Tara Cross-Battle

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Tara Cross-Battle
Personal information
Born	September 16, 1968 (1968-09-16) (age 53) Houston, Texas, U.S.
National team
1989–2004 United States
Medal record Women’s volleyball Representing the  United States Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Team FIVB Women's World Championship 2002 Germany Team 1990 China Team FIVB World Cup 2003 Japan Team FIVB World Grand Prix 1995 Shanghai Team 2001 Macau Team 2003 Andria Team 2004 Reggio Calabria Team NORCECA Championship 2001 Santo Domingo Team Team Team Pan American Games 1995 Mar del Plata Team

Tara Cross-Battle (born September 16, 1968 in Houston, Texas)^[1] is a retired volleyball player from the United States, who won the bronze medal with the USA National Women's Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. She played NCAA women's volleyball for California State University, Long Beach,^[2] where she helped lead her team to the 1989 NCAA Championship title. In 1990, she won the Honda-Broderick Award (now the Honda Sports Award) as the nation's best female collegiate volleyball player.^[3]

Cross-Battle competed in four Summer Olympics overall, starting in 1992, after having made her debut in 1990.

Current life[]

Tara is currently working at Houston Juniors Volleyball Club. She previously coached at Texas Pride in the 2011 club season as the head coach of the top 16s team. In the 2010 season she coached at Texas Tornados Volleyball club as the head 16s coach and took her team to nationals and got 13th place at nationals. The year before that, in 2009, her top 16s team got 9th in the nation.

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Clubs[]

• Pallavolo Ancona (1992–1995)
• Leites Nestlé (1996–1999)
• Paraná Vôlei Clube (1999–2000)
• Flamengo (2000–2001)
• Volley Bergamo (2001–2002)
• Reggio Emilia (2002–2003)

International competitions[]

• 1990 – Goodwill Games
• 1990 – World Championship (bronze)
• 1991 – NORCECA Championships (silver)
• 1991 – World Cup
• 1992 – Summer Olympics (bronze)
• 1992 – FIVB Super Four (bronze)
• 1993 – NORCECA Championships (silver)
• 1993 – World Grand Prix
• 1993 – FIVB Grand Champions Cup
• 1994 – World Grand Prix
• 1994 – World Championship
• 1995 – Pan American Games (silver)
• 1995 – Canada Cup (gold)
• 1995 – World Grand Prix (gold)
• 1995 – World Cup
• 1996 – Summer Olympics (7th place)
• 2000 – Summer Olympics (4th place)
• 2001 – NORCECA Championships (gold)
• 2001 – World Grand Prix (gold)
• 2002 – World Championship (silver)
• 2002 – World Grand Prix (6th place)
• 2003 – World Grand Prix (bronze)
• 2003 – World Cup (Bronze)
• 2004 – World Grand Prix (bronze)
• 2004 – Summer Olympics (5th place)

Awards[]

Cresont

Individuals[]

• 2001 NORCECA Championship "Most Valuable Player"

References[]

External links[]

• Tara Cross-Battle at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
• Profile at US Olympic Team at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-10-06)
• Profile at usavolleyball.org at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-05-17)
• Profile at houstonjuniors.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 2012-04-03)

Awards
Preceded by Fernanda Venturini	Most Valuable Player of FIVB World Grand Prix 1995	Succeeded by Leila Barros