Tania Gooley
Tania Gooley | |
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portrait | |
birthday | 16th August 1973 |
place of birth | Adelaide, Australia |
size | 1.77 m |
Indoor volleyball | |
societies | |
University of New Mexico | |
National team | |
1994 | A national team |
beach volleyball | |
Partner | 1996–1997 various 1998–1999 Nicole Sanderson 1999–2000 Pauline Manser 2002–2003 Angela Clarke |
successes | |
1999 - World Cup participant 2000 - Olympic fifth |
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As of May 24, 2014 |
Tania Gooley (born August 16, 1973 in Adelaide ) is an Australian beach volleyball and volleyball player .
Career hall
In the hall, Gooley played on the University of New Mexico team . In 1994 she was part of the Australian national team .
Career Beach
Gooley completed her first international beach volleyball tournaments in 1996 and 1997 with changing partners. Her best result was seventh place, which she achieved with Angela Clarke at the Busan Open. In 1998 she formed a duo with Nicole Sanderson . On the World Tour, Gooley / Sanderson achieved two fifth places in Toronto and Marseille and a ninth place in Dalian . In 1999 the two Australians took part in the World Championships in Marseille and finished 25th there. Pauline Manser Gooleys then became a new partner. The duo finished ninth twice in Espinho and Dalian. In 2000, Gooley / Manser reached the top ten in almost every tournament they participated in. They finished the Grand Slam in Chicago in ninth place and at the Berlin Open they only lost to the US duo May-Treanor / McPeak in the final . Gooley / Manser also took part in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney . In front of their home crowd they made it to the quarter-finals, which they lost to the later finalists Adriana Behar / Shelda Bede from Brazil .
After a year hiatus, Gooley returned to the Sands in 2002 at Angela Clarke's side. Clarke / Gooley finished fifth in the Stavanger and Maoming Open and ninth in Osaka in the top ten. They also played two grand slams. In 2003 they finished the Grand Slams in Berlin and Marseille as well as the Stavanger Open in 17th place.
Web links
- Tania Gooley in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Profile at FIVB (English)
- Profile in the Beach Volleyball Database (English)
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Gooley, Tania |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian beach volleyball and volleyball player |
DATE OF BIRTH | 16th August 1973 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Adelaide , Australia |