Olympic Summer Games 2012 / volleyball (hall) / participants

In the volleyball tournament of the 2012 Olympic Games , twelve teams each competed for men and women. A squad with twelve players was nominated for each team. The roster was officially published by the FIVB on July 17th .

Men

Argentina

After missing the tournament in Beijing four years ago , the Argentine team qualified for London in the 2012 South American elimination. She achieved her best Olympic result so far in 1988 in Seoul when she won the bronze medal.

Surname	No.	size	Date of birth	position	society
Gabriel Arroyo	1	1.94 m	03rd Mar 1977	MB	Club Ciudad de Bolívar
Nicolas Bruno	10	1.88 m	Feb. 24, 1989	AA	Boca Juniors
Iván Castellani	2	1.96 m	Jan. 19, 1991	D.	Club Ciudad de Bolívar
Facundo Conte	7th	1.98 m	Aug 25, 1989	AA	Acqua Paradiso Monza
Pablo Crer	14th	2.05 m	June 12, 1989	MB	Club Ciudad de Bolívar
Luciano De Cecco	15th	1.93 m	0June 2nd, 1988	Z	Copra Piacenza
Alexis González	16	1.84 m	July 21, 1981	L.	Tours VB
Federico Pereyra	12	2.00 m	June 19, 1988	AA	La Union de Formosa
Cristian Poglajen	6th	1.95 m	July 14, 1989	AA	Hit Randstad Roeselare
Rodrigo Quiroga	9	1.90 m	23 Mar 1987	AA	Fenerbahçe Grundig
Sebastian Solé	11	2.02 m	June 12, 1991	MB	Club Ciudad de Bolívar
Nicolás Uriarte	5	1.92 m	21 Mar 1990	Z	Buenos Aires Unidos
Trainer: Javier Weber , Argentina ; Assistant coach: Alejandro Grossi , Argentina

Australia

Australia first played host to Sydney in 2000 , finishing eighth. 2012 saw the third participation as the winner of the Asian qualification.

Surname	No.	size	Date of birth	position	society
Thomas Edgar	19th	2.12 m	June 21, 1989		Caffe Aiello Corigliano
Andrew Grant	8th	2.06 m	Apr 22, 1985	MB	Australian Institute of Sport
Harrison Peacock	7th	1.92 m	Jan. 31, 1991	Z	Linköpings VC
Travis Passier	5	2.05 m	Apr. 26, 1989	MB	M. Roma Volley
Nathan Roberts	3	1.99 m	Feb. 17, 1986	AA	CMC Ravenna
Luke Smith	16	2.04 m	Aug 30, 1990	AA	Linköpings VC
Grigory Sukochev	14th	1.96 m	Feb. 18, 1988	Z	SK Chemes Humenne
Aden Tutton	12	1.82 m	0Dec 6, 1984	L.	Long handle volley
Adam White	9	2.03 m	0Nov 8, 1989	AA	Long handle volley
Lincoln Williams	18th		0Oct 6, 1993		Australian Institute of Sport
Igor Yudin	6th	2.00 m	June 17, 1987	AA	Yaroslavl Yaroslavl
Aidan Zingel	1	2.07 m	Nov 19, 1990	MB	Blu Volley Verona
Trainer: Jon Uriarte , Australia ; Assistant coach: Daniel Ilott , Australia

Brazil

The Brazilians were the only nation to take part in all Olympic tournaments. In 1996 in Atlanta and 2004 in Athens they won the gold medal. For London they qualified third in the 2011 World Cup.

Surname	No.	size	Date of birth	position	society
Thiago Soares Alves	11	1.94 m	July 26, 1986	AA	Panasonic Panthers
Dante Guimarães Amaral	18th	2.01 m	Sep 30 1980	AA	RJX Rio de Janeiro
Wallace de Souza	4th	1.98 m	June 26, 1987	AA	Sada Cruzeiro Vôlei
Sidnei dos Santos Júnior	5	2.03 m	0July 9, 1982	MB	SESI São Paulo
Murilo Endres	8th	1.90 m	0May 3, 1981	AA	SESI São Paulo
Ricardo Garcia	17th	1.91 m	Nov 19, 1975	Z	Vôlei Futuro
Gilberto Godoy Filho	7th	1.92 m	23 Dec 1976	AA	Drean Bolívar
Bruno Rezende	1	1.90 m	02nd July 1986	MB	Cimed Florianópolis
Lucas Saatkamp	16	2.09 m	06th Mar 1986	MB	RJX Rio de Janeiro
Rodrigo Santana	14th	2.05 m	Apr 17, 1979	MB	SESI São Paulo
Sérgio Dutra Santos	10	1.84 m	Oct 15, 1975	L.	SESI São Paulo
Leandro Vissotto Neves	6th	2.12 m	Apr 30, 1983	D.	BreBanca Lannutti Cuneo
Coach: Bernardo Rezende , Brazil ; Assistant coach: Roberley Leonaldo , Brazil

Bulgaria

Bulgaria was represented at an Olympic tournament for the eighth time. The Bulgarians achieved their best result in 1980 in Moscow , when they lost to the hosts in the final. In 2012 they used the home advantage at the last qualifying tournament in Sofia .

Surname	No.	size	Date of birth	position	society
Todor Aleksiev	15th	2.00 m	Apr 21, 1983	U	ZSK Gazprom-Ugra Surgut
Georgi Bratoev	1	2.02 m	Oct 21, 1987	Z	Levski Sofia
Valentin Bratoev	10	2.01 m	Oct 21, 1987	U	Pallovolo Sora
Dobromir Dimitrov	9	1.96 m	0July 7, 1991	Z	Pirin Balkanstroy
Viktor Josifov	12	2.04 m	Oct 16, 1985	MB	Pallavolo Modena
Nikolay Nikolov	18th	2.06 m	July 29, 1986	MB	Callipo Sport SRL
Vladimir Nikolov	11	2.00 m	0Oct 3, 1977	AA	Copra Piacenza
Nikolay Penchev	17th	1.96 m	May 22, 1992	AA	Copra Piacenza
Teodor Salparov	13	1.85 m	Aug 16, 1982	L.	CSKA Sofia
Todor Skrimov	7th	1.91 m	0Jan. 9, 1990	AA	Paris volley
Tsvetan Sokolov	19th	2.06 m	Dec. 31, 1989	D.	Trentino volley
Teodor Todorow	14th	2.08 m	0Sep 1 1989	MB	ZSK Gazprom-Ugra Surgut
Trainer: Stojschew Radostin , Bulgaria ; Assistant coach: Placi Camillo , Italy

Germany

For the fourth time Germany was represented at an Olympic tournament. The GDR selection came fourth in 1968 and second in Munich in 1972 , while the host took eleventh place. After finishing ninth in Beijing in 2008 , DVV also qualified for London with their home game in Berlin.

Surname	No.	size	Date of birth	position	society
Bjorn Andrae	5	2.00 m	May 14, 1981	AA	VK Kuzbass Kemerovo
Marcus Böhme	8th	2.10 m	Aug 25, 1985	MB	VfB Friedrichshafen
Christian Dünnes	13	2.07 m	June 16, 1984	MB	Generali Haching
Georg Grozer Jr.	9	2.00 m	Nov. 27, 1984	D.	VK Lokomotiv-Belogorje
Max Günthör	15th	2.06 m	0Aug 9, 1985	MB	VfB Friedrichshafen
Denis Kaliberda	6th	1.92 m	June 24, 1990	AA	Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia
Lukas Kampa	11	1.93 m	Nov 29, 1986	Z	Belgorod locomotive
Marcus Popp	1	1.92 m	23 Sep 1981	AA	Tours volley ball
Jochen Schöps	10	2.00 m	0Oct 8, 1983	D.	Asseco CWKS Resovia
Sebastian Schwarz	3	1.97 m	0Oct 2, 1985	AA	Umbria volley
Markus Steuerwald	2	1.82 m	07th Mar 1989	L.	Paris volley
Simon Tischer	4th	1.94 m	Apr. 24, 1982	Z	Jastrzębski Węgiel
Trainer: Vital Heynen , Belgium ; Co-trainers: Stefan Huebner and Ralph Bergmann , Germany

Great Britain

The British team , which has only existed in this united form since 2006, was set as the host. Before that, British teams had never been able to qualify for the Olympic Games.

Surname	No.	size	Date of birth	position	society
Dami Bakare	3	1.96 m		D.	VC Argex Duvel Puurs
Peter Bakare	1	1.96 m		MB	Landstede Zwolle
Nathan French	10	1.93 m		AA	Avignon
Jason Haldane	8th	2.03 m	July 23, 1971	D.	CSKA Sofia
Daniel Hunter	4th	1.82 m		L.	Landstede Zwolle
Chris Lamont	12	1.99 m		MB	Asul Lyon
Mark McGivern	6th	1.95 m		MB	Avignon
Joel Miller	11	1.91 m		AA	VBK Klagenfurt
Kieran O'Malley	17th	1.88 m		Z	Abiant Lycurgus Groningen
Andrew Pink	9	1.92 m		AA	Amicale Laique Canteleu Maromme
Ben Pipes	2	2.04 m		Z	Landstede Zwolle
Mark Plotyczer	5	1.95 m	Feb. 19, 1987	AA	Saint-Brieuc Côtes-d'Armor VB
Trainer: Harry Brokking , United Kingdom ; Assistant Trainer: Joel Banks , United Kingdom

Italy

Italy has participated in every Olympic tournament since 1976. In 1996 in Atlanta and 2004 in Athens , the Italians won silver. In 2012 they prevailed against Germany in the final of the European qualification.

Surname	No.	size	Date of birth	position	society
Andrea Bari	16	1.84 m	05th Mar 1980	L.	Trentino volley
Emanuele Birarelli	15th	2.01 m	0Feb. 8, 1981	MB	Trentino volley
Dante Boninfante	10	1.88 m	07th Mar 1977	Z	M. Roma Volley
Alessandro Fei	14th	2.04 m	Nov 29, 1978	D.	Pallavolo Piacenza
Andrea Giovi	17th	1.83 m	Aug 19, 1983	L.	Umbria volley
Michal Lasko	7th	2.02 m	11th Mar 1981	D.	Jastrzębski Węgiel
Luigi Mastrangelo	1	2.02 m	Aug 17, 1975	MB	BreBanca Lannutti Cuneo
Samuele Papi	6th	1.90 m	May 20, 1973	AA	Copra Piacenza
Simone Parodi	3	1.96 m	June 16, 1986	AA	Lube Macerata
Cristian Savani	11	1.95 m	Feb 22, 1982	AA	Lube Macerata
Dragan Travica	13	2.00 m	Aug 28, 1986	Z	Lube Macerata
Ivan Zaytsev	9	2.02 m	0Oct 2, 1988	AA	M. Roma Volley
Coach: Paolo Montagnani , Italy ; Assistant coach: Adriano di Pinto , Italy

Poland

The Poles were represented for the eighth time. They celebrated their greatest success so far in 1976 in Montreal when they won the final against the Soviet Union. For London they qualified as runner-up in the 2011 World Cup.

Surname	No.	size	Date of birth	position	society
Zbigniew Bartman	9	1.98 m	0May 4th 1987	U	Jastrzębski Węgiel
Krzysztof Ignaczak	16	1.88 m	May 15, 1978	L.	CWKS Resovia
Jakub Jarosz	7th	1.95 m	Feb 10, 1987	U	Andreoli Latina
Grzegorz Kosok	4th	2.06 m	02nd Mar 1986	MB	CWKS Resovia
Michał Kubiak	13	1.91 m	Feb. 23, 1988	AA	Jastrzębski Węgiel
Bartosz Kurek	6th	2.05 m	Aug 29, 1988	U	Skra Bełchatów
Marcin Możdżonek	18th	2.11 m	0Feb 9, 1985	MB	Skra Bełchatów
Piotr Nowakowski	1	2.05 m	Dec 18, 1987	MB	CWKS Resovia
Michał Ruciak	14th	1.89 m	22 Aug 1983	AA	Zaksa Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Michał Winiarski	2	2.00 m	28 Sep 1983	U	Skra Bełchatów
Paweł Zagumny	5	2.00 m	Oct 18, 1977	Z	Zaksa Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Łukasz Żygadło	15th	2.00 m	0Aug 2, 1979	Z	Trentino volley
Trainer: Andrea Anastasi , Italy ; Assistant coach: Andrea Gardini , Italy

Russia

Russia (with its predecessor states) missed a single Olympic tournament due to the boycott in 1984 . The Soviets won gold in 1964, 1968 and 1980. As winners of the World Cup 2011, they qualified for the tournament in London.

Surname	No.	size	Date of birth	position	society
Nikolai Sergeyevich Apalikov	3	2.03 m	Aug 26, 1982	MB	VK Zenit-Kazan
Yuri Viktorovich Bereschko	10	1.98 m	Jan. 27, 1984	AA	VK Zenit-Kazan
Alexander Anatolyevich Butko	12	1.98 m	18 Mar 1986	Z	VK Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
Taras Jurjewitsch Chtei	4th	2.05 m	May 22, 1982	U	VK Lokomotiv-Belogorje
Sergei Yuryevich Grankin	5	1.95 m	Jan. 21, 1985	Z	VK Dynamo Moscow
Dmitri Sergejewitsch Ilyinych	15th	2.01 m	Jan. 31, 1987	D.	VK Lokomotiv-Belogorje
Maxim Michailowitsch Michailow	17th	2.03 m	19 Mar 1988	D.	VK Zenit-Kazan
Dmitri Alexandrovich Musersky	13	2.18 m	Oct 29, 1988	MB	VK Lokomotiv-Belogorje
Alexei Alexandrovich Obmochayev	20th	1.89 m	May 22, 1989	L.	VK Zenit-Kazan
Alexander Sergeevich Sokolov	9	1.93 m	01st Mar 1982	L.	Fakel Novy Urengoy
Sergei Yuryevich Tetyuchin	8th	1.97 m	23 Sep 1975	AA	VK Lokomotiv-Belogorje
Alexander Alexandrovich Volkov	18th	2.10 m	Feb. 14, 1985	MB	VK Zenit-Kazan
Trainer: Vladimir Alekno , Russia ; Assistant coach: Sergio Busato , Italy

Serbia

Serbia (including its predecessor states) was represented in an Olympic tournament for the sixth time. In 2000 in Sydney , Yugoslavia won the final against Russia. In 2012 he qualified at the tournament in Tokyo.

Surname	No.	size	Date of birth	position	society
Aleksandar Atanasijevic	14th	2.01 m	04th Sep 1991	D.	Skra Bełchatów
Bojan Janic	4th	1.98 m	0Nov 3, 1982	AA	Fakel Novy Urengoy
Nikola Kovačević	1	1.93 m	Feb. 14, 1983	AA	Gubernia Nizhny Novgorod
Uroš Kovačević	2	1.97 m	0May 6, 1993	AA	ACH Volley Ljubljana
Mihajlo Mitic	11	2.01 m	17 Sep 1990	Z	OK Red Star Belgrade
Miloš Nikić	10	1.94 m	31 Mar 1986	AA	Gabeca Volley Monza
Vlado Petković	5	1.98 m	0Jan. 6, 1983	Z	Umbria volley
Marko Podraščanin	18th	2.04 m	Aug 29, 1987	MB	Lube Macerata
Milan Rašić	12	2.05 m	0Feb. 2, 1985	MB	ACH Volley Ljubljana
Nikola Rosic	19th	1.92 m	0Aug 5, 1984	L.	VfB Friedrichshafen
Dragan Stanković	7th	2.05 m	Oct 18, 1985	MB	Lube Macerata
Saša Starović	15th	2.07 m	Oct 19, 1988	D.	Lube Macerata
Coach: Igor Kolakovic , Serbia ; Assistant coach: Zeljko Bulatovic , Serbia

Tunisia

Tunisia qualified as the African representative for the sixth time for the Olympic Games. The North Africans achieved their best result so far with ninth place in 1984 in Los Angeles .

Surname	No.	size	Date of birth	position	society
Mehdi Ben Cheikh	15th	1.83 m	May 13, 1979	Z	Espérance Sportive de Tunis
Bilel Ben Hassine	14th	1.95 m	June 22, 1983	MB	CS Sfax
Mohamed Ben Slimane	8th	1.87 m	Nov 29, 1981	Z	ES Sahel
Noureddine Hfaiedh	13	1.97 m	Aug 27, 1973	AA	ES Sahel
Hichem Kaabi	16	1.94 m	13 Sep 1986		Espérance Sportive de Tunis
Ahmed Kadhi	2	1.98 m	Apr 19, 1989	MB	CO Kelibia
Elyes Karamosly	7th	1.95 m	22 Aug 1989		Espérance Sportive de Tunis
Ismail Moalla	11	1.95 m	Jan. 30, 1990	U	CS Sfax
Marouane M'Rabet	3	1.86 m	05th June 1985		CO Kelibia
Hamza Nagga	10	1.96 m	May 29, 1990		CO Kelibia
Anouer Taouerghi	12	1.78 m	Aug 17, 1983	L.	CS Sfax
Trainer: Fethi Mkaouer , Tunisia ; Assistant coach: Riadh Hedeli , Tunisia

United States

The US team , which qualified in the NORCECA elimination in 2012, was represented at the first two Olympic tournaments and has always been there since their home game in 1984 in Los Angeles . Since the Americans won their third gold medal after 1984 and 1988 in Beijing in 2008 , they competed as defending champions in London.

Surname	No.	size	Date of birth	position	society
Matthew Anderson	1	2.04 m	Apr 18, 1987	AA	Pallavolo Modena
Russell Holmes	12	2.05 m	0July 1, 1982	MB	Jastrzębski Węgiel
Richard Lambourne	5	1.90 m	0May 6, 1975	L.	Effector Kielce
David Lee	4th	2.03 m	0March 8 1982	MB	VK Dynamo Moscow
Paul Lotman	6th	2.00 m	0Nov 3, 1985	AA	CWKS Resovia
David McKienzie	21st	1.93 m	05th July 1979	AA	Kuwait Sporting Club
William Priddy	8th	1.94 m	0Oct 1, 1977	AA	VK Zenit-Kazan
Sean Rooney	2	2.06 m	Nov 13, 1982	AA	Gabeca Volley Monza
David Smith	20th	2.01 m	May 15, 1985	MB	Tours volley ball
Clayton Stanley	13	2.05 m	Jan. 20, 1978	D.	Ural Ufa
Donald Suxho	7th	1.96 m	Feb 21, 1976	Z	Drean Bolívar
Brian Thornton	11	1.90 m	Apr 22, 1985	Z	Jastrzębski Węgiel
Coach: Alan Knipe , United States ; Assistant coach: John Speraw , United States

Women

Algeria

As the African representative, Algeria qualified for the Olympic tournament for the second time since 2008. At the premiere in Beijing , the Algerian women were eliminated without a win.

Surname	No.	size	Date of birth	position	society
Mouni Abderrahim	11	1.71 m	Nov 19, 1985	U	ASW Bejaia
Dallal Merwa Achour	2	1.75 m	0Nov 3, 1994	MB	ESF Mouzaia
Tassaadit Aissou	18th	1.84 m	June 19, 1989	MB	Nedjmet Chlef
Sarra Belhocine	9	1.76 m	Sep 18 1994		GS Petroliers
Zohra Bensalem	8th	1.78 m	0Apr 5, 1990	U	GS Petroliers
Safia Boukhima	12	1.76 m	Jan. 10, 1991	AA	GS Petroliers
Celia Bourihane	19th	1.77 m	Jan. 22, 1995	U	NC Bejaia
Salima Hammouche	3	1.58 m	Jan. 17, 1984	L.	GS Petroliers
Sehryne Hennaoui	1	1.72 m	Jan. 10, 1988	Z	Hainaut volley
Amel Khamtache	5	1.81 m	0May 4th 1981		GS Petroliers
Nawal Mansouri	13	1.74 m	0Aug 1, 1985	L.	GS Petroliers
Lydia Oulmou	17th	1.86 m	0Feb. 2, 1986	MB	Istres Ouest Provence volley ball
Trainer: George Strumilo ; Assistant trainer: Aimed Eddine Saidani

Brazil

The Brazilians have been to every Olympic tournament since 1980. For 2012 they qualified in the South American elimination. After winning the gold medal in Beijing in 2008 , they competed in London as defending champions.

Surname	No.	size	Date of birth	position	society
Tandara Caixeta	11	1.84 m	Oct. 30, 1988	U	Osasco Voleibol Clube
Jaqueline Carvalho	8th	1.86 m	Dec 31, 1983	AA	Osasco Voleibol Clube
Sheilla Castro	13	1.85 m	0July 1, 1983	U	Rio de Janeiro VC
Fabiana Claudino	1	1.93 m	Jan. 24, 1985	MB	Fenerbahçe İstanbul
Fernanda Ferreira	9	1.72 m	Jan. 10, 1980	Z	Igtisadchi Baku
Danielle Lins	3	1.81 m	0Jan 5, 1985	Z	SESI São Paulo
Thaísa Menezes	6th	1.96 m	May 15, 1987	MB	Osasco Voleibol Clube
Fabiana Oliveira	14th	1.69 m	07th Mar 1980	L.	Rio de Janeiro VC
Paula Pequeno	4th	1.84 m	Jan. 22, 1982	AA	Vôlei Futuro
Natália Pereira	12	1.83 m	0Apr 4, 1989	AA	Osasco Voleibol Clube
Fernanda Rodrigues	16	1.79 m	May 10, 1986	AA	Vôlei Futuro
Adenízia Silva	5	1.85 m	Dec 18, 1986	MB	Osasco Voleibol Clube
Coach: José Roberto Guimarães , Brazil ; Assistant coach: Paulo Barros Junior , Brazil

China

The Chinese women won the gold medal at their first Olympic tournament in Los Angeles in 1984 and have been there ever since. In 2004 in Athens they repeated the success. For London they qualified third in the 2011 World Cup.

Surname	No.	size	Date of birth	position	society
Chu Jinling	6th	1.90 m	July 29, 1984		Liaoning
Hui Ruoqi	4th	1.89 m	04th Mar 1991	AA	Jiangsu
Ma Yunwen	15th	1.89 m	Oct 19, 1986		Shanghai
Mi Yang	2	1.80 m	Jan. 24, 1989	Z	Tianjin
Shan Danna	10	1.68 m	0Oct 8, 1991	L.	Zhejiang
Wang Yimei	1	1.90 m	Jan. 11, 1988	AA	Liaoning
Wei Qiuyue	8th	1.82 m	26 Sep 1988	Z	Tianjin
Yang Junjing	9	1.90 m	May 15, 1989		Army
Xu Yunli	11	1.96 m	0Aug 2, 1987	MB	Fujian
Zeng Chunlei	12	1.86 m	0Nov 3, 1989		Beijing
Zhang Lei	17th	1.81 m	Jan. 11, 1985		Shanghai
Zhang Xian	7th	1.67 m	16. Mar. 1985	L.	Liaoning
Trainer: Yu Juemin , People's Republic of China ; Assistant coach: Wen Laiya , People's Republic of China

Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic , which prevailed in the NORCECA qualification, took part in the Olympic tournament for the second time after finishing eleventh in 2004 in Athens .

Surname	No.	size	Date of birth	position	society
Cándida Arias	8th	1.94 m	11th Mar 1992	MB	San Cristobal
Milagros Cabral	10	1.82 m	Oct 17, 1978	AA	Los Cachorros
Brenda Castillo	5	1.67 m	05th June 1992	L.	San Cristobal
Bethania de la Cruz	18th	1.88 m	May 13, 1987	U	Deportivo Nacional
Karla Echenique	12	1.80 m	May 16, 1986	U	Deportivo Nacional
Lisvel Eve	3	1.94 m	Sep 10 1991		Mirador
Gina Mambru	17th	1.82 m	Jan. 21, 1986		Los Cachorros
Niverka Marte	7th	1.78 m	Oct 19, 1990	Z	Deportivo Nacional
Sidarka Nuñez	9	1.85 m	June 25, 1984	U	Club Malanga
Prisilla Rivera	14th	1.86 m	December 29, 1984	MB	San Pedro
Cindy Rondón	13	1.86 m	Nov 12, 1987	MB	Mirador
Annerys Vargas	1	1.96 m	0Aug 7, 1981	MB	Seleccion Nacional
Coach: Marcos Kwiek , Brazil ; Assistant trainer: Wagner Pacheco , Dominican Republic

Great Britain

The British team , formed in its unified form in 2006, hosted the Olympic tournament for the first time. Before that, the English participation in the European Championship in 1971 was the only international success.

Surname	No.	size	Date of birth	position	society
Lynne Beattie	10	1.82 m		AA	CV Gran Canaria
Maria Bertelli	7th	1.71 m		L.	Volley Köniz
Rachel Emily Bragg	8th	1.85 m	Dec 11, 1984	AA	VT Aurubis Hamburg
Grace Carter	18th	1.83 m		MB	Olympic Terville Florange
Rachel Laybourne	4th	1.78 m		D.	Silesia Volley Mysłowice
Savanah Leaf	1			AA	San Jose State University
Ciara Michel	19th	1.96 m	02nd July 1985	MB	Alemannia Aachen
Joanne Morgan	9	1.68 m		Z	TFM / DOK Dwingeloo
Lizzie Reid	12	1.80 m		MB	University of Georgia
Janine Sandell	17th	1.80 m		AA	Valeriano Everything Menorca Volei
Jennifer Taylor	6th	1.79 m		AA	TFM / DOK Dwingeloo
Lucy Wicks	2	1.73 m	20 Mar 1982	Z	Alemannia Aachen
Trainer: Audrey Cooper ; Assistant Trainer: Dave Goodchild

Italy

Italy qualified for the Olympics for the fourth time in a row, winning the World Cup 2011. The Italians achieved their best results so far as fifth in 2004 in Athens and 2008 in Beijing .

Surname	No.	size	Date of birth	position	society
Valentina Arrighetti	13	1.85 m	Jan. 26, 1985	MB	Foppapedretti Bergamo
Jenny Barazza	8th	1.88 m	July 24, 1981	MB	LJ Volley Modena
Caterina Bosetti	9	1.79 m	0Feb. 2, 1994	AA	MC-Carnaghi Villa Cortese
Lucia Bosetti	16	1.75 m	0July 9, 1989	AA	MC-Carnaghi Villa Cortese
Paola Cardullo	10	1.59 m	18 Mar 1982	L.	Racing Club de Cannes
Carolina del Pilar Costagrande	18th	1.88 m	Oct 15, 1980	AA	Guangdong Evergrande
Paola Croce	3	1.67 m	06th Mar 1978	L.	LJ Volley Modena
Antonella Del Core	15th	1.80 m	0Nov 5, 1980	AA	Fakel Novy Urengoy
Simona Gioli	17th	1.85 m	17 Sep 1977	MB	Fakel Novy Urengoy
Eleonora Lo Bianco	14th	1.71 m	Dec 22, 1979	Z	Galatasaray Istanbul
Francesca Piccinini	12	1.84 m	Jan. 10, 1979	AA	Foppapedretti Bergamo
Giulia Rondon	5	1.89 m	Oct 16, 1987	Z	Icos crema
Trainer: Massimo Barbolini , Italy ; Assistant coach: Marco Bracci , Italy

Japan

The Japanese have only missed two Olympic tournaments after their home win in Tokyo in 1964 . 1968 to 1976 followed two silver medals and another gold. In 2012 Japan qualified at the Asian tournament.

Surname	No.	size	Date of birth	position	society
Erika Araki	5	1.86 m	0Aug 3, 1984	MB	Toray Arrows
Yukiko Ebata	16	1.76 m	0Nov 7, 1989	AA	Hitachi rival
Kaori Inoue	7th	1.82 m	Oct 21, 1982	MB	Denso Airybees
Maiko Kano	8th	1.85 m	July 15, 1988	AA	Beşiktaş Istanbul
Saori Kimura	18th	1.85 m	Aug 19, 1986	AA	Toray Arrows
Hitomi Nakamichi	2	1.59 m	Sep 18 1985	Z	Toray Arrows
Ai Otomo-Yamamoto	11	1.84 m	24 Mar 1982	MB	JT Marvelous
Saori Sakoda	14th	1.75 m	Dec 18, 1987	AA	Toray Arrows
Yūko Sano	10	1.59 m	July 26, 1979	MB	Igtisadchi Baku
Risa Shinnabe	12	1.73 m	July 11, 1990	AA	Hisamitsu Springs
Yoshie Takeshita	3	1.59 m	18 Mar 1978	Z	JT Marvelous
Mai Yamaguchi	4th	1.76 m	03rd July 1983	AA	Okayama Seagulls
Trainer: Masayoshi Manabe , Japan ; Co-trainers: Kiyoshi Abo and Shigekazu Okubo , Japan

Russia

Russia (including its predecessor states) missed its only tournament due to the boycott . From 1968 to 1988 the Russians won four gold medals. They qualified for London at the tournament in Tokyo.

Surname	No.	size	Date of birth	position	society
Yevgenia Viktorovna Artamonova-Estes	4th	1.91 m	17th July 1975	AA	VK Uralochka-NTMK
Maria Vladimirovna Borisenko	1	1.90 m	0March 8 1986	MB	VK Dynamo Kazan
Ekaterina Alexandrovna Gamova	11	2.02 m	Oct 17, 1980	AA	VK Dynamo Kazan
Tatiana Sergeyevna Kosheleva	15th	1.91 m	Dec 23, 1988	AA	VK Dynamo Krasnodar
Svetlana Valentinovna Kryuchkova	7th	1.74 m	Feb. 21, 1985	L.	VK Dynamo Moscow
Anna Anatolyevna Matiyenko	6th	1.82 m	July 12, 1981	Z	VK Dynamo Moscow
Yulia Viktorovna Merkulova	16	2.02 m	Feb. 17, 1984	MB	VK Dynamo Moscow
Natalija Olegovna Obmochayeva	8th	1.94 m	0June 1, 1989	AA	VK Dynamo Moscow
Maria Nikolaevna Perepyolkina	3	1.87 m	09 Mar 1984	MB	VK Dynamo Moscow
Lyubov Vladimirovna Sokolova-Shashkova	5	1.92 m	0Dec. 4, 1977	U	Fenerbahçe İstanbul
Yevgenia Alexandrovna Starzewa	13	1.85 m	Feb 12, 1989	Z	VK Dynamo Krasnodar
Ekaterina Vadimovna Ulanova	14th	1.72 m	0Aug 5, 1986	L.	VK Dynamo Kazan
Trainer: Sergei Anatoljewitsch Ovtschinnikow , Russia ; Assistant coach: Igor Kurnossow , Russia

Serbia

Serbia qualified for the Olympics for the first time four years ago in Beijing and finished in fifth place. In 2012 he qualified as third of the tournament in Tokyo.

Surname	No.	size	Date of birth	position	society
Jelena Blagojevic	20th	1.81 m	0Dec. 1, 1988	AA	Robur Tiboni Urbino
Jovana Brakočević	2	1.96 m	05th Mar 1988	U	JT Marvelous
Suzana Ćebić	18th	1.67 m	0Nov 9, 1984	L.	VfB 91 Suhl
Ivana Djerisilo	3	1.88 m	0Aug 8, 1983		Robur Tiboni Urbino
Nataša Krsmanović	5	1.88 m	June 19, 1985	MB	Rabita Baku
Brankica Mihajlović	7th	1.89 m	Apr 13, 1991	AA	Hyundai
Maja Ognjenović	10	1.83 m	0Aug 6, 1984	Z	Liu Jo Volley Modena
Milena Rašić	16	1.93 m	Oct 25, 1990	MB	RC Cannes
Sanja Starović	19th	1.95 m	25th Mar 1983	AA	Rabita Baku
Stefana Veljković	11	1.90 m	0Jan. 9, 1990	MB	Asystel Volley Novara
Jovana Vesović	9	1.82 m	June 21, 1987	AA	CSV 2004 Tomis Constanța
Bojana Živković	4th	1.85 m	29 Mar 1988	Z	VBC Voléro Zurich
Trainer: Sergej Owchinnikow , Russia ; Assistant coach: Igor Kurnosow , Russia

South Korea

South Korea took second place at the qualifying tournament in Tokyo, thus securing its tenth Olympic participation. The greatest success so far for South Korea was in 1976 in Montreal when it won the bronze medal.

Surname	No.	size	Date of birth	position	society
Ha Joon-eem	3	1.89 m	Dec 26, 1989	MB	Korea Highway Corp.
Han Song-yi	12	1.86 m	05th Sep 1984	AA	GS Caltex
Han Yoo-mi	11	1.80 m	0Feb. 5, 1982	AA	Korea Ginseng Corp.
Hwang Youn-joo	14th	1.77 m	Aug 13, 1986	AA	Hyundai
Jung Dae-young	13	1.83 m	Aug 12, 1981	MB	GS Caltex
Kim Hae-ran	5	1.68 m	16. Mar. 1984	L.	Korea Highway Corp.
Kim Hee-jin	19th	1.85 m	Apr 29, 1991	MB	IBK
Kim Sa-nee	4th	1.80 m	June 21, 1981	Z	Heungkuk Life Insurance
Kim Yeon-koung	10	1.92 m	Feb. 26, 1988	AA	Heungkuk Life Insurance
Lee Sook-yes	20th	1.75 m	17th June 1980	Z	GS Caltex
Lim Hyo-sook	7th	1.77 m	Apr 26, 1982		Korea Highway Corp.
Yang Hyo-jin	17th	1.90 m	Dec 14, 1989	MB	Hyundai
Coach: Kim Hyung-sil , South Korea ; Assistant coach: Hong Sung-jin , South Korea

Turkey

The Turkish women used the home advantage at the European qualifying tournament in Ankara , where they u. a. Germany and world champions Russia defeated and took part in the Olympic Games for the first time.

Surname	No.	size	Date of birth	position	society
Ergul Avci	5	1.90 m	July 24, 1987		Vakıfbank Güneş Sigorta İstanbul
Naz Aydemir	11	1.86 m	Aug 14, 1990	Z	Fenerbahçe İstanbul
Neslihan Darnel	17th	1.87 m	0Dec 9, 1983		Eczacıbaşı Istanbul
Eda Erdem Dündar	14th	1.87 m	June 22, 1987		Fenerbahçe İstanbul
Esra Gümüş	12	1.81 m	0Oct 2, 1982	AA	Eczacıbaşı Istanbul
Gizem Güreşen	3	1.78 m	Jan. 14, 1987		Vakıfbank Güneş Sigorta İstanbul
Guilder Kayalar Kuzubasioglu	2	1.67 m	0Dec 5, 1980		Eczacıbaşı Istanbul
Özge Kırdar Çemberci	9	1.83 m	June 26, 1985		Vakıfbank Güneş Sigorta İstanbul
Neriman Özsoy	13	1.88 m	July 13, 1988		VK Dynamo Krasnodar
Gözde Kırdar Sonsırma	10	1.83 m	June 26, 1985		Vakıfbank Güneş Sigorta İstanbul
Bahar Toksoy	8th	1.90 m	0Feb 6, 1988		Vakıfbank Güneş Sigorta İstanbul
Poland Uslupehlivan	6th	1.93 m	0Aug 2, 1985		Belediye bank of the Nile
Coach: Marco Aurelio Motta , Brazil ; Assistant coach: Alper Erdoğuş , Turkey

United States

The US team was only absent from the Olympics from 1972 to 1980. The Americans achieved their best results so far with second places in 1984 in Los Angeles and 2008 in Beijing . For London they qualified as runner-up in the 2011 World Cup.

Surname	No.	size	Date of birth	position	society
Foluke Akinradewo	16	1.91 m	0Oct 5, 1987	MB	VK Dynamo Krasnodar
Lindsey Berg	4th	1.73 m	July 16, 1980	Z	GSO Villa Cortese
Nicole Davis	6th	1.67 m	Apr. 24, 1982	L.	Rebecchi Piacenza
Tayyiba Haneef Park	3	2.00 m	23 Mar 1979	U	Igtisadchi Baku
Christa Harmotto	13	1.88 m	Oct 12, 1986	MB	ASD universal volley
Megan Hodge	11	1.91 m	Oct 15, 1988	AA	Trefl Sopot
Destinee Hooker	19th	1.93 m	0Sep 7 1987	D.	Osasco Voleibol Clube
Jordan Larson	10	1.88 m	Oct 16, 1986	U	VK Zenit-Kazan
Tamari Miyashiro	5	1.70 m	0July 8, 1987	L.	BKS Stal Bielsko-Biała
Danielle Scott-Arruda	2	1.88 m	0Oct. 1, 1972	MB	Cultural Metodista
Courtney Thompson	17th	1.70 m	0Nov 4, 1984	Z	Lancheras de Catano
Logan Tom	15th	1.86 m	May 25, 1981	AA	Fenerbahçe İstanbul
Coach: Hugh McCutcheon , United States ; Assistant trainer: Paula Weishoff , United States

Web links

• Squad lists at the FIVB
  • Men: ARG - AUS - BRA - BGR - DEU - GBR - ITA - POL - RUS - SRB - TUN - USA
  • Women: ALG - BRA - CHN - DOM - GBR - ITA - JPN - RUS - SRB - KOR - TUR - USA

Individual evidence

1. ↑ FIVB Olympic Games rosters unveiled
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x} Positions: AA = assumption / outside (wing spiker), D = diagonal (opposite), L = libero (libero) , MB = middle blocker, Z = setter, U = universal (
   English-language names in brackets)