Peter Blangé

Peter Blangé
portrait
Date of birth	December 9, 1964
place of birth	Voorburg , Netherlands
size	2.05 m
position	passing
societies
1979–1986 1986–1990 1990–1991 1991–1996 1996–1997 1997–1999 1999–2001 2001–2002	Starlift Voorburg Martinus Amstelveen Pallavolo Catania Pallavolo Parma Moerser SC Sisley Treviso Vrevok Nieuwegein Dynamo Apeldoorn
National team
500 times for the	Netherlands
successes
1987, 1988 1987, 1988 1988 1989 1991 1992 1992 1992 1992 1993 1993 1994 1995 1995 1996 1996 1997 1998 1998 1999 1999 2000 2000 2001 2002	Dutch champion 3rd place European Champion's Cup 5th place Olympic Games in Seoul 3rd place European Championship in Sweden 3rd place European Championship in Germany Winner of the CEV Cup Italian Champion Italian Cup winner silver Olympic Games in Barcelona Italian Champion 2nd place European Championship in Finland 2nd place World Cup in Greece Winner CEV -Pokal 2nd place EM in Greece Winner World League Olympic Champion in Atlanta European Champion in the Netherlands Italian Champion Winner CEV-Cup Italian Champion Winner Champions League Dutch Champion 5th place Olympic Games in Sydney Dutch Cup Winner Dutch Cup Winner
As of February 6, 2013

Peter Blangé (born December 9, 1964 in Voorburg ) is a former Dutch volleyball player . He was one of the world's best recorders of the 1990s.

Peter Blangé began playing volleyball at the local Starlift Voorburg club. In 1988 he moved to the top club Martinus Amstelveen . Here he was twice Dutch champion under coach Arie Selinger and twice finished third in the European Cup . In 1990, the player moved to the Italian league. He first played one season with Pallavolo Catania and from 1991 onwards with the top club Pallavolo Parma , with whom he was Italian champion in 1992 and 1993, won the Italian Cup in 1992 and the European CEV Cup in 1992 and 1995 . In 1996/97 Peter Blangé played at Moerser SC in the German Bundesliga . He then went back to Italy and was Italian champion twice in a row with Sisley Treviso , won the CEV Cup again in 1998 and crowned his club career in 1999 by winning the Champions League . Peter Blangé then played back in his home country and won the Dutch championship and cup with Geové Vrevok Nieuwegein and, at the end of his playing career, in 2002 with Dynamo Apeldoorn again cup winner.

Peter Blangé played 500 times for the Dutch national team between 1984 and 2000, holding the national record. He took part in four Olympic Games and won the silver medal in Barcelona in 1992 and the gold medal in Atlanta in 1996 . Other highlights were winning the World League in 1996 and winning the European Championship in 1997 in their own country .

From 2004 to 2007 Peter Blangé was head coach at the Dutch club Ortec Rotterdam Nesselande , where he was twice Dutch champion and three times cup winner. From 2006 to 2010 he was the coach of the Dutch men's national team.

In 2012 Peter Blangé was inducted into the " Volleyball Hall of Fame ".

Web links

• Hall of Fame volleyball.de 3/2011
• Hall of Fame (English)
• Peter Blangé in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Profile at the Italian Volleyball League (Italian)
• Profile at the European Volleyball Federation CEV (English)
• Profile at volleybox.net (English)
• Ranking list 1997 (PDF; 110 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Olympic Team. (No longer available online.) Moerser SC , archived from the original on April 21, 2013 ; Retrieved February 6, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.