List of Famous Female Volleyball Players:- The women’s volleyball tournament at Summer Olympics started in the 1968 Tokyo Olympics in the second edition of volleyball after their debut.
List of Famous Female Volleyball Players
The participation rate of women in the Olympics has been increasing since their first appearance in 1900. The first gold was won by the Japanese women’s team in the inaugural women’s volleyball competition in 1968. The first woman to win gold both as a player and a coach is Lang Ping of China who also led the United States women’s team to the silver medal in the 2008 Olympics.
No.1 Misty May-Treanor
- Nationality:- American
- Height:- 1.75m
- Position:- Defender
- Current Club:- Retired
- National Team:- United States of America
- Misty Elizabeth May-Treanor Facebook Profile – Facebook
- About:- Misty Elizabeth May-Treanor born on 30 July 1977 is a retired American professional volleyball player. She is a three-time Olympic gold medalist and one-time Olympic bronze medalist. She and her partner Kerri Walsh Jennings were the gold medalist in beach volleyball in 2004,2008and 2012 summer Olympics and won three times FIVB Volleyball World Championship in 2003,2005and 2007. They both have been called the greatest beach volleyball team of all time.
No.2 Kerri Walsh Jennings
- Nationality:- American
- Height:- 188cm
- Position:- All-round
- Current teammate:- Brooke Sweat
- National Team:- United States of America
- About:- Kerri Walsh Jennings is a professional volleyball player who is three times Olympic gold medalist and one time Olympic bronze medalist. She and her partner Misty Mary Treanor were the gold medalist in beach volleyball at 2004,2008and 2012 summer Olympics and won three times FIVB Volleyball World Championship in 2003,2005and 2007. They both have been called the greatest beach volleyball team of all time.
NO.3 Regla Torres
- Nationality:- Cuban
- Height:- 1.91m
- Position:- Middle blocker
- National team:- 1991 to 2002 Cuba
- About:- Regla was born on 12 February 1975 in Havana. This champion won the Olympic gold medal at the young age of 17. 14 years old Regla was also engaged in International Circuit. She acquired 3 gold medals in the Olympic Games of Atlanta, Sydney, and Barcelona. She was a gold medallist at World Championship. In 1994 and 1998, she was also the gold medallist in World Grand Champion Cup in 1993, Japan. She was considered the best player of the 20th century and the award was given by VFB.
No.4 Logan Tom
- Nationality:- American
- Height:- 186cm
- Position:- Outside hitter
- Current Club:- Hapoel KFAR-SABA
- National Team:- United States of America
- About:- Logan Maile Lei Tom is an American professional volleyball player. She is four times Olympian. She is also the youngest women player to be selected for an American Olympic Games. She won silver medals in the 2008 Olympics and 2012 Olympics with the national team and was awarded as MVP of the 2004 FIVB World Grand Prix.
No.5 Sheilla Castro
- Nationality:- Brazilain
- Height:- 1.85m
- Position:- Opposite Spiker
- Current Club:- Athletes Unlimited Volleyball
- National Team:- Brazil
- About:- Sheila Castro de Paula Blassioli is a professional volleyball player from Brazil who represented the national team in the 2008 and 2012 Olympics where the team won the gold medal respectively.
NO.6 Zhu Ting
- Nationality:- Chinese
- Height:– 1.98m
- Position:-Outside hitter
- Current club:- Tianjin Bohai Bank
- National team:- China
- About:- Passionate player and Captain of the Chinese Women’s Volleyball National Team, ZhuTing was born on 29 November 1994. She is known as the ‘Most Decorated Indoor Volleyball player’ of all time and is among the ‘Highest paid Volleyball player’ in the world. In 2016 she was proud gold medallist of the Olympic game that was held in Rio de Janeiro 2016. She was the gold medallist in the World Cup of 2015 and 2019 that was held in Japan.
No.7 Kim Yeon-Koung
- Nationality:- South Korean
- Height:- 1.92m
- Position:- Outside hitter
- Current Club:- Shanghai
- National Team:- South Korea
- About:- Kim Yeon-Koung is a professional volleyball player who plays for the South Korean national team and is a member of FIVB Athletes. She is the captain of South Korea. She also holds the record for the highest score of 2017 points in eight games. Kim was also the MVP and Best Scorer of 2012 Olympics London.
NO.8 Saori Kimura
- Nationality:- Japan
- Height:- 1.85m
- Position:- Wing Spiker
- Current club:- Toray arrows (2014-2017)
- National team:- Japan
- About:- Saori was born on 19 August 1986, she is a volleyball player from Japan who played for Toray Arrows and also played for the All Japan Women Volleyball Team. She made her first appearance at the age of 17 She was the holder of the bronze medal in Olympics 2012 London and was also a bronze medallist in world championship Japan 2010.she is referred to as a versatile player and could play at any position. Kimura announced her retirement in 2017.
NO.9 Lang Ping
- Nationality:- Chinese
- Height:- 1.84m
- Current Club:- Chinese NT (2013)
- About:- Lang ping was born on 10 September 1960, is a former volleyball player of china and now a head coach of the Women’s national team of china. In 2016 she became the first person to receive a gold medal as both coach and player at Rio de Janeiro. She was also the gold medalist in the Olympic games which were held in Los Angeles in 1984. Leap A Biographical sports film based on her and china’s women’s national team was released on Sep 25, 2020.
NO.10 Helia Souza (List of Famous Female Volleyball Players)
- Nationality:- Brazilian
- Height:- 1.73m
- Position:- Setter
- Current Club:- Retired
- National Team:- Brazil (2008)
- About:- Helia Souza also called Fafao Born on 10 March 1970. Helia competed in five consecutive Summer Olympics for her country and won gold and 2 bronze medallist in the Olympics of 2008 Beijing and 1996 Atlanta and 2000 Sydney. Souza played her last match at the FIVB world club championship and announced her retirement at the age of 45.
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