Amanda Glover

Amanda Glover
portrait
birthday	July 16, 1970
place of birth	Weymouth, UK
size	1.80 m
Indoor volleyball
National team
	English national team
beach volleyball
Partner	1993-2000 Audrey Cooper 2002-2003 Denise Austin
successes
1996 - Olympic participant 1999 - World Cup participant
As of May 29, 2014

Amanda Jane Glover (born July 16, 1970 in Weymouth ) is a British beach volleyball and volleyball player and coach.

Career hall

As a volleyball player, Glover completed 57 international matches with the English senior team .

Career Beach

In 1993 Glover played her first international beach volleyball tournaments with Audrey Cooper . In their first five Open tournaments, Cooper / Glover came in ninth three times in the top ten. Later they also achieved ninth places in the tournaments in Brisbane and Carolina . The other tournaments of the World Tour they finished either in 13th or 17th. 1996 they qualified for the Olympic Games in Atlanta . There they also reached ninth place. In 1997 they had their only appearance on the World Tour in Rio de Janeiro . The following year, a 17th place in Espinho was her best result. In 1999 they took part in the World Cup in Marseille and finished ninth. Her best result on the World Tour this year was 13th in Osaka . At the European Championships in 1999 in Palma they were less successful and came in 17th place. They also achieved this result in three open tournaments in 2000.

In 2002 Glover first appeared at the Mallorca Open with her new partner Denise Austin . In 2003, Glover / Austin played three more open tournaments and the Grand Slam in Berlin .

Career as a trainer

After her playing career, Glover works as a coach for volleyball and beach volleyball and is mainly concerned with the youngsters.

Web links

• Amanda Glover in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Profile at FIVB (English)
• Profile in the Beach Volleyball Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Profile at the University of Bath (English)