Kelsey Marie Robinson Cook (born June 25, 1992) is an American indoor volleyball player of the United States women's national volleyball team. Robinson won gold with the national team at the 2014 World Championship, the Rimini Volleyball Nations League, and the

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, and bronze at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

Early life

Robinson was raised in Bartlett, Illinois. She attended St. Francis High School and graduated in 2010.

Career

Robinson played college women's volleyball at University of Tennessee and University of Nebraska–Lincoln. In 2014, while at Nebraska, Robinson was named as one of the four finalists for the

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in volleyball. Robinson was part of the USA national team that won the 2014 World Championship gold medal when their team defeated China 3–1 in the final match. Robinson won the

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silver medal with Imoco Volley Conegliano after losing the final match 0–3 to the Turkish VakıfBank Istanbul winning also the Best Outside Spiker award. In May 2021, she was named to the 18-player roster for the FIVB Volleyball Nations League tournament. that was played May 25 – June 24 in

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. It was the only major international competition before the

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in July. On June 7, 2021, US National Team head coach Karch Kiraly announced she would be part of the 12-player Olympic roster for the

in Tokyo. USA won the gold medal for the first time in history.

Clubs

* Beijing (2014–2015) *

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(2015) * Imoco Volley Conegliano (2015–2016) * Beijing (2016–2017) * Imoco Volley Conegliano (2017) * Vakıfbank Istanbul (2017–2019) * Fenerbahçe (2019–2020) * Guangdong Evergrande (2020–2021) * Fenerbahçe (2021) * Toyota Auto Body Queenseis (2021) * Imoco Volley Conegliano (2022-)

Awards

Individual

* 2015–16 Italian League "Most Valuable Player" * 2016–17 CEV Champions League "Best Outside Spiker" * FIVB World Grand Prix 2015 "Best Outside Hitter" *2019 FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Cup "Best Outside Hitter" *2022 FIVB Women's World Club Volleyball Championships "Best Outside Hitter"

Clubs

* 2015–16 Italian League Championship – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano * 2016–17 Italian Cup – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano *

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Runner-Up, with Imoco Volley Conegliano *

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Champion, with VakıfBank *

2017 Turkish Super Cup The 2017 Turkish Super Cup ( Turkish: TFF Süper Kupa) was the 44th edition of the Turkish Super Cup since its establishment as ''Presidential Cup'' in 1966, the annual Turkish football season-opening match contested by the winners of the previ ...

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Champion, with VakıfBank * 2017–18

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Champion, with VakıfBank * 2018–19 Turkish League – Simple cup icon

Champion, with VakıfBank

National team

* 2014

FIVB World Championship * 2015 Gold medal with cup

FIVB World Grand Prix * 2015 Bronze medal with cup

FIVB Women's World Cup * 2015 Gold medal with cup

Women's NORCECA Volleyball Continental Championship * 2016 Gold medal with cup

Women's NORCECA Olympic Qualification Tournament * 2016 Silver medal with cup

FIVB World Grand Prix * 2016 Bronze medal with cup

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* 2017

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* 2018

FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League * 2019 Gold medal with cup

FIVB Women's Volleyball Intercontinental Olympic Qualifications Tournament (IOQT) - Qualified * 2019 Silver medal with cup

FIVB Women's World Cup * 2019 Silver medal with cup

Women's NORCECA Volleyball Continental Championship * 2021 Gold medal with cup

FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League * 2020 Gold medal with cup

References

External links

Robinson's official bio
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USA Volleyball
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