Susan Woodstra
| Susan Woodstra | |
| portrait | |
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| Date of birth | May 21, 1957 |
| place of birth | Colton, California, USA |
| size | 1.75 m |
| position | External attack / adoption |
| societies | |
| 1977 1984-1988 |
USC Trojans NEC Red Rockets |
| National team | |
| 1977-1984 | A national team |
| successes | |
| 1977 1982 1983 1984 1988 |
AIAW Champion USA 3rd place World Cup in Peru 2nd place Pan-American Games Caracas 2nd place Olympic Games Los Angeles Japanese Champion |
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As of April 20, 2015 |
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Susan Jean "Sue" Woodstra (born May 21, 1957 in Colton , California ) is a former American volleyball player and coach.
Career
Sue Woodstra grew up in California and played in 1977 with the USC Trojans in Los Angeles , with whom she became national AIAW champion. In 1982, the attacker and defense specialist with the US national team came third at the World Cup in Peru and in 1983 second at the Pan American Games in Caracas . In 1984 the US team with Woodstra as captain won the silver medal at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles . She then played as a professional in Japan with the NEC Red Rockets, with whom she won the Japanese championship in 1988.
After her playing days, Woodstra was a volleyball coach, initially from 1989 to 1992 with the Lady Panthers in Pittsburgh . Then she coached the German Bundesliga club USC Münster in the 1993/94 season , with whom she won the CEV Cup in 1994 . She then returned to California and trained the California Golden Bears in Berkeley from 1995 to 2000 and the Lumberjacks in Arcata from 2000 to 2012 . In the meantime, Woodstra was assistant coach of the US national team from 2007 to 2008, which won the silver medal with her at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games .
Web links
- Susan Woodstra in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Hall of Fame (English)
- Profile at the Lumberjacks (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Sue Woodstra Retires. (No longer available online.) Thelumberjack.com, December 10, 2012, archived from the original on April 27, 2015 ; accessed on April 20, 2015 . 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.
- ^ David Lawlor: Woodstra Shines at Olympics. Humboldt State University , August 29, 2008, accessed April 21, 2015 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Woodstra, Susan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Woodstra, Susan Jean; Woodstra, Sue |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American volleyball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 21, 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Colton , California , United States |