Manuel Rieke

Manuel Rieke
Manuel Rieke (2010)
portrait
birthday	October 23, 1982
place of birth	Potsdam, Germany
size	1.94 m
Indoor volleyball
position	passing
societies
1991–1997 1997–1999 1999–2001 2001–2005 2005–2016	WSG Potsdam Waldstadt SCC Berlin VC Olympia Berlin SCC Berlin Netzhoppers Koenigs Wusterhausen
National team
33 times	A national team
successes
2003 - German champion 2004 - German vice cup winner 2004 - German champion 2005 - Round of 16 Champions League 2005 - German vice cup winner 2009 - Bundesliga play-off semifinals 2009 - 1st place European league 2010 - 9th place world league
beach volleyball
partner	2003–2009 Hannes Ambelang 2006 Marcus Popp 2008 Tilo Backhaus 2011 Sebastian Prüsener
successes
2002 - 5th place U21 World Championship 2003 - 3rd place U23 European Championship 2008 - 5th place DM
As of October 19, 2016

Manuel Rieke (born October 23, 1982 in Potsdam ) is a German volleyball and beach volleyball player .

Career

Indoor volleyball

Born in Potsdam, he began his volleyball career in 1991 in his hometown at WSG Potsdam Waldstadt. Then he played in the junior team of VC Olympia Berlin . In 2001 Rieke moved to the Bundesliga club SCC Berlin and became two-time German champions here in 2003 and 2004 as a second player with good serves . In the 2004/05 season he reached the last sixteen of the Champions League , where they eliminated against Paris Volley . In 2004 and 2005 Rieke made it to the German Cup final with the SCC and lost to VfB Friedrichshafen . In 2005 he moved to local rivals Netzhoppers Königs Wusterhausen and also became team captain there. In 2009 he surprisingly made the leap into the Bundesliga play-off semi-finals with the Netzhoppers , where Generali Haching was eliminated. In the summer of 2009 and 2010, Manuel Rieke was also active in the national team and achieved first place in the European league in 2009 and ninth place in the world league in 2010 . In 2016 Rieke ended his active indoor career.

beach volleyball

In addition to his indoor career, Rieke also plays beach volleyball in summer. With Hannes Ambelang he reached fifth place in the U21 World Championship in Catania in 2002 and won the bronze medal at the U23 European Championship in Stare Jabłonki in 2003 . In 2006 he played two tournaments in the German series with Marcus Popp and won both in Binz and in Sankt Peter-Ording . At the side of Tilo Backhaus , he finished fifth at the German Championships in Timmendorfer Strand in 2008 . In 2011 Rieke played with Sebastian Prüsener . Her best results were two fifth places in German tournaments.

Trainer

In the 2016/17 season Rieke was the coach of the Bundesliga women from Köpenicker SC .

Private

Manuel Rieke is married and has one child.

Web links

• Beach portrait at DVV
• Profile at the world association FIVB (English)
• Profile in the Beach Volleyball Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Federal leagues: Manuel Rieke changes to the Köpenicker coaching bench. volleyballer.de, June 8, 2016, accessed October 5, 2016 .