Tore Aleksandersen (27 February 1968 – 6 December 2023) was a Norwegian

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's volleyball coach. He was the head coach of German club

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, a club that plays in the first-tier German Volleyball League, until his death in 2023. He also coached the Norwegian women's national volleyball team.

Career

In the 1990s, Aleksandersen started his coaching career in Norway with the

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VBK team, where he started competing in the Norwegian 1st League Division. In 2001, he went to the US for experience in the United States Professional Volleyball League and was successful with the Minnesota Chill when he won the league. After Aleksandersen coached

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for a few weeks in Japan, he landed at German Volleyball League club

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. In 2006, he was a German Volleyball League and

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winner. In 2007, he came in second in Germany as the DVV Cup winner. After five years in Germany, Aleksandersen returned to Norway for family reasons, where he coached KFUM in 2009, and in 2010 with UiS Volley, he became the Norwegian champion, and then he looked for the Norwegian women's national team. From January 2010, Aleksandersen was a trainer in Germany at Schweriner SC and was also the head coach of the Finland women's national volleyball team. In the 2010–11 season, he secured the German championship with Schweriner SC, then left the club to concentrate on his position as Finland women's national team coach. From 2012 to 2017, he was a coach with the Polish first division teams

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and then

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. Aleksandersen was a Norway national team coach again, beginning in 2018 until the 2019–20 season, when he moved to train the Turkish club

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. After one year he returned to Germany to take over

. The team finished in the second position in the 2021 season, Aleksandersen's second season with Stuttgart. The team finished the season as champions, and won the German Women's Volleyball Cup and reached the final of the

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in the same year.

Personal life

Aleksandersen was born in

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on 27 February 1968. He was married and had three children. In spring 2020, he was diagnosed with

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. Aleksandersen died from the disease on 6 December 2023, at the age of 55.Mourning for volleyball champion coach (†55)
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Teams coached

* Norway national team 2023 *

2020–2023 *

2019–2020 * Norway national team 2018–2022 * Bielsko-Biała 2015–2018 * Impel Wrocław 2013–2015 * Finland national team 2010–2013 *

2010–2011 * UiS Volley 2009–2010 * KFUM/Stavanger 2008–2009 * Norway national team 2008–2009 * Schweriner SC 2003—2008 * Minnesota Chill 2001–2002 * Aukra VBK 1998–2001

References

External links

Aleksandersen gates
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