Dirk Westphal (born January 31, 1986) is a German volleyball player, a member of

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and Iranian club Shahrdari Tabriz VC, a gold medalist of European League 2009, a bronze medalist of the World Championship 2014.

Personal life

Westphal was born in

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

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. He is a son of Rolf and Petra (née Brandwein). In the years 1996-2006 he attended the sports school Coubertin-Gymnasium in Berlin. Then he did his military service in Nienburg, Lower Saxony and in sports group of the

Bundeswehr The ''Bundeswehr'' (, meaning literally: ''Federal Defence'') is the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany. The ''Bundeswehr'' is divided into a military part (armed forces or ''Streitkräfte'') and a civil part, the military part con ...

Mitte Mitte () is the first and most central borough of Berlin. The borough consists of six sub-entities: Mitte proper, Gesundbrunnen, Hansaviertel, Moabit, Tiergarten and Wedding. It is one of the two boroughs (the other being Friedrichshain-Kreuzb ...

. He has girlfriend and two children.Chris

Career

National team

In 2014 played at World Championship 2014 held in

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

won the match for the bronze medal with

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.''Germany take home the bronze medal''
- fivb.org - 21-09-2014

Sporting achievements

Clubs

National championships

* 2007/2008 Silver medal with cup

German Championship, with SCC Berlin * 2012/2013 Simple gold cup

Belgium Cup, with Knack Randstad Roeselare * 2012/2013 Gold medal with cup

Belgium Championship, with Knack Randstad Roeselare

National team

* 2009

European League * 2014 Bronze medal with cup

FIVB World Championship

References

External links

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1986 births Living people Volleyball players from Berlin German men's volleyball players German expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate volleyball players in Italy German expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate volleyball players in Belgium German expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate volleyball players in Poland German expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate volleyball players in France Czarni Radom players German expatriate sportspeople in Iran Expatriate volleyball players in Iran {{Germany-volleyball-bio-stub