Marie-Alex Bélanger (born 13 April 1993) is a

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female volleyball player. She was part of the

Canada women's national volleyball team The Canada women's national volleyball team participates in international women's volleyball competitions and friendly games. The purpose of the Senior Women's A National Team Program is to identify, select and train a group of athletes who h ...

, and participated at the

2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix The 2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix was the 25th edition of the annual women's international volleyball tournament played by 32 teams between 7 July and 6 August. The Group 1 Final Round was held in Nanjing, China. Defending champions Brazi ...

, and

2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship The 2018 FIVB Women's World Championship was the eighteenth edition of the event, contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of the ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The final tournament was held in Japan from 29 Sep ...

University career

Bélanger played

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for the

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Carabins for five seasons from 2013 to 2018. At the U Sports National Championship, she was a member of the bronze medal Carabins team in 2015. In 2018, she won both the Mary Lyons Award for U Sports Women's Volleyball Player of the Year and also the BLG Award for the

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Female Athlete of the Year.

References

External links

FIVB profile
* https://volleymob.com/volleyball-canada-announces-womens-roster-for-world-championships/ * http://volleyballceltique.qc.ca/marie-alex-belanger-au-championnat-du-monde/ * https://www.smaeschpfeffingen.ch/9-marie-belanger.html Living people 1993 births Canadian women's volleyball players Opposite hitters Université de Montréal alumni Montreal Carabins volleyball players Expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland {{Canada-volleyball-bio-stub