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Jordan Larson
Jordan Quinn Larson (born October 16, 1986) is an American professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for the United States women's national volleyball team. A four-time Olympian, Larson earned the USA its first-ever gold in women's volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She also has two silver medals from the 2012 and 2024 Summer Olympics and a bronze medal from the 2016 Summer Olympics. With a career spanning more than 15 years, Larson is considered one of the best players in the history of USA volleyball. Early life Larson was born in Fremont, Nebraska to Kae and Kevin Larson. Her parents separated when she was three years old, and she and her mother subsequently moved to Hooper to move in with her stepfather, Pat Clough. She began playing volleyball in eighth grade. She was named to the Super-State first team in her last three seasons. In 2003, she had 15.08 kills per game to set a Class C1 state record and led LVHS to the state finals. In 2004, as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fremont, Nebraska
Fremont is a city in and the county seat of Dodge County, Nebraska, Dodge County in the eastern portion of the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. The population was 27,141 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of cities in Nebraska, 6th most populous city in Nebraska. Fremont is the home of Midland University. History From the 1830s to the 1860s, the area saw a great deal of traffic due to the Mormon Trail, which passed along the north bank of the Platte River. A ferry connected the two banks of the Elkhorn River near Fremont. It was a major overland route for emigrant settlers going to the West, the military and hunters. Fremont was laid out in 1856 in anticipation that the railroad would be extended to that site. It was named after the American explorer, politician and military official General John C. Frémont. By 1857, there were 13 log houses in the town. The Union Pacific Railroad reached the town in December 1865 becoming the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volleyball At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's Tournament
The women's tournament in Volleyball at the Summer Olympics, volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London was the 13th edition of the event in an Olympic Games, organised by the world's governing body, the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball, FIVB, in conjunction with the International Olympic Committee, IOC. It was held at Earls Court Exhibition Centre from 28 July to 11 August 2012. Qualification Pools composition Teams were seeded following the Serpentine system according to their FIVB World Rankings, ranking as of 15 January 2012. Twelve qualified nations were drawn into two groups, each consisting of six teams. After a robin-round, the four highest-placed teams in each group advanced to a knock-out round to decide the medals. Rosters Preliminary round Teams played a Round-robin tournament, round-robin schedule within the pool and those with the top four point totals advanced to a knockout round. Teams were awarded three points for a 3–0 or 3–1 win, tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 FIVB Women's World Cup
The 2015 FIVB Women's World Cup was held from August 22 to September 6 in Japan. The tournament was a qualification process for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The top two ranked teams, China and Serbia, qualified for the Olympics, and joined Brazil as they had already secured a berth as the host country. Information The FIVB Volleyball World Cup began with signing a contract between Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) and Japan Volleyball Association (JVA) for hosting the tournament on 31 January 2013. In this event, Fuji TV had the right to broadcast the tournament. Moreover, the FIVB released the qualification process of the tournament: # Host country # 2014 World champions # 2 teams per Continental confederation considered by World ranking, Continental ranking, or Continental championship But, on 10 March 2015, the FIVB announced a change of the continental events following each continental confederation's agreement. # AVC used the World rank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup Squads
This article shows the rosters of all participating teams at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup in Japan. The following is the Argentine roster in the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup. Head coach: Hernan Ferraro The following is the Brazilian roster in the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup. Head coach: José Roberto Guimarães The following is the Cameroonian roster in the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup. Head coach: Jean-René Akono The following is the Chinese roster in the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup. Head coach: Lang Ping The following is the Dominican roster in the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup. Head coach: Marcos Kwiek The following is the Japanese roster in the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup. Head coach: Kumi Nakada The following is the Kenyan roster in the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup. Head coach: Paul Busienei Bitok The following is the Dutch roster in the 2019 FIVB ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup
The 2019 FIVB Women's World Cup was the 13th edition of the event, contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of the ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The tournament was held from 14 to 29 September 2019 in Japan. This was the first time that the FIVB did not distribute Olympics places since 1991 due to Japan hosting the 2020 Summer Olympics, but points for the FIVB World Rankings were given. China won their historic fifth title, following titles from 1981, 1985, 2003, and 2015. China surpassed Cuba's earlier record of four titles in the history of the competition. Defending their title as the reigning champions in 2015, China reigned to sweep all eleven matches in Yokohama, Sapporo and Osaka. USA and Russia complete the 2019 podium as silver medallists and bronze medallists respectively. Zhu Ting, outside hitter and captain of the Chinese women's volleyball national team, was selected as the World Cup's MVP, retaining her title from 2015. Zhu was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup Squads
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2011 FIVB Women's World Cup
The 2011 FIVB Women's World Cup was played from 4 to 18 November 2011 in Japan. The tournament was the first step in the qualification process for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. The top three teams qualified for the Olympics, and joined Great Britain as they had already secured a berth as the host country. Qualification 12 teams participated in the World Cup: * The host nation's team. * The five champions of their respective continental championships in 2011. * Four highest-ranked second-place teams of their respective continental championships in 2011 (according to the FIVB World Ranking as of January 15, 2011). * Two wild cards chosen from among the participants of the continental championships in 2011. FIVB World Ranking for second-place teams (as of January 15, 2011) Squads Venues Format The competition system of the 2011 World Cup for Women is the single Round-Robin system. Each team played once against each of the 11 remaining teams. Points w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup
The FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup is an international volleyball competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. Initially the tournament was played in the year following the Olympic Games, but since 1991 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup, 1991 the World Cup has been awarded in the year preceding the Olympic Games. The current champion is China women's national volleyball team, China, which won its fifth title at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup, 2019 tournament. The historical format of the competition involves 12 teams, including the automatically qualifying host nation Japan women's national volleyball team, Japan, competing in the tournament phase for the title at venues within the host nation over a period of about two weeks. The World Cup (with exception of the 2019 edition) acts as the first qualification event for the following year's Volleyball at the Summer Olympics, Olympic Games wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship Squads
This article shows the rosters of all participating teams at the 2014 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship in Italy. Pool A The following is the Italian roster in the 2014 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship. Head coach: Marco Bonitta The following is the Dominican roster in the 2014 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship. Head coach: Marcos Kwiek The following is the German roster in the 2014 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship. Head coach: Giovanni Guidetti The following is the Argentine roster in the 2014 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship. Head coach: Guillermo Orduna The following is the Croatian roster in the 2014 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship. Head coach: Angelo Vercesi The following is the Tunisian roster in the 2014 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship. Head coach: Mohamed Messelmani Pool B The following is the Brazilian roster in the 2014 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship. Head ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship
The 2014 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship, FIVB Women's World Championship was the seventeenth edition of the competition, contested by the 24 senior women's national teams of the members of the ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The final tournament was held from 23 September to 12 October 2014 in Italy. The United States women's national volleyball team, United States won their first world title, defeating China women's national volleyball team, China in four sets at the final. Reigning Olympic champions Brazil women's national volleyball team, Brazil won the 3rd place match, defeating Italy women's national volleyball team, Italy in five sets. Kimberly Hill was selected Most Valuable Player. Qualification The regional qualification stage determined the 24 teams competing in the championship competition. Hosts Italy women's national volleyball team, Italy were granted automatic qualification. Regional sport governing body, governing bodies were allocated th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship
The FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship is an international volleyball competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The initial gap between championships was variable, but since 1970 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship, 1970 they have been awarded every four years. The tournament will be held biennially starting in 2025. The current champions are the Serbia women's national volleyball team, Serbia, which won their second title at the 2022 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship, 2022 tournament in Netherlands and Poland. The current format of the competition involves a qualification phase, which currently takes place over the preceding three years, to determine which teams qualify for the tournament phase, which is often called the ''World Championship Finals''. 24 teams, including the automatically qualifying host nation(s), compete in the tournament phase for the title at venues withi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volleyball At The 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's Tournament
The women's tournament in Volleyball at the Summer Olympics, volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics was the 14th edition of the event at an Olympic Games, organised by the world's governing body, the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball, FIVB, in conjunction with the International Olympic Committee, IOC. It was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 6 to 20 August 2016. China women's national volleyball team, China won their third gold by defeating Serbia women's national volleyball team, Serbia in the final. The United States women's national volleyball team, United States won bronze by winning against the Netherlands women's national volleyball team, Netherlands. The medals for the competition were presented by Yu Zaiqing, People's Republic of China; Anita DeFrantz, United States of America; and Chang Ung, Democratic People's Republic of Korea; List of members of the International Olympic Committee, members of the International Olympic Committee, and the gifts were presented ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
