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Angelina Grün

Angelina Grün
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Angelina Grün
Personal information
Full name Angelina Grün
Nickname Angelina Gruen
Nationality Germany
Born (1979-12-02) December 2, 1979 (age 37)
Dushanbe, Tajikistan (then Soviet Union)
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
National team
1997 - 2006, 2011 Germany
Last updated: October 2011

Angelina Grün (born December 2, 1979 in Dushanbe, Soviet Union (now capital of Tajikistan) is a German volleyball player, who was a member of the German Women's Team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Grün also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

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.

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.

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).

She was awarded Volleyball-Award 2010, by the Germany Volleyball Association for her services to the sport.

Grün won the silver medal and the Best Server award in the 2012 FIVB Club World Championship, playing with the Azerbaijani club Rabita Baku.




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