Rudy Verhoeff (born 24 June 1989) is a Canadian male

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player. He is a member of the

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and

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club

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, a participant in the

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, a gold and silver medalist at the

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and

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, and a bronze medalist at the

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Personal life

Rudy Verhoeff was born in

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to Paul and Cobi Verhoeff. He has three older siblings; Lance, Anya, and Lies, and he began playing volleyball at the age of 14. He is married with Kyla Richey.

Playing career

Club

Rudy was a member of the

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from 2007 to 2012. During his time there, he helped the team win back to back CIS Volleyball Championships in 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 season, while being named tournament MVP in 2011 and winning the Dale Iwanoczko Award for outstanding student athlete in 2012. Following the conclusion of his university volleyball career, Rudy spent a season with the Team Canada Full Time Training Center. He signed his first professional contract with

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club

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, helping the team to a 5th-place finish in the

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. The following season he signed with a different French side, GFCO Ajaccio. In 2015, Rudy signed with German team

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. There, he was teamed up with fellow national team players

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and Jay Blankenau.

National Team

Rudy first joined the national team program in 2008 with the

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. He helped the team win silver in the 2008 Junior NORCECA Championship, and qualify for the

2009 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship The 2009 FIVB Volleyball Men's Junior World Championship was held in Pune, India from 31 July to 9 August 2009. Brazil won the tournament after defeating Cuba 3-2 in the final. Maurício Borges Silva was elected the Most Valuable Player. Pool ...

. He joined the senior national team in 2013. Rudy has helped the team win silver and gold at the

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and

, respectively, as well as a bronze medal at the

. In 2016, he helped the team finish 5th at the

. Pro Volleyball He played

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in February 2019 for

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. He was the top scorer of the tournament.

Sporting Achievements

Club

* 2009/2010 Silver medal with cup

CIS Men's Volleyball Championship, with

* 2010/2011 Gold medal with cup

CIS Men's Volleyball Championship, with

* 2011/2012 Gold medal with cup

CIS Men's Volleyball Championship, with

* 2019

, with

National Team

* 2008

Junior NORCECA Championship * 2013 Silver medal with cup

NORCECA Championship * 2015 Gold medal with cup

NORCECA Championship * 2015 Bronze medal with cup

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Individual

* 2010/2011 CIS Men's Volleyball Championship - MVP * 2013 NORCECA Championship - Best Middle Blocker * 2013 NORCECA Championship - Best Blocker

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Verhoeff, Rudy 1989 births Living people Canadian men's volleyball players Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Sportspeople from Calgary Volleyball players at the 2015 Pan American Games Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Pan American Games medalists in volleyball Olympic volleyball players of Canada Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games