Maren Fromm (née Brinker; born 10 July 1986) is a retired German

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player, a member of

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Personal life

On 24 June 2017 she married Christian Fromm, German national team volleyball player.

Career

Brinker represented her

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in the

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. She signed for the Italian club Unendo Yamamay Busto Arsizio in June 2012 and won the 2012 Italian Supercup with this club. In the 2012–13 CEV Women's Champions League Brinker won the bronze medal with her club after falling to

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in the semifinals, but defeating

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to claim the podium finish. She also won the Best Server award of the tournament. 2014 in the FIVB Championships in Italy, she carried the German team into the second round where they fell one point short of reaching the quarter-finals (final 9th place). After 11 years in the national team, she announced her retirement in the 2018 FIVB Women's World Championship

Clubs

Awards

Individuals

* 2012–13 CEV Champions League "Best Server" * 2015 German Volleyball Player of the Year * 2016 German Volleyball Player of the Year

Clubs

* 2012 Italian Supercup – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Unendo Yamamay Busto Arsizio *

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– Bronze medal, with Unendo Busto

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* 1986 births Living people German expatriate sportspeople in Turkey German women's volleyball players People from Wilhelmshaven European Games competitors for Germany Volleyball players at the 2015 European Games Sportspeople from Lower Saxony German expatriate volleyball players German expatriate sportspeople in Italy German expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate volleyball players in Turkey Expatriate volleyball players in Italy Expatriate volleyball players in Poland Outside hitters {{Germany-volleyball-bio-stub