Jeffrey Stork
| Jeffrey "Jeff" Stork | |
| portrait | |
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| Date of birth | July 8, 1960 |
| place of birth | Longview (Washington), USA |
| size | 1.90 m |
| position | passing |
| societies | |
| 1981-1994 1989-1991 1991-1995 1996-1997 |
Pepperdine University Maxicono Parma Mediolanum Milan Olympiacos Piraeus |
| National team | |
| 1984-1996 | A national team |
| successes | |
| 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1990 1990 1992 1992 1993 1996 |
World Cup Winner World Champion Winner Pan American Games Olympic Winner Club World Champion Italian Champion Italian Cup Winner European Cup Winner Olympic Bronze Club World Champion European Cup Winner Olympic Ninth |
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As of November 20, 2018 |
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Jeffrey Malcolm "Jeff" Stork (born July 8, 1960 in Longview , Washington ) is a former American volleyball player and Olympic champion.
Career
Stork played at Pepperdine University, California, from 1981 to 1984 . Then the setter played in the US national team . He won the World Cup in Japan in 1985 , was world champion in France in 1986 and in 1987 he won the Pan American Games in Indianapolis . In 1988 he won the gold medal at the Olympic Games in Seoul . In the following years Stork also played in the Italian professional league. With Maxicono Parma he was club world champion , Italian champion and cup winner as well as European cup winner in the 1989/90 season . At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona he won the bronze medal. In the 1992/93 season he again won the Club World Cup and the European Cup Winners' Cup with Mediolanum Milan . In 1996 Stork took part in the Olympic Games for the third time , but was eliminated in Atlanta after the preliminary round. After that he was active for another season in Greece at Olympiacos Piraeus .
In the early 1990s, Stork also played beach volleyball in national four-on-four tournaments. After his active time, he was initially an assistant trainer at Pepperdine University . Since 2002 he has been the head coach at California State University, Northridge .
In 2012 Jeff Stork was inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame.
Private
Stork lives in Topanga , California . He is married and has a daughter and two sons.
Web links
- Jeffrey Stork in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Profile at the Italian Volleyball League (Italian)
- Profile at the CSUN Matadors (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Stork, Jeffrey |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stork, Jeffrey Malcolm (full name); Stork, Jeff (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American volleyball player and Olympic champion |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 8, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Longview , Washington |