György Grozer
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Nickname | Ice Man | ||||
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Born | Budapest, Hungary | 27 November 1984||||
Height | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||||
Weight | 102 kg (225 lb) | ||||
Spike | 374 cm (147 in) | ||||
Block | 345 cm (136 in) | ||||
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Position | Opposite | ||||
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Number | 9 | ||||
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György Grozer (born 27 November 1984), also known as Georg Grozer, is a German volleyball player of Hungarian origins, a member of Germany men's national volleyball team and Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg, a gold medalist of the European League 2009, a bronze medalist of the World Championship 2014, two–time German Champion (2009, 2010), Polish Champion (2012), Russian Champion (2013), Chinese Champion (2017).
Personal life
Grozer was born in Budapest, Hungary. His father György Grozer Senior is a former volleyball player and coach. With his first wife Violetta he has two daughters - Leana (born 2007) and Loreen (born 2010).
Career
Clubs
He was crowned national champion on two occasions, in 2009 and 2010, while playing for VfB Friedrichshafen. After moving to the Polish league he was Polish champion in his second season (2011/2012) with Asseco Resovia Rzeszów. He then moved to Belgorod where, in the early stages of the season, he played a major role in the team's success in the Russian championship and in the National Cup of Russia. This season he won the Super Cup and the National Cup in Russia, and was crowned the top club team in Europe with Belgorod.[1] In 2017 Grozer back to Russia Super League join to Lokomotiv Novosibirsk.
National team
2011 Grozer could not help the German team because of an injury. In 2012 the dynamic and powerful hitter smashed the German team to the Olympics and to the 5th place in London. In 2014 played at World Championship 2014 help in Poland. Germany won the match for the bronze medal with France.[2]
Sporting achievements
- National championships
- 2008/2009
German Championship, with VfB Friedrichshafen
- 2009/2010
German Championship, with VfB Friedrichshafen
- 2010/2011
Polish Championship, with Asseco Resovia Rzeszów
- 2011/2012
Polish Championship, with Asseco Resovia Rzeszów
- 2012/2013
Russian Championship, with Belogorie Belgorod
- 2013/2014
Russian Championship, with Belogorie Belgorod
- 2014/2015
Russian Championship, with Belogorie Belgorod
- 2015/2016
South Korean Championship, with Samsung Bluefangs
- 2016/2017
Chinese Championship, with Shanghai Golden Age
- 2016/2017
Qatari Cup, with Al Arabi Doha
- 2008/2009
- National team
- 2009
European League
- 2014
FIVB World Championship
- 2017
European Championship
- 2009
Individually
- 2008 European League – Best Scorer
- 2009 European League – Best Blocker
- 2010 German Volleyball Player of the Year
- 2011 German Volleyball Player of the Year
- 2012 German Volleyball Player of the Year
- 2012 Best Player in PlusLiga
- 2012 Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner – Best Server
- 2013 German Volleyball Player of the Year
- 2014 German Volleyball Player of the Year
- 2016 Asian Club Championship – Best Opposite Spiker
- 2017 Asian Club Championship – Best Opposite Spiker
- 2017 CEV European Championship – Best Opposite Spiker
Records
- 39 points in one match – Olympic Games 2012 record[3]
- During the match between Germany and France in the Tokyo 2020 Qualification, Gyorgy Grozer incredibly breaks a world record with his outstanding spike speed of 130.5 km/h on the opposite side of the court.
- 15 aces in one match in Korean League.
References
- ^ Gyorgy Grozer: Będę grał w Lokomotivie Biełgorod – siatka.org – 2012-04-22. Archived 2014-12-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Germany take home the bronze medal – fivb.org – 2014-09-21. Archived 2018-11-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Grozer defeated Serbia". worldofvolley.com. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
External links
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- Gyorgy Grozer at PlusLiga (in Polish)
- Gyorgy Grozer at Olympics.com
- Georg Grozer at the Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (in German)
- Georg Grozer at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- 1984 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Budapest
- German men's volleyball players
- German people of Hungarian descent
- Olympic volleyball players of Germany
- Hungarian men's volleyball players
- Expatriate volleyball players in China
- Expatriate volleyball players in Poland
- Expatriate volleyball players in Qatar
- Expatriate volleyball players in South Korea
- Expatriate volleyball players in Russia
- German Champions of men's volleyball
- Polish Champions of men's volleyball
- Russian Champions of men's volleyball
- Resovia Rzeszów players
- Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs players
- Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- VC Belogorie players