Ciara Michel
Ciara Michel | |
Ciara Michel 2014 | |
portrait | |
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Date of birth | 2nd July 1985 |
place of birth | Taunton, UK |
size | 1.96 m |
position | Middle block |
societies | |
2003–2007 2007–2010 2010–2012 2012–2013 since 2013 |
University of Miami University Melbourne Monash University Alemannia Aachen VT Aurubis Hamburg Yamamay Busto Arsizio |
National team | |
since 2011 | A national team |
As of October 31, 2013 |
Ciara Michel (born July 2, 1985 in Taunton ) is a British volleyball player .
Career
Michel is the daughter of an American basketball player and a British woman of Irish descent. At school, she initially wanted to be a cheerleader , but then decided to play volleyball. In Florida she played on a team with her sister. From 2003 she studied psychology at the University of Miami and played in the Hurricanes team there. In 2007 she went to Australia to the University of Melbourne . In the meantime, the middle blocker, who has British and US citizenship as well as Australian citizenship, was active for half a year at Monash University in the Melbourne suburb of Clayton . Since she wanted to recommend herself to a European club for the British national team in view of the upcoming Olympic tournament in London in 2012 , Michel switched to German Bundesliga club Alemannia Aachen in 2010 . In May 2011 she made her national team debut in Lima . At the 2012 Olympic Games in her own country, she finished ninth. Then she moved to VT Aurubis Hamburg . In 2013 she went to Italy to join Yamamay Busto Arsizio .
Web links
- Profile at Busto Arsizio
- GB Women's Volleyball: q & a with Ciara Michel (Youtube video, English)
- Profile at University of Miami Hurricanes (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Max Eckstein: Career under the Union Jack. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Aachen News , April 13, 2011, archived from the original on May 30, 2011 ; Retrieved November 21, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Q&A: Getting to Know ... Miami's Ciara Michel. theacc.com, October 12, 2007; archived from the original on June 16, 2007 ; accessed on November 21, 2011 (English).
- ↑ a b Newest proCane Ciara Michel Signs Pro Volleyball Contract. proCanes, August 2, 2010, accessed November 21, 2011 .
- ↑ New middle blocker for volleyball women. (No longer available online.) Alemannia Aachen, July 16, 2010, archived from the original on August 24, 2010 ; Retrieved November 21, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ GB Women - Tour of Peru Match 1 - Arequipa - 05/20/11. GB Women's Volleyball, May 2011, accessed September 7, 2012 .
- ↑ Team GB: Men's and Women's Volleyball Squads Selected to Team GB , June 29, 2012
- ↑ TSV Alemannia Aachen Karine Muijlwijk comes from Hamburg - Barbara Dégi extended, Ci Michel switched to Hamburg ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , July 18, 2012
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SURNAME | Michel, Ciara |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British volleyball player |
DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd July 1985 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Taunton |