Russell Holmes (volleyball)

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Russell Holmes
Personal information
Full name	Russell Kenneth Holmes
Nationality	American
Born	(1982-07-01) July 1, 1982 (age 39) Anaheim, CA, United States
Hometown	Fountain Valley, CA, United States
Height	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)
College(s)	Brigham Young University
Volleyball information
Position	Middle blocker
Career
Years Teams 2004–2008 2008–2010 2010–2011 2011–2013 2013–2014 2014–2016 2017 BYU Cougars Hypo Tirol Innsbruck Minas Tênis Clube Jastrzębski Węgiel İstanbul BBSK Asseco Resovia Paris Volley
National team
2009–2015  United States
Medal record Men’s volleyball Representing  United States FIVB World Cup 2015 Japan FIVB World League 2014 Florence 2012 Sofia 2015 Rio de Janeiro NORCECA Champions Cup 2015 Detroit

Russell Kenneth Holmes (born 1 July 1982) is a former American volleyball player, member of the United States men's national volleyball team, participant of the Olympic Games London 2012, gold medalist of the 2014 World League and 2015 World Cup, silver medalist of the 2012 World League, two–time Austrian Champion (2009, 2010), Polish Champion (2015).

Personal life[]

Holmes was born in Anaheim, California, United States. His parents are Mark and Tamara Holmes. He has an older sister Leah and a younger brother Dane. After graduating from Fountain Valley High School in 2001, he served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 2001–2003 in London, England. He graduated from Brigham Young University in 2008 with a degree in sociology. He is married to Krystal. He has two daughters and son – Sadie Rae (born in June 2007 - from his first marriage), Shea Golden (born on April 27, 2015) and Liam Russell (born on August 10, 2017)

Career[]

Clubs[]

In 2008–2010, he played overseas for Austria's Hypo Tirol Innsbruck in the Middle European Volleyball Zone Association (MEVZA), winning the MEVZA Cup in 2009 and the Austrian Cup in 2009 and 2010.

During the winter of 2010–2011, Russell played for Minas Tênis Clube in Brazilian Volleyball League. During 2011–13, he played for Poland’s Jastrzębski Węgiel in the PlusLiga and then for Turkey's İstanbul BBSK during the 2013–2014 season in the Turkish Volleyball League. While playing in Istanbul, BBSK reached the Final Four of the CEV Challenge Cup.

In 2014 he returned to PlusLiga, this time playing for Asseco Resovia Rzeszów.^[1] In April 2015 he achieved title of Polish Champion with club from Rzeszów.^[2]

National team[]

Holmes made his Olympic debut with the U.S. national team at Olympic Games 2012 in London, Great Britain.

Sporting achievements[]

Clubs[]

• CEV Champions League
  • 2014/2015 – with Asseco Resovia

• FIVB Club World Championship
  • Doha 2011 – with Jastrzębski Węgiel

• National championships
  • 2008/2009 Austrian Cup, with Hypo Tirol Innsbruck
  • 2008/2009 Austrian Championship, with Hypo Tirol Innsbruck
  • 2009/2010 Austrian Cup, with Hypo Tirol Innsbruck
  • 2009/2010 Austrian Championship, with Hypo Tirol Innsbruck
  • 2014/2015 Polish Championship, with Asseco Resovia
  • 2015/2016 Polish Championship, with Asseco Resovia

Individual awards[]

• 2011: FIVB Club World Championship – Best Middle Blocker
• 2016: CEV Champions League – Best Middle Blocker

External links[]

• Team USA profile
• PlusLiga Player profile

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Awards
Preceded by Piotr Nowakowski Rob Bontje	Best Middle Blocker of CEV Champions League 2015/2016 ex aequo Sebastián Solé	Succeeded by Marko Podrascanin Artem Volvich

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