Anna Farhi (; born ) is an Israeli female former

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player, born in

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, who plays as a middle blocker. She was part of the Israel women's national volleyball team from 2011 to 2015. She competed at the

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and

2015 Women's European Volleyball Championship The 2015 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 29th edition of the Women's European Volleyball Championship, European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyba ...

s. She retired in 2017 after playing for Maccabi Even Yhooda.

History

In her youth, Farhi played for Bulgaria's under-17 team before travelling to

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at the age of 21. While playing an exhibition game in Switzerland, the coach of Israel's women's national volleyball team convinced her to come to Israel and play for their national team.

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