Tara Cross-Battle

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Tara Cross-Battle
portrait
Date of birth 16th September 1968
place of birth Houston, Texas, United States
size 1.83 m
position External attack / adoption
societies
1986–1989
1992–1995
1996–1999
1999–2000
2000–2001
2001–2002
2002–2003 		Long Beach State 49ers
Brummel Ancona
Leites Nestlé
Rio de Janeiro VC
Flamengo Rio de Janeiro
Foppapedretti Bergamo
Pallavolo Reggio Emilia
National team
1989-2004 A national team
successes
1989
1990
1991
1992
1995
1995
1996
1997
1997, 1998
2000
2000
2001
2001
2001
2002
2002
2002
2003
2003
2004 		Winner NCAA Division I
World Cup Third
World Cup Fourth
Olympic Bronze
Winner World Grand Prix
Silver Pan American Games
Olympic Seventh
Brazilian Champion
South American Club Champion
Brazilian Champion
Olympic Fourth
Brazilian Champion
Winner World Grand Prix
NORCECA Champion
Italian Champion
Second Champions League
Vice World Champion,
winner of the Pan American Cup,
World Cup third,
Olympic fifth

As of July 2, 2020

Tara Cross-Battle (born September 16, 1968 in Houston , Texas ) is a former American volleyball player and today's coach. With the national team , she took part in the Olympic Games four times.

Career

Cross-battle began her career in 1986 with the Long Beach State 49ers , with whom she won the NCAA Division I in 1989 . Since 1989 she has played in the senior national team , with which she won the bronze medal at the 1990 World Cup in China and at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona . She then played for three years in Italy for Brummel Ancona and won the European Cup Winners' Cup here in 1994 . With the national team she won the World Grand Prix in 1995 , won silver at the Pan American Games and was seventh at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta .

From 1996 to 2001, the outside attacker played in the Brazilian Super League at the clubs Leites Nestlé , Rio de Janeiro VC and Flamengo Rio de Janeiro . She won the national championship three times and the South American championship twice. With the national team she finished fourth at her third Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000 . A year later she won the World Grand Prix and the NORCECA championship again . Then cross-battle switched to the Italian "Serie A1" to Foppapedretti Bergamo , where she became Italian champion and reached the final of the Champions League . In the following season she was active in the league rivals Pallavolo Reggio Emilia .

With the US national team, Cross-Battle became Vice World Champion in Germany in 2002 . A year later she won the Pan American Cup and reached third place at the World Cup in Japan . After a knee injury, she started in Athens for the last time at the Olympic Games in 2004 and was eliminated in the quarter-finals.

Cross-Battle has won several awards as “Most Valuable Player” ( MVP ), “Best Point Collector” etc. In 2014 she was inducted into the " Volleyball Hall of Fame ".

After her active career, Cross-Battle trains youth teams in her Texan homeland.

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personal data
SURNAME Cross-battle, Tara
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Weishoff, Paula Jo (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American volleyball player
DATE OF BIRTH 16th September 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Houston , Texas , United States