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Christa Harmotto

Christa Harmotto
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Personal information
Full name Christa Deanne Harmotto
Nationality American
Born (1986-10-12) October 12, 1986 (age 30)
Sewickley, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb)
Spike 315 cm (124 in)
Block 307 cm (121 in)
College(s) Penn State University
Volleyball information
Position Middle blocker
Current club Fenerbahce Grundig
Number 13
Career
Years Teams
2009–2010
2010–2013
2013–2015
2015–
Guangdong Evergrande
LIU•JO Volley Modena
Eczacıbaşı VitrA
Fenerbahce Grundig
National team
2009– United States

Christa Deanne Harmotto (born October 12, 1986) is an American indoor volleyball player, a member of the United States women's national volleyball team and Turkey club Fenerbahce Grundig, a participant of the Olympic Games (2012, 2016), bronze medalist of the 2016 Olympic Games, 2015 World Cup, silver medalist of the 2012 Olympic Games, and a gold medalist of the 2014 World Championship.

She played college volleyball at Pennsylvania State University team from 2005–2008. At Penn State, she had a .486 hitting percentage on the year, which led the nation. She was named the Big Ten Player of the Year in 2007, was nominated for the Honda Award in 2007 and 2008 and is a three-time AVCA All-American. She is playing for .

Christa Harmotto was born in Sewickley, Pennsylvania and attended Hopewell High School in Aliquippa, where she was a three-year letterwinner in volleyball and two-year letterwinner in basketball.

As a high school senior in 2004, she was named the Pennsylvania State Gatorade Player of the Year and was also an All-American. She was a member of the 2004 USA Women's Junior National Team that won the NORCECA Championship in Winnipeg, Canada and was also selected to the 2005 USA Junior National Team that competed in Ankara, Turkey, at the FIVB Under-20 World Championships.


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