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Kimberly Hill
Hill in 2017
Personal information
Full nameKimberly Hill
NicknameKimmy, Kim Hill
NationalityAmerican
Born (1989-11-30) November 30, 1989 (age 34)
Portland, Oregon, U.S.
HometownPortland, Oregon, U.S
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Spike320 cm (126 in)
Block310 cm (122 in)
College / UniversityPepperdine University
Volleyball information
PositionOutside Hitter
Current clubImoco Volley Conegliano
Number15
Career
YearsTeams
2013–2014Atom Trefl Sopot
2014–2015AGIL Volley Novara
2015–2017Vakıfbank Istanbul
2017-Imoco Volley Conegliano
National team
2013–United States
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2014 Italy Team
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Japan Team
World Grand Champions Cup
Silver medal – second place 2013 Japan Team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Japan Team
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
Hill in 2016

Kimberly Hill (born November 30, 1989) is an American volleyball player, a member of the United States women's national volleyball team and Turkey club Vakıfbank Istanbul, a bronze medalist at the 2016 Olympic Games and 2015 World Cup, and a gold medalist of the 2014 World Championship.[1]

Personal and early life

Kimberly Hill was born to Bradd and Terri Hill. She has three siblings; Kelsey Hill, Shelby Hill, and Caitlin Volk.

Career

Having graduated from Portland Christian High School in 2008, she played beach volleyball in 2012 and 2013.[2]

Hill won the gold medal at the 2014 World Championship when her national team defeated 3-1 to China.[3] She was also selected tournament's Most Valuable Player[4] and Second Best Outside Spiker.[5] Hill won the 2016 World Grand Prix Best Outside Hitter individual award and the silver medal.[6]

Hill won the 2016–17 CEV Champions League gold medal with VakıfBank Istanbul when her team defeated the Italian Imoco Volley Conegliano 3-0[7] and she was also awarded Best Outside Spiker.[8] She was selected to play the Italian League All-Star game in 2017.[9]

Clubs

Awards

Individual

Clubs

References

  1. ^ "Player's biography". FIVB. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
  2. ^ "Kim Hill Bio". Pepperdine University Women's Volleyball. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
  3. ^ Benedetti, Valeria (October 12, 2014). "Volley, Mondiale: Usa batte Cina 3-1". La Gazzetta dello sport (in Italian). Milan, Italy. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
  4. ^ "USA's Kim Hill Honored with World Championship MVP". Milan, Italy: FIVB. May 11, 2014. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
  5. ^ "USA win first World Championship title, China and Brazil complete the podium". Milan, Italy: CEV. May 11, 2014. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
  6. ^ "Brazil win record 11th title in World Grand Prix". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
  7. ^ "VakifBank take 3rd Champions League title after 3-0 win against Imoco". Treviso, Italy: CEV. April 23, 2017. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
  8. ^ "Champions League: Le migliori della Final Four. Zhu MVP" (in Italian). Volleyball.it. April 23, 2017. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
  9. ^ "All Star Game: A Bergamo la sfida Selezione Italia vs Resto del Mondo" (in Italian). Bergamo: Volleyball.it. December 18, 2017. Retrieved December 25, 2017.

External links

Awards
Preceded by Most Valuable Player of
World Championship
2014 		Succeeded by
TBD
Preceded by
-
 Best Outside Hitter of
World Championship
2014
ex aequo China Zhu Ting 		Succeeded by
TBD
Preceded by Best Outside Hitter of
FIVB World Grand Prix
2016
ex aequo Brazil Sheilla Castro 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Best Outside Hitter of
CEV Champions League
2015–2016
ex aequo South Korea Kim Yeon-Koung
2016–2017
ex aequo United States Kelsey Robinson
2017–2018
ex aequo China Zhu Ting 		Succeeded by
TBD
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