Rachael Adams
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Full name | Rachael Alexis Adams | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
Born | Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. | June 3, 1990||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 179 lb (81 kg) | ||||||||||||||
Spike | 125 in (318 cm) | ||||||||||||||
Block | 121 in (307 cm) | ||||||||||||||
College(s) | University of Texas at Austin | ||||||||||||||
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Position | Middle Blocker | ||||||||||||||
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Rachael Alexis Adams (born June 3, 1990) is an American indoor volleyball player, a member of the United States women's national volleyball team and Osasco Voleibol Clube, a participant of the 2016 Summer Olympics, bronze medalist of the 2016 Olympic Games, and a gold medalist of the 2014 World Championship.
Career[]
She attended Mount Notre Dame High School in Cincinnati, Ohio where she played volleyball.[4] She then played college volleyball at University of Texas at Austin.[5] In 2012, while at Texas, Adams was named as one of the four finalists for the Honda Sports Award in volleyball.[6]
Adams was part of the USA national team that won the 2014 World Championship gold medal when the team defeated China 3-1 in the final match.[7][8]
Adams was awarded among the Best Middle Blockers along with the Brazilian Thaísa Menezes during the 2016 World Grand Prix.[9]
With her team Eczacıbaşı VitrA, she won the gold medal at the 2016 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship.[10]
Adams won the 2016–17 CEV Champions League bronze medal with Eczacıbaşı VitrA when her team defeated the Russian Dinamo Moscow 3-0[11] and she was also awarded Best Middle Blocker.[12] At the end of season 2017-2018 she signed for Italian club Monza and will play in Italian A1 league.
Awards[]
Individual[]
- 2013 Nominee Honda Sports Award for volleyball[6]
- 2016 World Grand Prix "Best Middle Blocker"
- 2016-17 CEV Champions League "Best Middle Blocker"
Clubs[]
- 2016–17 CEV Champions League - Bronze Medal, with Eczacıbaşı VitrA
References[]
- ^ FIVB
- ^ worldofvolley.com
- ^ "TUR W: Adams finds club after one-year break". 24 May 2020.
- ^ "Local volleyball star punches Olympic ticket". 12 July 2016.
- ^ FIVB World Grand Prix 2016
- ^ a b "Volleyball". CWSA. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
- ^ Benedetti, Valeria (2014-10-12). "Volley, Mondiale: Usa batte Cina 3-1". La Gazzetta dello sport (in Italian). Milan, Italy. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
- ^ "USA win first World Championship title, China and Brazil complete the podium". Milan, Italy: FIVB. 2014-05-11. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
- ^ "Brazil win record 11th title in World Grand Prix". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ^ "Kosheleva blasts Eczacibasi to second worlds club title". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ^ "Eczacibasi VitrA ISTANBUL take Bronze in Treviso 3-1 against Dinamo MOSCOW". Treviso, Italy: CEV. 2017-04-23. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
- ^ "Champions League: Le migliori della Final Four. Zhu MVP" (in Italian). Volleyball.it. 2017-04-23. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
External links[]
- 1990 births
- Living people
- American women's volleyball players
- American expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Sportspeople from Cincinnati
- Texas Longhorns women's volleyball players
- Volleyball players at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in volleyball
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games medalists in volleyball
- Expatriate volleyball players in Italy
- Middle blockers
- American expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate volleyball players in Turkey
- African-American volleyball players
- Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor volleyballers
- Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
- 21st-century African-American people
- 21st-century African-American women