Arie Selinger

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אריה סלינגר

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| birth_place = Kraków, Poland

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| college = University of Illinois (PhD in physiology of exercise)

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| nationalyears = 1975–1984
1986–1992
1992–2006

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Arie Selinger ({{Langx|he|אריה סלינגר}}; born 5 April 1937) is an Israeli volleyball coach and former player. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest volleyball coaches of all time. He is credited with transforming the United States women's national volleyball team into a powerhouse in the 1980s.{{Cite magazine |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1984/07/23/the-waiting-is-over |magazine=Sports Illustrated |publisher=Time |location=New York City |date=July 23, 1984 |title=The Waiting Is Over |last=Ackermann |first=Joan |access-date=September 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625205914/https://vault.si.com/vault/1984/07/23/the-waiting-is-over |archive-date=June 25, 2022 |url-status=live }}

In 1995, Selinger was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame.{{Cite web |url=https://www.volleyhall.org/arie-selinger.html |title=Arie Selinger |website=International Volleyball Hall of Fame |access-date=September 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605060704/https://www.volleyhall.org/arie-selinger.html |archive-date=June 5, 2023 |url-status=live }}

Israeli national team

Due to his athleticism and jumping ability, Selinger was on the Israel men's national volleyball team from 1954 to 1963.

Coaching

=United States women's team=

Selinger served as the head coach of the United States women's national volleyball team from 1975 to 1984, a team that would go on to win the bronze medal in the 1982 FIVB World Championship in Peru{{Cite magazine |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20088354,00.html |last=Gold |first=Todd |date=July 30, 1984 |publisher=Time |location=New York City |title=Volleyball Coach Arie Selinger Drives His Team to Distraction—or An L.A. Gold Medal |magazine=People |access-date=September 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110110075014/https://people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20088354,00.html |archive-date=January 10, 2011 |url-status=dead}} and the silver medal in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/08/08/sports/triumph-and-defeat-for-american-women-volleyball-china-ends-us-quest.html |newspaper=The New York Times |title=Triumph and Defeat for American Women; Volleyball; China Ends U.S. Quest |last=Vecsey |first=George |page=A15 |date=August 8, 1984 |access-date=September 5, 2024 }} {{subscription required}} Among those coached by Selinger was the legendary volleyball player Flo Hyman.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/02/sports/america-s-power-in-volleyball.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 2, 1983 |title=America's Power In Volleyball |at=sec. 5 p. 3 |access-date=September 8, 2023 }} {{subscription required}}

=The Netherlands men's team=

Selinger also won the silver medal as coach for the Netherlands men's volleyball team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.{{cite web|url=http://www.volleyhall.org/selinger.html |title=Arie Selinger |website=International Volleyball Hall of Fame |access-date=September 11, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106085805/http://www.volleyhall.org/selinger.html |archive-date=January 6, 2010 }}

=Japanese women's team=

Selinger coached the Japanese women's national volleyball team from 1992 to 2006.

Personal life

Selinger was born in Poland, and during World War II was in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp from 1942 to 1945 before being liberated by Allied forces.{{Cite web |url=https://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/Arie-Selinger.htm |website=Jewishsports.net |title=Dr. Arie Selinger |access-date=September 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405173142/https://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/Arie-Selinger.htm |archive-date=April 5, 2023 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-07-28-ss-5808-story.html |title=Members of U.S. Women’s Volleyball Team Virtually Dedicated Their Lives to Winning a Gold Medal; Instead, They Had to Settle for a Silver Medal, but in Looking Back on the Experience . . . : They'd Do It Again |last=Crowe |first=Jerry |date=28 July 1985 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=26 September 2024 }} {{subscription required}}

Selinger is the father of retired Dutch volleyball player and coach Avital Selinger.{{Cite web |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/52800 |website=Olympedia |title=Avital Selinger |access-date=19 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306220059/http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/52800 |archive-date=6 March 2023 |url-status=live }}

Bibliography

Power Volleyball (St Martin's Press, 1987){{cite book | last=Selinger | first=Arie |title=Power Volleyball |publisher=St Martin's Press |year=1987 |isbn=9780312049157 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zSN2QgAACAAJ | access-date=September 7, 2023 | page=}}

References

External links

[https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/2400070 Olympedia profile: Arie Selinger]
[https://www.volleyhall.org/arie-selinger.html International Hall of Fame profile]
[https://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/Arie-Selinger.htm International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame profile]
[https://www.jta.org/archive/olympic-profile-arie-selinger-u-s-womens-volleyball-coach Jewish Telegraphic Agency profile]
[https://volleybox.net/arie-selinger-p43701 Volleybox.net profile]

Category:Jewish volleyball players

Category:Israeli men's volleyball players

Category:Israeli volleyball coaches

Category:Volleyball coaches of international teams

Category:Polish emigrants to Israel

Category:Israeli expatriate sportspeople in the United States

Category:Israeli expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands

Category:Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Japan

Category:Polish expatriate sportspeople in Japan

Category:Jewish Israeli sportspeople

Category:Sportspeople from Kraków

Category:1937 births