The following is the South Korea roster in the 2007 FIVB World Cup. The following is the Thailand roster in the 2007 FIVB World Cup. The following is the United States roster in the 2007 FIVB World Cup. See also *2007 FIVB Volleyba ...
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2007 FIVB Women's World Cup
The 2007 FIVB Women's World Cup was held from 2 to 16 November 2007 in Japan. Teams 12 teams participated in the World Cup: * The five champions of their respective continental championships in 2007: , , , , * Four highest-ranked second-place teams of their respective continental championships in 2007: , , , * The host nation's team: * Two wild cards chosen from among the participants of the continental championships in 2007: , Squads Venues Format The competition system of the 2007 World Cup is the single Round-Robin system. Each team plays once against each of the 11 remaining teams. Points are accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final ranking is determined by the total points gained. Rounds 1 + 2 (30 matches, 5 days): 12 participating teams have been divided in 2 groups (Site A & Site B) Rounds 3 + 4 (36 matches, 6 days): teams have continued to play against the remaining teams of the other groups. Results All times are Japan Standar ...
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2003 FIVB Women's World Cup Squads
This article shows all participating team squads at the 2003 FIVB Women's World Cup, held from November 1 to November 15, 2003 in several cities in Japan. *Head Coach: Hugo Jáuregui *Head Coach: José Roberto Guimarães *Head Coach: Chen Zhonghe *Head Coach: Luis Felipe Calderón *Head Coach: Jorge Garbey *Head Coach: Hesham Badrawey *Head Coach: Marco Bonitta *Head Coach: Shoichi Yanagimoto *Head Coach: Ryszard Niemczyk *Head Coach: Kim Cheol-yong *Head Coach: Reşat Yazıcıoğulları *Head Coach: Toshi Yoshida Toshi may refer to: * Toshi (given name), people with the given name ''Toshi'' * Toshihiko Tahara (born 1961), Japanese idol singer, a solo vocalist * Toshi (musician) (Toshimitsu Deyama, born 1965), a Japanese singer and musician * Toshi (comed ... ReferencesFIVBwebsite {{DEFAULTSORT:2003 Fivb Women's World Cup Squads F S ...
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2003 FIVB Women's World Cup
The 2003 FIVB Women's World Cup was held from 1 to 15 November 2003 in Japan. Twelve women's national teams played in cities all over Japan for the right to a fast lane ticket into the 2004 Summer Olympics. Teams were made up as follows: hosts Japan, continental champions and vice-champions from Europe, Asia, NORCECA and South America, continental champion from Africa, and two wild-card teams nominated jointly by the FIVB and the Japan Volleyball Association. Teams played a single-round robin format (66 games overall), in two parallel groups (site A and site B). The women played in Tokyo, Kagoshima, Nagoya, Toyama, Sapporo, Sendai, and Osaka. Teams * — Host * — African Champions * — Asian Champions * — European Champions * — NORCECA Champions * — South American Champions * — Asian bronze medalists * — European Vice-champions * — NORCECA Vice-champions * — South American Vice-champions * — Wild-card * — Wild-card Squads Results ...
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2011 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup Squads
This article shows the rosters of all participating teams at the 2011 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup in Japan. The following is the Algeria roster in the 2011 FIVB World Cup. The following is the Argentina roster in the 2011 FIVB World Cup. The following is the Brazil roster in the 2011 FIVB World Cup. The following is the China roster in the 2011 FIVB World Cup. The following is the Dominican Republic roster in the 2011 FIVB World Cup. The following is the Germany roster in the 2011 FIVB World Cup. The following is the Italy roster in the 2011 FIVB World Cup. The following is the Japan roster in the 2011 FIVB World Cup. The following is the Kenya roster in the 2011 FIVB World Cup. The following is the Serbia roster in the 2011 FIVB World Cup. The following is the South Korea roster in the 2011 FIVB World Cup. The following is the United States roster in the 2011 FIVB World Cup. See also * 2011 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup squa ...
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2011 FIVB Women's World Cup
The 2011 FIVB Women's World Cup was played from 4 to 18 November 2011 in Japan. The tournament was the first step in the qualification process for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. The top three teams qualified for the Olympics, and joined Great Britain as they had already secured a berth as the host country. Qualification 12 teams participated in the World Cup: * The host nation's team. * The five champions of their respective continental championships in 2011. * Four highest-ranked second-place teams of their respective continental championships in 2011 (according to the FIVB World Ranking as of January 15, 2011). * Two wild cards chosen from among the participants of the continental championships in 2011. FIVB World Ranking for second-place teams (as of January 15, 2011) Squads Venues Format The competition system of the 2011 World Cup for Women is the single Round-Robin system. Each team played once against each of the 11 remaining teams. Points ...
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FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup
The FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup is an international volleyball competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. Initially the tournament was played in the year following the Olympic Games, but since 1991 the World Cup has been awarded in the year preceding the Olympic Games. The current champion is China, which won its fifth title at the 2019 tournament. The current format of the competition involves 12 teams, including the automatically qualifying host nation Japan, competing in the tournament phase for the title at venues within the host nation over a period of about two weeks. The World Cup (with exception of the 2019 edition) acts as the first qualification event for the following year's Olympic Games with the top two teams qualifying. The 13 World Cup tournaments have been won by five different national teams. China have won five times. The other World Cup winners are Cuba, with four titles; Ital ...
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