Pauline Manser (born 2 February 1969 in

Mount Gambier, South Australia Mount Gambier is the second most populated city in South Australia, with an estimated urban population of 33,233 . The city is located on the slopes of Mount Gambier, a volcano in the south east of the state, about south-east of the capital Ad ...

) is an Australian volleyball coach and former professional

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and indoor volleyball player.

Career

Playing indoor volleyball Manser represented Australia 104 times between 1987 and 1996. She was one of the inaugural inductees to the Australian Volleyball Hall of Fame in 2012 in recognition of her indoor volleyball career. Manser competed in the

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of the

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alongside Tania Gooley. They finished fifth. Prior to teaming up with Gooley in August 1999, Manser had played alongside

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from March 1998. She began her international competitive career alongside Liane Fenwick in 1997. From 2010 to 2014 Manser was coach of the Australian women's national volleyball team. In 2015 she was appointed assistant coach to the Lobos team at the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Manser, Pauline 1969 births Living people Australian women's beach volleyball players Beach volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic beach volleyball players for Australia Sportswomen from South Australia