Neslihan Darnel
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| Nickname | The Iron Lady | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Neslihan Demir December 9, 1983 Eskişehir, Turkey |
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| Hometown | Eskişehir, Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spike | 315 cm (124 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Block | 306 cm (120 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Opposite/Outside-Spiker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current club | Galatasaray | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Last updated: March 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Neslihan Demir, (born December 9, 1983 in Eskişehir) is a Turkish volleyball star, plays for Eczacıbaşı VitrA. She is one of the most successful athletes of Turkey and has been among FIVB Heroes. She represented her country as the flag-bearer at the 2012 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations and the official advertisement face of Turkey for 2020 Summer Olympics candidate with basketballer Hedo Türkoğlu. Her position is opposite-hitter and she has won a lot of personal awards in international tournaments. She studied at Gazi University.
She played for the Yeşilyurt, VakıfBank Türk Telekom and Spar Tenerife Marichal.
She played over 100 times for the national team.
At age 19, Darnel was the leading player in the Turkish team that won the silver medal at the EC 2003 in Turkey making her a star in her home country and in the volleyball scene.
In 2007/08 Darnel took a break from volleyball to become a mother.
Playing with VakıfBank Güneş Sigorta Türk Telekom at the CEV Indesit Champions League, she won the "Best Scorer" award.
She was named Sportsperson of Year in 2003 & 2004 by Newspaper Sabah and in 2006 by Newspaper Milliyet. She was awarded Best Scorer at the 2006 World Championship and 2010 World Championship
Darnel was selected as FIVB Hero by FIVB in May 2012. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she was selected to be the at the flagbearer of her home country.
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