Kerstin Tzscherlich (born 15 February 1978) is a German
volleyball
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player. She played as a
libero for the
German Women's National Team since 1997.
She represented her native country in two consecutive
Summer Olympics
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, starting in 2000. She played at the
2002 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship
The 2002 FIVB Women's World Championship was the fourteenth edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held from 30 August to 15 September 2002 in Berlin, Bremen, Dresden, Münster, Schwerin, Riesa, Leip ...
in Germany. On club level she played with Dresdner SC.
She is 179 cm tall, and nicknamed "Tzscherli".
Honours
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1998 World Championship — 13th place
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1999 European Championship — 4th place
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2000 Olympic Games
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— 6th place
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2001 European Championship — 9th place
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2002 FIVB World Grand Prix — 3rd place
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2002 World Championship — 10th place
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2003 European Championship — 3rd place
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2004 Olympic Games
The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece.
The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...
— 9th place
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2005 FIVB World Grand Prix
The FIVB World Grand Prix 2005 was the thirteenth edition of the annual women's volleyball tournament, which is the female equivalent of the Men's Volleyball World League. The 2005 edition was played by twelve countries from June 24 to July 18, 2 ...
— 10th place
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2005 European Championship — 11th place
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2006 World Championship — 11th place
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2007 European Championship — 6th place
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2009 FIVB World Grand Prix
The FIVB World Grand Prix 2009 is a women's volleyball tournament that was played by 12 countries from 31 July to 23 August 2009. The finals were held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan. Brazil, United States, Dominican Republic a ...
— 3rd place
Awards
Individuals
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2008 Montreux Volley Masters "Best Digger"
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2009 World Grand Prix "Best Libero"
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2009 European Championships "Best Receiver"
References
External links
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DVV profile
1978 births
Living people
German women's volleyball players
Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic volleyball players for Germany
Sportspeople from Freital
20th-century German sportswomen
21st-century German sportswomen
Sportspeople from Bezirk Dresden
Dresdner SC sportspeople
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