Elina Salomäki

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Elina Salomäki
Elina Salomäki
2014 in Aachen
portrait
Date of birth October 19, 1981
place of birth Kajaani, Finland
size 1.80 m
position Diagonal / outside
societies
until 2000
2000–2002
2002–2003
2003–2008
2008–2009
2009–2010
2010–2012
2012–2013
2013–2014
2015–2016 		Kauhajoen Karhu
Australia
University of Mississippi
Louisiana State University
Vanajan Racing Club
Someron Pallo
Pieksämäki Volley
Rote Raben Vilsbiburg
Ladies in Black Aachen
CV Aguere
National team
since 2012 A national team

As of December 28, 2018

Elina Salomäki (born October 19, 1981 in Kajaani ) is a Finnish volleyball coach and former volleyball player.

Career

Salomäki started her career with Kauhajoen Karhu . She played in Australia from 2000 to 2002 before going to the University of Mississippi . From 2003 she studied at Louisiana State University and played on the university team. There she was also active as a trainer from 2006 to 2008. She then returned to Finland and was under contract for one season each with the Vanajan Racing Club in Hämeenlinna and Someron Pallo. In 2010 the attacker switched to Pieksämäki Volley. In June 2012 she made her debut for the Finnish national team . In the same year she was signed by the second team of the Bundesliga club Rote Raben Vilsbiburg , which plays in the second division. With Finland she took part in the 2013 European Championship . Then Salomäki moved from second to the First Bundesliga to the Ladies in Black Aachen . With Aachen she reached the semi-finals of the German championship in 2014; it was the greatest success in the club's history. After the end of the season, her contract was not extended. In 2015 she went to CV Aguere in Tenerife for one season .

Salomäki was also active in individual beach volleyball tournaments . In 2006 she played a tournament on the American AVP Tour and in 2011 a Challenger tournament in Varna . In the summer of 2013, she and her younger sister Hanna competed in the national tournament series.

In 2017 she ended her career as a player and took over the post of head coach at the Finnish club Puijo Wolley .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Profile in the Beach Volleyball Database (English)
  2. ↑ Profile at the Rote Raben Vilsbiburg ( Memento from October 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ "Ladies in Black": Final dream ends in the third semifinals. Aachener Zeitung , April 23, 2014, accessed on April 28, 2014 .
  4. ↑ Exchange stock exchanges: What is happening at Meister Berlin? In: volleyball.de. May 12, 2014, accessed December 28, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Pieksämäelläkin pelannut Elina Salomäki Teneriffalle. In: savonsanomat.fi. September 3, 2015, accessed December 28, 2018 (Finnish).
  6. ↑ Beach profile at the FIVB
  7. ↑ Suomalaissiskokset ovat Näyttävä parivaljakko beach volleyssa - katso kuumat treenikuvat! Ilta Sanomat, July 19, 2013, accessed October 12, 2013 (Finnish).
  8. ↑ Yleispelaaja Hanna Salomäki nostamassa Puijo Wolleyta liigaan. In: viikkosavo.fi. September 28, 2017, Retrieved December 28, 2018 (Finnish).
personal data
SURNAME Salomäki, Elina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish volleyball player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH October 19, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Kajaani , Finland