Maxwell Philip Holt (born March 12, 1987) is an American professional

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player. He is a member of the US national team, and a bronze medalist at the

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. The 2014 World League and the 2015 World Cup winner. At the professional club level, he plays for Beijing BAIC Motor.

Career

National team

Holt was a member of the U.S. Junior Men's National Team from 2005-2007. He played in the Four Nations Tournament in 2005, the

NORCECA The North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation (NORCECA) is the international governing body for the sports of volleyball in Northern America, Central America, and the Caribbean. NORCECA is the continental confederation that ...

Men's Junior Continental Championship in 2006, and the

FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship The FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship, called the FIVB Volleyball Men's Junior World Championship between 2007 and 2011, is the world championship of volleyball for male players under the age of 21 organized by ''Fédération Internati ...

where the team took seventh. Holt joined the National Team in 2009, debuting in the Pan American Cup. In September 2013

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, including Holt, won the NORCECA Championship. On July 20, 2014 he won the gold medal of World League 2014.''USA upset Brazil to claim second World League title''
– fivb.org – July 20, 2014

Honours

Clubs

CEV Cup The CEV Cup is the second tier official competition for men's Volleyball clubs of Europe. The competition takes place every year. Until 2000, it was the CEV Cup Winners' Cup. In 2000 it was renamed CEV Top Teams Cup and in 2007 it was renamed CE ...

2014-15 – with

Dynamo Moscow MGO VFSO "Dynamo" (russian: МГО ВФСО «Динамо»), commonly known as Dynamo Moscow (russian: Динамо Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. Founded by Felix Dzerzhinsky on 18 April 1923, Dynamo Moscow was the first ...

CEV Challenge Cup The CEV Challenge Cup is the third tier official competition for men's volleyball clubs from the whole of Europe. It started in the 1980–81 season under the name CEV Cup. In 2007 it was renamed CEV Challenge Cup. History * CEV Cup (1980– ...

2012-13 – with

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* National championships ** 2016-17 Simple gold cup

Italian SuperCup, with Azimut Modena ** 2018-19 Simple gold cup

Italian SuperCup, with Azimut Modena ** 2022-23 Gold medal with cup

Chinese Championship, with Beijing BAIC Motor

Individual awards

* 2013:

FIVB World Grand Champions Cup The FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup is an international volleyball competition contested by the senior men's and women's national teams of the members of ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The tournament was created in 1993 af ...

– Best Middle Blocker * 2015:

FIVB World League The FIVB Volleyball World League was an annual international men's volleyball competition. Created in 1990, it was the longest and richest of all the international events organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). The wom ...

– Best Middle Blocker * 2019: FIVB Nations League – Best Middle Blocker * 2019: FIVB World Cup – Best Middle Blocker

References

External links

Player profile
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