Pelin Aroğuz (born May 8, 1997) is a Turkish female

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player. She is at , and plays as wing spiker in both the youth and junior teams of Vakıfbank SK in

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. Aroğuz is a member of the

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, and wears number 9. In 2014, she was called up to the

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. She played in the girls' youth team of her primary school Bilfen Ataşehir İlköğretim, which won the district league at

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in the 2011-12 season. In the 2012-13 season, she played in Vakıfbank's youth team, which won the Turkish PAV League (league for teams of candidate professional volleyball players) undefeated. In January 2012, Aroğuz was admitted to the Turkey girls' youth national team. She debuted internationally at the International Brussels Tournament in February 2013, at which she claimed her first national gold medal, and was named "Most Valuable Player" of the tournament in

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. Pelin Aroğuz won the bronze medal with the national team at the 2013 Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship held in

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and

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from March 30 to April 7, 2013. She was selected "Best Spiker" of the championship. With the women's junior national team, she won the bronze medal at the 2014 Women's Junior European Volleyball Championship held in

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and

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. She was selected "Best Spiker" of the championship.

Awards

Individual

* ''2013 International Brussels Tournament - Most Valuable Player'' * '' 2013 Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship - Best Spiker'' * '' 2014 Women's Junior European Volleyball Championship - Best Spiker''

National team

*2013 International Brussels Tournament - * 2013 Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship - * 2014 Women's Junior European Volleyball Championship -

Club

*2012-13 Turkish PAV League with Vakıfbank Girls' Youth team

References

1997 births Living people Turkish women's volleyball players 21st-century Turkish sportswomen VakıfBank S.K. volleyballers Place of birth missing (living people) {{Turkey-volleyball-bio-stub

Awards

Individual

National team

Club

See also

References