Dirk Westphal (volleyball)
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Full name | Dirk Westphal | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Berlin, West Germany | January 31, 1986||||||||||||||||||||
Hometown | Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 92 kg (203 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Spike | 355 cm (140 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Outside hitter | ||||||||||||||||||||
Current club | Shahrdari Tabriz VC | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Last updated: 13 February 2017 |
Dirk Westphal (born January 31, 1986) is a German volleyball player, a member of Germany men's national volleyball team and Iranian club Shahrdari Tabriz VC, a gold medalist of European League 2009, a bronze medalist of the World Championship 2014.
Personal life
[edit]Westphal was born in Berlin, Germany. He is a son of Rolf and Petra (née Brandwein). In the years 1996-2006 he attended the sports school Coubertin-Gymnasium in Berlin. Then he did his military service in Nienburg, Lower Saxony and in sports group of the Bundeswehr in Mitte. He has girlfriend and two children.Chris
Career
[edit]National team
[edit]In 2014 played at World Championship 2014 held in Poland. Germany won the match for the bronze medal with France.[1]
Sporting achievements
[edit]Clubs
[edit]National championships
[edit]- 2007/2008
German Championship, with SCC Berlin
- 2012/2013
Belgium Cup, with Knack Randstad Roeselare
- 2012/2013
Belgium Championship, with Knack Randstad Roeselare
National team
[edit]- 2009
European League
- 2014
FIVB World Championship
References
[edit]- ^ Germany take home the bronze medal - fivb.org - 21-09-2014
External links
[edit]- Dirk Westphal at the International Volleyball Federation
- Dirk Westphal at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Dirk Westphal at PlusLiga
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Categories:
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Volleyball players from Berlin
- German men's volleyball players
- German expatriate volleyball players in Italy
- German expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Expatriate volleyball players in Belgium
- German expatriate sportspeople in Poland
- German expatriate volleyball players in Poland
- German expatriate volleyball players in France
- Czarni Radom players
- German expatriate sportspeople in Iran
- Expatriate volleyball players in Iran
- German volleyball biography stubs