Georg Klein (volleyball player)

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Georg Klein
Georg Klein.jpg
2011 in Düren
portrait
Date of birth August 22, 1991
place of birth Leipzig, Germany
size 2.01 m
position Middle block
societies

until 2007
2007–2011
2011–2015
2015–2016
2016–2017
2017–2020 		TSV Leipzig 76
VV Leipzig / VC Leipzig
VC Olympia Berlin
evivo / SWD Powervolleys Düren
Topvolley Antwerp
VfB Friedrichshafen
Berlin Recycling Volleys
National team
until 2012
since 2012 		Junior national team
A national team
successes
2009
2018
2019
2020 		3rd place Olympic Youth Games
German Masters
German Masters
German Cup Winners

As of June 22, 2020

Georg Klein (born August 22, 1991 in Leipzig ) is a German volleyball player .

Career

Klein began his sporting career with his hometown club TSV Leipzig 76 as a swimmer before he came to volleyball. He later moved to the Bundesliga club VV Leipzig within the city . In 2007 the middle blocker went to the junior team of the VC Olympia Berlin . With the junior national team, he finished third in the 2009 Youth Olympic Games. At the 2010 European Championships in Belarus and the 2011 World Championships in Rio de Janeiro , the team finished sixth and tenth. In the summer of 2011, Klein followed his trainer Söhnke Hinz to evivo Düren . In September 2012 he made his first international appearance in the senior national team in the European Championship qualification in Ukraine in a 3-0 win over Sweden . In the 2015/16 season he played for the Belgian club Topvolley Antwerp . In 2016 he returned to the Bundesliga and played one season for record champions VfB Friedrichshafen . In 2017, Klein moved to the German champion Berlin Recycling Volleys . In the 2017/18 season he reached the quarter-finals of the DVV Cup with the BR Volleys and won the German championship . In the 2018/19 season he reached the cup semi-finals with the team and managed to defend the title in the Bundesliga .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Small with big ambitions. Südkurier , June 28, 2016, accessed August 4, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b Profile at DVV
  3. ↑ DVV men: unbeaten in the second tournament - 3-0 against Sweden. DVV , September 10, 2012, archived from the original on December 12, 2015 ; accessed on August 4, 2018 .
  4. ^ BR Volleys sign middle blocker Georg Klein. Der Tagesspiegel , June 6, 2017, accessed on August 4, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Klein, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German volleyball player
DATE OF BIRTH August 22, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig , Germany