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Arie Selinger

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Arie Selinger
Personal information
Born (1937-04-05) April 5, 1937 (age 87)
Kraków, Poland
Honours
Olympic Games
 United States women's volleyball
Silver medal – second place 1984 Los Angeles Team competition
 Netherlands men's volleyball
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona Team competition

Aryeh "Arie" Selinger (born 5 April 1937) is an Israeli volleyball manager and former player. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest volleyball coaches of all time.

Selinger has served as the head coach of the USA Women's Team in the years 1975–1984, a team that would go on to win the Bronze medal in the 1982 World Championship[1] and the Silver Medal in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, USA.[2] Selinger won gold, silver and bronze as a coach in games and championships worldwide, including a Silver Medal for the Men's Team of the Netherlands at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Volleyball Coach Arie Selinger Drives His Team to Distraction—or An L.A. Gold Medal".
  2. ^ "Honorees". Volleyball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
  3. ^ "Honorees". Volleyball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 11 September 2010.