Anita Spring

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Anita Spring Volleyball (beach)
portrait
birthday June 26, 1965
place of birth Bundaberg, Australia
size 1.72 m
Partner 1992–1993 Jacqui Vukosa
1993–1994 Natalie Cook
1995–1996 Liane Fenwick
successes
1996 - Olympic participant
(As of May 27, 2014)

Anita Spring (born June 26, 1965 in Bundaberg , today Anita Palm ) is an Australian beach volleyball player .

Career

Spring played her first international tournaments in 1992/93 with Jacqui Vukosa . At the Open tournaments in Almería and Rio de Janeiro , the duo reached places five and six. Then Spring went on with Natalie Cook . On the World Tour, Cook / Spring were always in the top ten. They achieved placements between five and seven in the Open tournaments and the Grand Slam in Carolina ; at the last joint tournament in Santos they finished ninth.

In 1995 Spring formed a duo with Liane Fenwick . At the start, Fenwick / Spring came seventh in La Serena . This was followed by two ninth places at open tournaments in the USA and another seventh place in Espinho . At the tournament in Brisbane they improved to fifth place. In 1996 Fenwick / Spring took part in the Olympic Games in Atlanta . After an opening win against the Japanese Fujita / Takahashi , they had to admit defeat to the later gold medalists Sandra Pires and Jackie Silva (Brazil). On the losing side, they first defeated the British duo Cooper / Glover and then eliminated against the Americans Fontana / Hanley ; so they finished the tournament in seventh place.

Anita Palm has been Vice President of the Australian Volleyball Association since 2013 and a member of the Hall of Fame for Australian Volleyball.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Volleyball Australia announces Athletes of the Year. FIVB , October 29, 2013, accessed May 27, 2014 .
personal data
SURNAME Jump, Anita
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Palm, Anita
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian beach volleyball player
DATE OF BIRTH June 26, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Bundaberg , Australia