Sara Klisura ( sr-cyrl, Сара Клисура; born 15 July 1992) is a Serbian professional

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player. She was a member of the women's national volleyball team of Serbia from 2008 to 2013. She was part of the national squad that won the silver medals at the 2009

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and 2009 & 2010

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. Her current club is 1. MCM-Diamant KE.

Career

Pre-2010: Junior years

Klisura's volleyball career debuted in 2006 with Spartak Subotica, a club that plays in the

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. She played with Spartak for four seasons. In 2009, she joined the

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where she played as a wing-spiker. The national team won the silver medal for both the

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and the

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. Her main accomplishments as a junior player also came in that year where she won the ''Best server'' award for both championships. She was one of the awardees of the Volleyball Federation of Serbia in 2010, where she was awarded as the ''Best receiver''. She also received the

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trophy on behalf of her team when the

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chose the men's and

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volleyball teams as the ''Best Serbian National Teams'' of 2010. She was part of 39 national selections in total.

2010–2011: Vizura Beograd

Klisura started to play in the professional ranks when she was 18 years old. She transferred to Vizura Beograd in 2010 and played with the club for two seasons. During her years with Vizura, the club won the silver medal for both the Super League and the Serbian Cup.

2012–Early 2017: Playing in Europe

Klisura began to play abroad in 2012. She joined the Italian volleyball club

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that plays in the

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, the highest professional women's volleyball league in

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. She remained as a member for two years. In the 2012-2013 season, the club finished at third place in the Italian league. In 2014, she joined the Romanian volleyball club CSM Târgoviște that plays in the country's top professional volleyball league, Divizia A1. The club finished at 4th place in the 2014-2015 season. In 2015, she joined the Russian volleyball club Yenisey Krasnoyarsk that plays in the

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, the highest professional women's volleyball league in

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. The club finished at 7th place in the 2015-2016 season. She left the club after a year and went back to

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. In 2017, she joined the CSM Târgoviște for the 2nd part of the Divizia A1's 2016-2017 season. The club finished at 3rd place in the championship.

Late 2017–Early 2018: Playing in Asia

In August 2017, Klisura was scouted by her former coach,

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, to play in the

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in the

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. She joined the

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volleyball club that plays in the

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, a semi-professional corporate club volleyball league that is recognized by the FIVB and the AVC. The club finished at 3rd place after the championship. Klisura won the ''Best scorer in a Match'' award for dropping 41 points in one of the games. This score is her personal record for points. This also paved way to the creation of her moniker, "Kill-sura". In the 2018 season of the PSL Grand Prix, she transferred to

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where she played as the team captain. The club finished at 4th place after the championship and she won the ''1st Best Outside Spiker'' award .

Late 2018–2019: Back in Europe

Klisura joined CSM Târgoviște for the third time and played at the 2018–19 season of Divizia A1 in Romania and won the bronze medal. The club also participated at the 2019 CEV Cup. In late 2019, she joined 1. MCM-Diamant KE, a Hungarian volleyball club that plays in the

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and Extraliga.

Clubs

* Spartak Subotica (2006–2010) * Vizura Beograd (2010–2012) *

(2012–2014) * CSM Târgoviște (2014–2015) * Yenisey Krasnoyarsk (2015–2016) * CSM Târgoviște (2017) *

(2017) *

(2018) * CSM Târgoviște (2018–2019) * 1. MCM-Diamant KE (2019–2020)

Awards

Individuals

Junior

* ''2009

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"Best server"'' * '' 2009 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship "Best server"'' * ''2010 Volleyball Federation of Serbia "Best receiver"''

Senior

* '' 2017 Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix "Best scorer in a Match"'' * '' 2018 Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix "1st Best Outside Spiker"''

National Team

* 2009 European Championship – GUMUS

Runner-up, with Serbia U-18 * 2009

Runner-up, with Serbia U-18 * 2010 European Championship – GUMUS

Runner-up, with Serbia U-18 * 2010

Awards –

Best Serbian National Team, with

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Clubs

* 2010 Serbian Super League – GUMUS

Runner-up, with

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* 2011 Serbian Cup – GUMUS

Runner-up, with

* 2012–2013 Serie A1 – BRONZ

Third, with

* 2016–2017 Divizia A1 – BRONZ

Third, with CSM Târgoviște * 2017 Philippine SuperLiga Grand Prix – BRONZ

Third, with

* 2018–2019 Divizia A1 – BRONZ

Third, with CSM Târgoviște

References

External links

CEV Profile

FIVB Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Klisura, Sara 1992 births Living people Serbian women's volleyball players Sportspeople from Subotica Sportspeople from Novi Sad Serbian expatriate volleyball players Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Serbian expatriate sportspeople in the Philippines Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Expatriate volleyball players in Italy Expatriate volleyball players in Romania Expatriate volleyball players in Russia Expatriate volleyball players in the Philippines Expatriate volleyball players in Hungary