Jelena Nikolić
Jelena Nikolić | |||||
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Nationality | Serbian | ||||
Born | Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia | 13 April 1982||||
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in) | ||||
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||
Spike | 315 cm (124 in) | ||||
Block | 300 cm (120 in) | ||||
Volleyball information | |||||
Position | Wing Spiker | ||||
Current club | VakıfBank Güneş Sigorta Türk Telekom | ||||
Number | 12 | ||||
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Jelena Nikolić (Serbian Cyrillic: Јелена Николић; born 13 April 1982) is a retired Serbian volleyball player, playing as a wing-spiker. She was a member of the Women's National Team that won the silver medal at the 2007 European Championship in Belgium and Luxembourg.
Career
She played for VakıfBank Güneş Sigorta Türk Telekom in Turkey from 2008/2010. With this team Jelena win the 2010–11 CEV Champions League and also winning the "Best Scorer" award.[1]
Nikolić won the gold medal at the 2013 Club World Championship playing with Vakıfbank Istanbul.[2]
Clubs
- OK Obilić Belgrade (1997–1999)
- Reggio Emilia (1999–2002)
- Foppapedretti Bergamo (2002–2003)
- Minetti Infoplus Vincenza (2003–2004)
- RC Cannes (2004–2005)
- Toray Arrows (2005–2006)
- Megius Volley Padova (2006–2007)
- Takefuji Bamboo (2007–2008)
- VakıfBank Güneş Sigorta Istanbul (2008–2014)
- Azeryol Baku (2014–2015)
- Bursa BB (2015–2016)
- Metalleghe Montichiari (2016–)
Awards
Individual
- 2010 European Volleyball League "MVP"
- 2010 European Volleyball League "Best Receiver"
- 2010–11 CEV Champions League Final Four "Best Scorer"
National team
Senior team
- 2009 European League - Gold Medal
- 2010 European League - Gold Medal
- 2011 European League - Gold Medal
Universiade
- 2009 Summer Universiade - Silver Medal
Clubs
- 2004/2005 France Championship - Champion, with RC Cannes
- 2004/2005 France Cup - Champion, with RC Cannes
- 2009/2010 Turkish Championship - Runner-Up, with VakıfBank Güneş Sigorta Türk Telekom
- 2010/11 CEV Champions League - Champion, with VakıfBank Güneş Sigorta Türk Telekom
- 2011 FIVB Women's Club World Championship - Runner-Up, with VakıfBank Türk Telekom
- 2011-12 Aroma Women's Volleyball League - Runner-Up, with Vakıfbank Spor Kulübü
- 2013 Club World Championship - Champion, with Vakıfbank Istanbul
References
- ^ CEV. "VakifGunesTTelekom completes Turkish fairy tale in Istanbul". Archived from the original on 2011-03-24. Retrieved 2011-03-20.
- ^ "Vakifbank Istanbul fly to first Women's Club World Champs title, China claim bronze". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 2013-10-13. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
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Categories:
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Serbian women's volleyball players
- Sportspeople from Belgrade
- Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic volleyball players of Serbia
- VakıfBank S.K. volleyballers
- Volleyball players at the 2015 European Games
- European Games medalists in volleyball
- European Games bronze medalists for Serbia
- Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Serbia
- Olympic medalists in volleyball
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- European champions for Serbia
- Expatriate volleyball players in France
- Expatriate volleyball players in Italy
- Expatriate volleyball players in Japan
- Expatriate volleyball players in Turkey
- Serbian expatriates in Azerbaijan
- Serbian expatriates in France
- Serbian expatriates in Italy
- Serbian expatriates in Japan
- Serbian expatriates in Turkey
- Takefuji Bamboo players
- Universiade medalists in volleyball
- Universiade silver medalists for Serbia
- Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade