Thomas Edgar (volleyball)
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Full name | Thomas Edgar | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | Australia | ||||||||||||||
Born | Bundaberg, Australia | 21 June 1989||||||||||||||
Height | 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 106 kg (234 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Spike | 357 cm (141 in) | ||||||||||||||
Block | 341 cm (134 in) | ||||||||||||||
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Position | Opposite Spiker | ||||||||||||||
Current club | JT Thunders | ||||||||||||||
Number | 6 | ||||||||||||||
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Thomas Edgar (born 21 June 1989) is an Australian volleyball player. He competed for Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1]
He began his career in Queensland. In the 2011–2012 season he played for the Italian Serie A2 club, Volley Corigliano. In the following season, Edgar transferred to Serie A1 club Sir Safety Perugia. In 2013 he moved to South Korea to play for LIG Insurance Greaters. In 2015 he played in the Chinese Volleyball League for Beijing. Thomas has been the captain of the team since 2015.
We emphasize that Edgar's record relates only to games under the patronage of the International Volleyball Federation. There are players that scored more points in other competitions. The match Australia – Egypt will also be remembered by another record the highest number of points collected by rival opposites Edgar's 50 points.[2][clarification needed]
References
National Team
- 2019 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship – Most Valuable Player