Rita Crockett
| Rita Crockett | |
|---|---|
| portrait | |
| birthday | November 2, 1957 |
| place of birth | San Antonio, Texas, USA |
| size | 1.76 m |
| Indoor volleyball | |
| position | External attack / adoption |
| societies | |
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1982-1986 1987-1998 1988-1991 1991-1993 1993-1998 |
Houston Cougars Daiei Kobe Long Beach State University Pescopagano Matera Unibit / Fincres Rom RTV 1879 Basel |
| National team | |
| 1978-1985 | A national team |
| successes | |
| 1982 - Third World Cup 1983 - Second Pan American Games 1984 - Olympic silver 1986 - Japanese champion 1993 - CEV Cup winner 1994 - Swiss cup winner 1995 - Swiss champion and cup winner 1996 - Swiss champion and cup winner |
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| beach volleyball | |
| Partner | 1989, 1991, 1993 Jackie Silva 1990 Angela Rock 1990, 1994 Patty Dodd 1991, 1992 Lisa Strand-Ma'a 1991, 1993 Linda Hanley 1991 Nina Matthies 1992, 1993 Holly McPeak 1993 Linda Chisholm |
| successes | |
| 1989 - unofficial world champion. 1990 - unofficial runner-up world champion |
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| As of April 15, 2015 | |
Rita Louise Crockett (born November 2, 1957 in San Antonio , Texas ) is a former American volleyball and beach volleyball player .
Career
Crockett played volleyball with the Houston Cougars in the 1970s . Since 1978, the outside attacker was used in the US national team. Because of the US boycott, Crockett could not take part in the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow . In 1982 she was with the national team third at the World Cup in Peru and in 1983 second at the Pan American Games in Caracas . In 1984 Crockett ("The Rocket") won the silver medal with the US team at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles .
From 1982 to 1998 Crockett played for various clubs around the world. From 1982 to 1986 she was active in Japan with Daiei Kobe , where she became Japanese champion in 1986. In 1987 and 1988 she played in the professional US major league for Long Beach State University . Then she went to Italy, first to Pescopagano Matera and from 1991 to Unibit and Fincres Rome , where she won the CEV Cup in 1993 . She then spent five years with RTV 1879 Basel , with whom she was Swiss champion twice and the Swiss Cup three times.
At the same time, Crockett played professionally beach volleyball on the national WPVA series from 1989 to 1994 and was successful here with various partners. With Jackie Silva she won the unofficial world championship in 1989 and became vice world champion in 1990 with Angela Rock .
After her playing days, Crockett was a volleyball trainer. a. at the FIU Panthers in Florida.
In 2011, Crockett was inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame .
Web links
- Profile Hall of Fame (English)
- Profile about sports (English)
- Profile FIU Panthers (English)
- Profile legavolleyfemminile (Italian)
- Profile in the Beach Volleyball Database (English)
- Rita Crockett in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jason Remillard: Volleyball Hall of Fame inductee Rita Crockett shares her story with Dean Tech students. masslive.com, October 26, 2011, accessed April 15, 2015 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Crockett, Rita |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Crockett, Rita Louise; Buck-Crockett, Rita; Crockett Royster, Rita |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American volleyball and beach volleyball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 2, 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Antonio , California, USA |