Nathan Roberts (born 17 February 1986, in Adelaide,

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) is an Australian volleyball player. He attended

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from 1999 to 2003 and was a member of the school's Special Interest Volleyball program. He has played 395 matches for the Australian National Team including the 2006, 2010 & 2014 World Championships. He was a gold medalist at the 2007 Asian Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia and was the Best Spiker at the 2011 Asian Championships in Tehran, Iran. Nathan has also won the Australian Volleyball League Championship in 2003, Danish Volleyball League Championship in 2006 (Finals MVP), The Slovenian Cup and League Championships in 2015, (Cup MVP) and the French Pro B Championship. (All star team) He has also competed for Australia at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

.London 2012
Nathan said in an interview in 2022 that the highlight of his career was undoubtedly securing back to back championships with the NOB volleyball club at Victoria's Seaside Tournament in 2021 and 2022. Now in semi-retirement, Nathan spends his time playing with South Adelaide Volleyball Club, and the NOBs. His jump having reduced significantly, he spends the majority of his time rolling trying to make his numerous injuries function.

References

Clubs

* Australian Institute of Sport (2002–2004) * Marienlyst Odense (2005–2006) * Bayer Wuppertal (2006–2007) * Castelo Da Maia (2007–2008) * Apollon Kalamarias (2008–2009) * Pallavolo Pineto (2009–2010) * Globo Volley Sora (2010–2011) * CMC Ravenna (2011–2012) * Al Shabab Al Arabi (2012–2013) * Pallavolo Lugano (2013–2014) * ACH Ljubljana (2014–2015) * VBC Mondovi (2015–2016) * MKS Będzin (2016–2017) * AS Cannes (2017-2019) * Adelaide Storm (2020-Present)

Sporting achievements

Clubs

National championships

* 2003

Australian Men's Volleyball Championships, * 2005/2006 gold medal with cup

Danish Men's Volleyball Championships, * 2012/2013 bronze medal with cup

UAE Men's Volleyball Championships, * 2013/2014 gold medal with cup

Swiss Men's Volleyball Championships, * 2014/2015 gold medal with cup

Slovenian Men's Volleyball Championships, * 2014/2015 Simple gold cup

Slovenian Cup, * 2017/2018 Gold medal with cup

French Pro B Men's Championship, 1986 births Living people Australian men's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players for Australia Sportspeople from Adelaide Expatriate volleyball players in Poland Sportsmen from South Australia Australian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Australian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland {{Australia-volleyball-bio-stub