Angelina Grün
Angelina Grün (born 2 December 1979) is an ex German volleyball player, who was a member of the German Women's Team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.[1] Grün also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.[2]
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Full name | Angelina Grün | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Angelina Gruen | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Dushanbe, Tajikistan (then Soviet Union) | 2 December 1979||||||||||||||||||||||
Hometown | Cologne | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Spike | 309 cm (122 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Block | 287 cm (113 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Volleyball information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Wing Spiker | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Current club | Rabita Baku | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Honours
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Last updated: November 2017 |
Career
A ninth-time consecutive German Volleyball Player of the Year (2000–2008), she played in Turkey for VakıfBank Güneş Sigorta Istanbul for the 2008–2009 season.[3]
After winning the European Champions League with the Italian team Foppapedretti Bergamo in 2007 for a second time after 2005, Grün was honored "Most Valuable Player" of the tournament.[4]
Starting her career in Münster, Germany, where she won the national title in 1997 and the Cup in 2000, she won several Italian Cups (2002, 2006), Championships (2004, 2006) and the CEV Cup (2002 and 2004).[5][6][7][8]
She was awarded Volleyball-Award 2010, by the Germany Volleyball Association for her services to the sport.[9][10] In April 2010 she decided to retire from indoor volleyball and switched to beach volleyball, partnering Rieke Brink-Abeler[11] playing the 2010 and 2011 Swatch FIVB World Tour.[12]
But she returned to indoor volleyball and played with her national team in the 2011 FIVB World Cup[13] and later played with the Russian club Dinamo Moscow[14] winning the 2011 Russian Cup[15] where she was the Most Valuable Player[16] and the 2011–12 Russian Championship silver medal, being also elected the best player in the Russian league that season.[17]
Grün won the silver medal and the Best Server award in the 2012 FIVB Club World Championship, playing with the Azerbaijani club Rabita Baku.[18]
Personal life
She has been married to volleyball player Stefan Hübner since 2012. The couple has two sons, Jakob (born 2014) and Benjamin (born 2017).[19]
Clubs
VC Essen Borbeck (1990–1996) USC Münster (1996–2001) Volley Modena (2001–2003) Foppapedretti Bergamo (2003–2008) VakıfBank Güneş Sigorta Istanbul (2008–2009) Alemannia Aachen (2011) Dinamo Moscow (2011–2012) Rabita Baku (2012–2013)
Awards
Individuals
- 2006-07 Champions League "Most Valuable Player"
- 2000 to 2008 Germany "Volleyball Player of the Year"
- 2007–08 Italian League "Best Server"
- 2011 European Championship "Best Receiver"
- 2011 Russian Cup "Most Valuable Player"
- 2011–12 Russia Super League "Best Player"
- 2012 FIVB Women's Club World Championship "Best Server"
Clubs
- 1997 German Championship – Champion, with USC Münster
- 2002 CEV Cup – Champion, with Volley Modena
- 2003 Italian Supercup – Champion, with Volley Modena
- 2004 CEV Cup – Champion, with Foppapedretti Bergamo
- 2004 Italian Championship Champion, with Foppapedretti Bergamo
- 2005 Champions League – Champion, with Foppapedretti Bergamo
- 2004 Italian Championship Champion, with Foppapedretti Bergamo
- 2006 Italian Cup – Champion, with Foppapedretti Bergamo
- 2006 Italian Championship Champion, with Foppapedretti Bergamo
- 2007 Champions League – Champion, with Foppapedretti Bergamo
- 2008 Italian Cup – Champion, with Foppapedretti Bergamo
- 2011 Russian Cup – Champion, with Dinamo Moscow
- 2011–12 Russian Championship – Runner-Up, with Dinamo Moscow
- 2012 FIVB Club World Championship – Runner-Up, with Rabita Baku
- 2012–13 CEV Champions League – Runner-Up, with Rabita Baku
References
- NBC Sports. "Thorpe triumphs in 200-meter showdown". Archived from the original on 6 July 2008. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
- Buzzle. "Olympics: USA women hold off Germany, net first Athens win". Archived from the original on 12 September 2004. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
- CEV. "Defending champion Colussi Perugia seeks for more glory and opens against Pila". Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
- CEV. "Bergamo win Champions' League for fifth time!". Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
- CEV. "Edison Volley Modena (ITA) wins women's CEV CUP". Archived from the original on 5 August 2007. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
- CEV. "CEV CUP WOMEN – 2001/2002". Retrieved 9 January 2011.
- CEV. "Italian Foppapedretti Bergamo Takes Women's CEV CUP". Archived from the original on 18 October 2004. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
- CEV. "CEV CUP WOMEN – 2003/2004". Retrieved 9 January 2011.
- FIVB. "German legend Grün honoured with award". Retrieved 14 March 2010.
- Germany Volleyball Association. "Volleyball-Award 2010 für Angelina Grün" (in German). Retrieved 14 March 2010.
- "Angelina Grün discusses her new life as Beach Volleyball player". voleybolunsesi.com. 26 March 2010. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- "Angelina Grün". Beach Volleyball Database. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- "Angelina Grün returns with magic touch". Okayama, Japan: FIVB. 11 November 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- "Splendid debut for Angelina Grün as Dinamo scores win in Beograd". Beograd, Serbia: CEV. 21 December 2011. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- "Кубок России 2011" [The Cup of Russia 2011] (in Russian). Dinamo Moscow. 30 December 2011. Archived from the original on 15 October 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- "Gruen Angelina" (in Italian). Lega Pallavolo Serie A Femminile. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- "Goncharova awarded the best player of Superleague second year in a row". russiavolley.com. 12 June 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- "Trentino Diatec and Sollys Nestle crowned in Doha". Doha, Qatar: FIVB. 19 October 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
- "Stefan und Angelina Hübner haben Zeit für Herzenssachen". Weser-Kurier (in German). 6 March 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Angelina Grün. |
- FIVB biography
- Angelina Grün at the FIVB beach volleyball players' database
- Italian League Profile
- Angelina Grün at the Beach Volleyball Database
- Angelina Grun at the International Olympic Committee
- Angelina Grün at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Awards | ||
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Preceded by Judith Flemig |
German Volleyball Player of the Year 2000–2008 |
Succeeded by Christiane Fürst |
Preceded by |
Best Server of FIVB Club World Championship 2012 |
Succeeded by Not awarded |