Courtney Thompson

Courtney Thompson
portrait
Date of birth	4th November 1984
place of birth	Bellevue (Washington), United States
size	1.70 m
position	passing
societies
2003–2006 2008 2008–2009 2010 2010–2011 2012 2012–2013 2013–2015 2015–2016	University of Washington Las Gigantes de Carolina Volley Köniz Lancheras de Cataño SVS Post Schwechat Lancheras de Cataño Budowlani Łódź VBC Voléro Zürich Rio de Janeiro VC
National team
2007-2016	A national team
successes
2009 2009 2011 2012 2012 2012 2014 2014 2014 2015 2015 2015 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016	Swiss Champion NORCECA Champion Austrian Champion Puerto Rican Champion Winner Grand Prix Olympic Silver Swiss Champion Swiss Cup Winner World Champion Swiss Champion Swiss Cup Winner Grand Prix Brazilian Champion Brazilian Cup Winner South American Club Champion Olympic Bronze
As of March 26, 2018

Courtney Thompson (born November 4, 1984 in Bellevue , Washington ) is an American volleyball player . She won the Olympic silver medal in 2012, became world champion in 2014 and won the Olympic bronze medal in 2016.

Career

Thompson began her career at Kentlake High School in Kent, Washington . She graduated from the top of the class. During her studies, she played on the University of Washington team from 2003 to 2006 . In January 2007, the setter made her debut in the US national team , with which she took part in the Grand Prix and reached third place at the Pan American Games . In 2008 she first played in Puerto Rico at Las Gigantes de Carolina before moving to the Swiss first division club Volley Köniz . In 2009 Thompson won the Swiss championship with Köniz. Internationally, she was back at the 2009 Grand Prix and became NORCECA champion with the US team . In 2010 she was first with Lancheras de Cataño and then with the Austrian association SVS Post Schwechat . She won the national championship with Schwechat in 2011. Internationally, there was again a bronze medal for her at the Pan American Games . In 2012, Thompson became a Puerto Rican Master when she returned to Lancheras de Cataño. She won the 2012 Grand Prix with the national team . She then took part in the Olympic Games in London and won the silver medal. From 2013 to 2015 she played with Volero Zurich in the highest Swiss league and won the Swiss double twice.

Web links

Commons : Courtney Thompson  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Courtney Thompson in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Profile at FIVB (English)
• Profile at Team USA (English)
• Portrait at NBC Olympics (English)