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FIVB World Grand Prix 2001
The 2001 FIVB World Grand Prix was the ninth women's volleyball tournament of its kind. Teams Preliminary round Ranking First round Group A *Venue: Suphanburi, Thailand Group B *Venue: Kowloon, Hong Kong Second round Group C *Venue: Harbin, China Group D *Venue: Kaohsiung, Taiwan Third round Group E *Venue: Harbin, China Group F *Venue: Tokyo, Japan Final round *Venue: Macau Pool play Group A Group B Final four Semifinals 7th place match 5th place match 3rd place match Final Final ranking Individual awards *Most valuable player: ** *Best scorer: ** *Best spiker: ** *Best blocker: ** *Best server: ** *Best digger: ** *Best setter: ** *Best receiver: ** ReferencesFIVB {{DEFAULTSORT:Fivb World Grand Prix, 2001 |
Danielle Scott-Arruda
Danielle Racquel Scott-Arruda (born October 1, 1972) is an American former volleyball player. She played at the 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, and the 2012 Summer Olympics, breaking a U.S. female volleyball athlete record for Olympic appearances. For her lifetime achievements in the sport, Scott-Arruda was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame in 2016. Early life Scott-Arruda was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She attended Woodlawn High School in Baton Rouge, where she was an All-State athlete in volleyball and basketball. College Scott-Arruda played volleyball for Long Beach State. In 1991, she helped Long Beach State to the NCAA Championship match. In 1992, she was the Big West Conference Player of the Year and helped Long Beach State to the NCAA semifinals. In 1993, Scott-Arruda led the 49ers to the NCAA National Championship. She was American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-Northwest Region and the Big West Conference Player of the Year, as she led ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heather Bown
Heather Erin Bown (born November 29, 1978) is an American retired volleyball player who played as a middle-blocker. She represented the United States at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There she finished in fifth place with the USA national team. She also competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Bown made her third straight Olympic appearance in Beijing, helping Team USA to a silver medal. Early life and education Bown was born in Orange, California, and calls Yorba Linda, California home. She graduated from Esperanza High School in Anaheim where she was a three-year letterwinner. She was named all-CIF twice and played club volleyball for NIKE Ichiban that won the Junior Olympics in 1996. Bown attended the University of California, Santa Barbara, for two seasons, where her squad advanced to the NCAA regional finals in 1997. In her sophomore campaign, she was named to the all-Big West first team after finishing the season ranked ninth nationally in hitting percentage (. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 In Chinese Sport
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Elena Tiourina
Elena Tyurina-Batukhtina (born 12 April 1971) is a retired female volleyball player from Russia who made her debut for the Soviet national team in 1989. She competed consecutively in four Olympic Games. She was part of the Soviet and Russian national teams and became European Champion in 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997 and 2001. On club level she played with Uralochka Ekaterinburg Clubs * Uralochka Ekaterinburg (1994) Honours * 1989 European Championship — 1st place * 1989 World Cup — 2nd place * 1990 World Championship — 1st place * 1991 European Championship — 1st place * 1991 World Cup — 3rd place * 1992 Olympic Games — 2nd place * 1993 FIVB World Grand Prix — 3rd place * 1993 European Championship — 1st place * 1993 World Grand Champions Cup — 2nd place * 1994 World Championship — 3rd place * 1995 European Championship — 3rd place * 1996 FIVB World Grand Prix — 3rd place * 1997 FIVB World Grand Prix — 1st place * 1997 European Championship — 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoila Barros
Zoila Barros Fernández (born 6 August 1976) is a Cuban former volleyball player and three-time Olympian. As a middle blocker, she played for the Cuban women's national volleyball team, helping the team win the gold medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the bronze medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She also participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Barros was named Best Spiker at the 2005 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship in Port of Spain Port of Spain ( ; Trinidadian and Tobagonian English, Trinidadian English: ''Port ah Spain'' ) is the capital and chief port of Trinidad and Tobago. With a municipal population of 49,867 (2017), an urban population of 81,142 and a transient dail ..., where Cuba was defeated in the final by title defender United States. Club volleyball Barros played for the Italian club Medinex Reggio di Calabria for the 1998–99 season. She played with the Russian club Uralochka-NTMK for the 2004–05 season. Clubs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizaveta Tichtchenko
Yelizaveta Tishchenko (born 7 February 1975; last name also spelled Tichtchenko) is a retired female volleyball player from Russia who made her debut for the Soviet national team in 1991. She competed in three consecutive Olympic Games (1996, 2000, and 2004), and twice won a silver medal. Tishchenko represented her country more than 470 times from 1991 through 2004, playing as middle blocker in the starting six of the national team, and leading the Sbornaya as its captain in 2003 and 2004. Tishchenko won the European Championships four times, the World Grand Prix three times, and additional medals at World Championships and World Grand Champions Cups. She was consistently among the best attackers in each tournament entered, winning best spiker awards at numerous international tournaments between 1999 and 2003, including the prestigious FIVB "Best Spiker of the Year" in 2002. With her club teams (namely Uralochka VC of Ekaterinburg), Tishchenko won the Russian Championship 13 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toshiaki Yoshida
Toshiaki is a masculine Japanese given name. Written forms Toshiaki can be written using many different combinations of kanji characters. Some examples: *敏明, "agile, bright" *敏朗, "agile, clear" *敏晃, "agile, clear" *敏章, "agile, chapter" *敏亮, "agile, clear" *敏昭, "agile, clear" *俊明, "talented, bright" *俊朗, "talented, clear" *俊晃, "talented, clear" *俊章, "talented, chapter" *俊亮, "talented, clear" *俊昭, "talented, clear" *利明, "benefit, bright" *利朗, "benefit, clear" *利晃, "benefit, clear" *利章, "benefit, crystal" *年明, "year, bright" *年晶, "year, sparkle" *寿明, "long life, bright" *寿旭, "long life, rising sun" The name can also be written in hiragana としあき or katakana トシアキ. Notable people with the name *, Japanese fencer *, Japanese politician *, Japanese field hockey player *, Japanese cyclist *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese rugby union player *, Japanese mathematician *, Japanese baseball pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Noriega
Sarah Beth Noriega (Sulentor) (born April 24, 1976) is an American former volleyball player, a collegiate champion, and an Olympic athlete. Early life Noriega graduated in 1994 from Ulysses High School, in the small town of Ulysses, Kansas. There, she played on the volleyball team under coach Courtney Eslick, who described her as the best athlete he had ever coached. Though her high school team did not win any major championships, Noriega became a three-time WAC all-conference athlete, and, while playing for Ulysses High School, was a two-time all-state selection. She helped win Program-of-the-Year honors for her school for the 1992–93 season from the Kansas Volleyball Association. Collegiate and beyond Noriega played for Loyola Marymount University from 1994 to 1997, helping lead the team to three consecutive WCC championships, and was named the 1997 West Coast Conference Player of the Year. Noriega played with the US National team, participating in the 1995 U.S. Olympic Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Logan Tom
Logan Maile Lei Tom (born May 25, 1981) is an American former indoor volleyball and beach volleyball player, and is the current head coach of the Israel women's national volleyball team. She is a four-time Olympian at the outside hitter position. At age 19, Logan became the youngest woman ever to be selected for an American Olympic volleyball team when she competed at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. She was a skilled all-around player who brought stability to the American serve receive and defense, while also providing the team with a solid attack and block at the net. She was a huge part of the national team from 2000 to 2012. At the 2008 Olympics, Tom helped Team USA win a silver medal and was named Best Scorer, she won another silver medal at the 2012 Olympics with the national team. She was also awarded the Most Valuable Player of the 2004 FIVB World Grand Prix. In October 2021, she was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame, along with Clay Stanley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tara Cross-Battle
Tara Cross-Battle (born September 16, 1968) is a retired volleyball player from the United States who competed in four Summer Olympics overall, starting in 1992. Cross-Battle won the bronze medal with the United States women's national team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Her last Olympic appearance was at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. While representing the United States, Cross-Battle won a bronze medal at the 1990 FIVB World Championship in China and a silver medal at the 2002 FIVB World Championship in Germany. She also won a bronze medal at the 2003 FIVB World Cup in Japan. For her career achievements in volleyball, Cross-Battle was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame in 2014. College Cross-Battle played NCAA women's volleyball for Long Beach State University, where she led her team to the 1989 NCAA Championship title. She was selected as the AVCA Player of the Year in 1988 and 1989. In 1990, she won the Honda-Broderick Award (now th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robyn Ah Mow
Robyn Mokihana Ah Mow (born September 15, 1975) is an American indoor volleyball coach and former player. She is the head coach of the Hawaii Rainbow Wahine volleyball team. She was a setter on the USA national team and played at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, the 2004 Athens Olympics, and at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, helping Team USA to a silver medal. She worked as an assistant coach at the University of Hawaii Rainbow Wahine volleyball team from 2011-2015 and was named Head Coach in 2017 after Dave Shoji's retirement. She has also served as a club coach at Na Keiki Mau Loa Volleyball Club. Personal life Ah Mow was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Talmage and Lovina Ah Mow (both deceased) and has two brothers, Kekoa and Tyson, and two sisters, Dara and Arlene. She attended McKinley High School in Honolulu, Hawaii, where she was a first-team all-Oahu Interscholastic Association East selection for four years and a three-time All-State first team selection. Ah Mow was married to Niobel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
