Christian Pampel (born 6 September 1979 in

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) is a

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...

player from

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. He currently plays and coaches at TSV Mimmenhausen.

Career

Christian Pampel started his career in Hochstetten in 1995. After three years in the Volleyball-boarding school Frankfurt, he went to the first division club

VfB Friedrichshafen VfB Friedrichshafen Volleyball GmbH is a German professional men's volleyball club founded in 1969 and based in Friedrichshafen, southern Baden-Württemberg. Main stakeholder is VfB Friefdrichshafen e.V. The club plays in the German Bundesliga an ...

in 1999, won his first championship 2000, and made it to the final of the Champions League in 2000. In 2001, he won both the German championship and the German cup and took part at the European Volleyball Championship in the Czech Republic. In 2002, he won the German championship and cup again. In the following European Volleyball Championship in Germany he was one of the best players, second in the Top-Scorer Ranking and got elected German Volleyball-player of the year 2003. Then he went to play in Italy. For the second division (A2) club Loreto first, then in the first division (A1) club Vibo Valentia where he made it to the final of the Italian cup and the playoffs. In 2005, he went to the A1-club Semprevolley Padua and got elected A1-player of the month February 2006. For the playoffs he was hired by the Greek powerhouse Olympiacos Piraeus but followed his contract with Padova the next championship. He was part of the German National team taking part at the Volleyball World Championship in Japan 2009 (9th rank) and the European Championship in Russia 2007 (5th rank). In 2007, he went back to Friedrichshafen and again won the German Cup and Championship. With the national team he made it to the Olympic games in Beijin 2008 (9th rank). After that he played for Gazprom-Jugra Surgut until September and was then hired by the Italian A1-club Copra Volley Piacenza where he won the Italian Championship 2009. After a summer in South Korea, he went to Qatar in December 2009 and won the GCC Cup in 2010. He won the Qatar Championship in 2010, 2011 and 2012. In 2012, he won the

2012 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship The 2012 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship was the 13th staging of the AVC Club Championships. The tournament was held in Shanghai, China. Pools composition The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2011 Asian Men's Club ...

with Al Arabi and was Top Scorer of the tournament. In 2010, 2011, and 2012, he participated in the FIVB Men's Club World Championship. Since 2016 Pampel is Head Coach and Player of TSV Mimmenhausen in the 2nd Bundesliga Germany (until 2018 one League below).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pampel, Christian 1979 births Living people German men's volleyball players Olympiacos S.C. players Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players of Germany Expatriate volleyball players in Greece Expatriate volleyball players in Italy Expatriate volleyball players in Qatar People from Gehrden Sportspeople from Lower Saxony

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