Andrija Gerić
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| Born | 24 January 1977 Novi Sad, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 101 kg (223 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spike | 350 cm (140 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Block | 323 cm (127 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Middle Blocker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Honours
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Andrija Gerić (Serbian Cyrillic: Андрија Герић, pronounced [ǎndrija ɡěːritɕ]; born 24 January 1977) is a retired Serbian volleyball player who played on middle blocker position. Both in the club and in the national team he wore number 12.
Career[edit]
Gerić made a debut for the national team on 7 July 1995 in Greece when FR Yugoslavia defeated Greece 0-3. In 2000 in Sydney the Yugoslav national team (members of which were also Vladimir Grbić, Nikola Grbić, Goran Vujević, Ivan Miljković) won the Olympic gold medal.[1]
During his club's career he played for OK Vojvodina, Bossini Montichiari‚ Lube Banca Marche Macerata and Icom Latina from Italy, Panathinaikos VC from Greece and Fenerbahçe from Turkey. He won Champions League, CEV Cup, domestic Championships of Serbia, Italy and Turkey, as well as Serbian and Italian domestic Cup.
Career[edit]
- 1993–99
OK Vojvodina Novi Sad - 1999-01
Bossini Montichiari - 2001-02 Lube Banca Marche Macerata
- 2002-03 Icom Latina
- 2003-08 Lube Banca Marche Macerata
- 2008-09
Panathinaikos Athens - 2009-10 Top Volley Latina
- 2010-11
Fenerbahçe Istanbul - 2011-12
OK Vojvodina Novi Sad
Palmares[edit]
Club[edit]
- Champions League: 2002
- CEV Cup: 2005, 2006
- Serbian Championship: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
- Serbian Cup: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2012
- Italian Championship: 2006
- Italian Cup: 2008
- Turkish Championship: 2011
National team[edit]
- Olympic gold medal: 2000
- Olympic bronze medal: 1996
- World Championship's silver medal: 1998
- European Championship's gold medal: 2001
- European Championship's silver medal: 1997
- European Championship's bronze medal: 2005, 2007
- World League's silver medal: 2003, 2006, 2008
Individual awards[edit]
- Olympic Games 2000: best blocker
- World League 2003: best blocker
- World League 2003: best server
- World Cup 2003: best blocker
- Best Sportsman of Vojvodina: 2003
References[edit]
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andrija Gerić". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Andrija Gerić.
- Profile at Lube Banca Macerata website
- Profile at FIVB website
- Andrija Geric personal website
- Andrija Gerić at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Andrija Gerić at Olympedia
- Andrija Gerić at Olympics.com
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Categories:
- Living people
- 1977 births
- Sportspeople from Novi Sad
- Serbian men's volleyball players
- Yugoslav men's volleyball players
- Serbian expatriate volleyball players in Greece
- Olympic volleyball players for Serbia and Montenegro
- Olympic volleyball players for Serbia
- Olympic gold medalists for Serbia and Montenegro
- Olympic bronze medalists for Serbia and Montenegro
- Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Fenerbahçe S.K. (men's volleyball) players
- Panathinaikos V.C. players
- Olympic medalists in volleyball
- European champions for Serbia and Montenegro
- Serbia and Montenegro men's volleyball players
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Serbian expatriate volleyball players in Turkey
- Serbian expatriate volleyball players in Italy