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Kelsey Robinson
Personal information
Full nameKelsey Robinson
NicknameKe$ha
NationalityAmerican
Born (1992-06-25) June 25, 1992 (age 32)
Elmhurst, Illinois, U.S.
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight165 lb (75 kg)
Spike120 in (306 cm)
Block120 in (300 cm)
College / UniversityUniversity of Tennessee
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Volleyball information
PositionOutside Hitter / Libero
Current clubChina Guangdong Evergrande
National team
2014–United States United States
Medal record
Volleyball
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
FIVB World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2014 Italy Team
World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2019 Japan Team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Japan Team
FIVB World Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2015 Omaha Team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Bangkok Team
FIVB Nations League
Gold medal – first place 2018 Nanjing Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Nanjing Team

Kelsey Robinson (born June 25, 1992) is an American indoor volleyball player, a member of the United States women's national volleyball team and Turkish club Fenerbahçe, a participant of the 2016 Summer Olympics,[1] bronze medalist of the 2016 Olympic Games, 2015 World Cup, and a gold medalist of the 2014 World Championship.[2]

Early life

She was raised in Bartlett, Illinois. She attended St. Francis High School and graduated in 2010.

Career

She played college women's volleyball at University of Tennessee and University of Nebraska–Lincoln.[3][4] In 2014, while at Nebraska, Robinson was named as one of the four finalists for the Honda Sports Award in volleyball.[5][6]

Robinson was part of the USA national team that won the 2014 World Championship gold medal when their team defeated China 3-1 in the final match.[7][8]

Robinson won the 2016–17 CEV Champions League silver medal with Imoco Volley Conegliano after losing the final match 0-3 to the Turkish VakıfBank Istanbul[9] winning also the Best Outside Spiker award.[10]

Clubs

Awards

Individuals

Clubs

References

  1. ^ http://www.nptelegraph.com/sports/husker_sports/three-former-huskers-named-to-u-s-olympic-women-s/article_f3c2eb62-4866-11e6-a25b-17abe65f5964.html
  2. ^ Waltemeyer, Carrie (July 6, 2016). "Q&A with Kelsey Robinson". NBC. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
  3. ^ http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=206179860
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-10-11. Retrieved 2014-10-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ a b "Kelsey Robinson Named Finalist for Honda Sports Award". KLKN-TV. 2013-12-23. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  6. ^ "Washington's Vansant Named 2014 Honda Volleyball Sport Award Winner". CWSA. 2014-01-07. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  7. ^ Benedetti, Valeria (2014-10-12). "Volley, Mondiale: Usa batte Cina 3-1". La Gazzetta dello sport (in Italian). Milan, Italy. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
  8. ^ "USA win first World Championship title, China and Brazil complete the podium". Milan, Italy: FIVB. 2014-05-11. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
  9. ^ "VakifBank take 3rd Champions League title after 3-0 win against Imoco". Treviso, Italy: CEV. 2017-04-23. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  10. ^ "Champions League: Le migliori della Final Four. Zhu MVP" (in Italian). Volleyball.it. 2017-04-23. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
Awards
Preceded by Best Outside Spiker of
FIVB World Grand Prix
2015
ex aequo Brazil Natália Pereira 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Best Outside Spiker of
CEV Champions League
2016–2017
ex aequo United States Kimberly Hill 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Best Outside Spiker of
World Cup
2019
ex aequo China Zhu Ting 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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