Lauren Gibbemeyer

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Lauren Gibbemeyer
Gibbemeyer in 2014
Personal information
Born (1988-09-08) September 8, 1988 (age 35)
Rhode Island, U.S.
HometownSaint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Volleyball information
PositionMiddle Blocker
Current clubTurkey Eczacıbaşı VitrA
Career
YearsTeams
2011–2012Japan TAB Queenseis
2012–2013Italy Volley Pesaro
2013–2014Azerbaijan Lokomotiv Baku
2014–2015Italy Imoco Volley Conegliano
2015–2017Italy Pomí Casalmaggiore
2017–2018Italy AGIL Volley Novara
2018–2020Turkey Eczacıbaşı VitrA
2020–2021Sweden Hylte/Halmstad
2021United States Athletes Unlimited
National team
2011–2018 United States
Medal record
Women's volleyball
Representing  United States
FIVB 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
FIVB World Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2015 Omaha Team
FIVB Nations League
Gold medal – first place 2018 Nanjing Team
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Guadalajara Team
Pan-American Cup
Gold medal – first place 2012 Mexico Team
Gold medal – first place 2013 Peru Team

Lauren Gibbemeyer (born September 8, 1988) is an American indoor volleyball player. She was a member of the United States women's national volleyball team and plays as middle blocker.

Career[edit]

She played college women's volleyball at University of Minnesota from 2007 to 2010.[1]

Gibbemeyer was part of the USA national team that won the 2015 FIVB World Grand Prix gold medal.[2]

Lauren Gibbemeyer's early career started with Northern Lights Volleyball Club. In these years she won the 2006 North American Junior Championship. From 2007 to 2010 she played for the University of Minnesota, taking part in the Austin 2009 semifinals against the University of Texas.[3] In 2011, after college she was asked to play for the national team for the first time. She won the bronze medal at the 16th Pan American Games, where she was awarded Best block.
In the 2011-12 season she began her professional career in the Japanese league with Toyota Auto Body Queens.
The following season she moved to Robursport Volley Pesaro in Italy.
She won the gold medal at the Pan American Cup and the North American Championship with the national team. She also won the silver medal at the Grand Champions Cup.
In the 2013-14 season she played for Lokomotiv Baku, the Azerbaijani Super league. In January 2014, in the second part of the season, she came back to play in the Italian Serie A1* for Imoco Volley Conegliano.
The following season she stayed in Italy, playing for Volleyball Casalmaggiore and winning the league title and the Italian Super Cup in 2015.

She participated in the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League.[4]

Achievements[edit]

National team
Clubs

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Lauren Gibbemeyer". April 25, 2012. Archived from the original on April 25, 2012. Retrieved September 17, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ "Lauren Gibbemeyer". Team USA. Archived from the original on August 9, 2014. Retrieved 2018-07-29.
  3. ^ "GSS Highlights Lauren Gibbemeyer - University of Minnesota Athletics". University of Minnesota Athletics. Archived from the original on 2018-07-29. Retrieved 2018-07-29.
  4. ^ "Player - Lauren Gibbemeyer - FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2018". www.volleyball.world. Archived from the original on 2018-07-29. Retrieved 2018-07-29.

External links[edit]

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