Hande Baladın (born 1 September 1997) is a Turkish professional

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player of Fenerbahçe. She started playing volleyball as middle blocker in the youth and junior teams of Eczacıbaşı Dynavit in

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. Since 2014, she plays as opposite spiker. Baladın is a member of the women's national volleyball team, and wears number 7.

Career

Early career

She started her career with İzmir DSİ, then she also played for Arkas and

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before started to play for Eczacıbaşı Vitra in youth level (2009–2014).

Club

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(2013–14) * Sarıyer Belediyespor (2014–15) (loan) *

(2015–18) *

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(2018–19) (loan) *

(2019–2025) * Fenerbahçe (2025–present) For the 2014–15 season, she was loaned out to Sarıyer Belediyespor along with four other players, Arelya Karasoy, Rida Erlalelitepe, Buse Ene and Aybüke Özdemir from the youth team of Eczacıbaşı Vitra. For the 2018–19 season, she was loaned out to

along with Yasemin Güveli. With Eczacıbaşı Vitra, she won the gold medal at the

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and

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FIVB Club World Championship.

International

In July 2011, she was admitted to the Turkey girls' youth national team. She played in the national team at the 2011 Balkan Championships held in

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, Albania on 12–18 July, at which they ranked fourth. Baladın won the bronze medal with national team at the 2013 Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship held in

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and

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from 30 March to 7 April 2013. She was selected "Best blocker" of the championship.

Awards

Club

;Eczacıbaşı * FIVB Club World Championship:

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2016–17, 2023–24 *

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: 2017–18, 2021–22 * Turkish Volleyball League: 2017–18,

, 2023–24 2013–14, 2015–16, 2021–22 *

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: 2017–18, 2020–21, 2023–24 *

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: 2019–20, 2020–21 2013–14, 2021–22, 2024–25

National team

* FIVB World Cup:

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2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

* FIVB Nations League:

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

* FIVB U23 World Championship:

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

* CEV U19 European Championship:

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

* CEV U18 European Championship:

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

Individual

* '' 2013 Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship - Best Blocker'' * '' 2017 U23 World Championship - Best Outside Spiker'' * '' 2017 U23 World Championship - Most Valuable Player''

References

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Hande Baladin
at Eczacıbaşı Dynavit
Hande Baladin
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Baladin, Hande 1997 births Sportspeople from Kütahya Living people Turkish women's volleyball players Eczacıbaşı Dynavit players Sarıyer Belediyesi volleyballers Galatasaray S.K. (women's volleyball) players Fenerbahçe S.K. (women's volleyball) players Turkey women's international volleyball players Volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players for Turkey 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Outside hitters Volleyball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Career

Early career

Club

International

Awards

Club

National team

Individual

See also

References

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