Avital Selinger
{{Short description|Dutch volleyball player and coach}}
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{{Infobox volleyball biography
| name = Avital Selinger
אביטל סלינגר
| image = Volleybalwedstrijd Nederland-Joegoslavië in de Beijneshal. NL-HlmNHA 54032151.JPG
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| caption = Avital Selinger (center, wearing #9).
| fullname = Avital Haim Selinger
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|3|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = Haifa, Israel
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| height = 175 cm
| position = Setter
| teamnumber = 9
| nationalyears = 1987–1992
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{{MedalSport | Men's volleyball }}
{{MedalCountry | the {{NED}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}
{{MedalSilver | 1992 Barcelona | Team }}
{{MedalCompetition|World League}}
{{MedalSilver|1990 Osaka|}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championship}}
{{MedalBronze|1989 Sweden|}}
{{MedalBronze|1991 Germany|}}
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Avital Haim Selinger ({{Langx|he|אביטל חיים סלינגר}}; born 10 March 1959) is a volleyball coach and former volleyball player. Selinger played with the Netherlands men's national volleyball team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he won a silver medal.
Coaching
After taking the command as head coach of the Swiss club Voléro Zürich in April 2015,{{cite news |url=http://www.fivb.org/viewPressRelease.asp?No=51201&Language=en |title=Volero Zurich bring in Selinger |website=International Volleyball Federation |location=Zurich, Switzerland |date=2 April 2015 |access-date=11 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518095623/http://www.fivb.org/viewPressRelease.asp?No=51201&Language=en |archive-date=18 May 2015 |url-status=dead }} Selinger guided them to the bronze medal at the 2015 FIVB Club World Championship in Zürich.{{cite news |url=http://www.fivb.org/viewPressRelease.asp?No=51915&Language=en |title=Thompson: 'My team has the best passers' |website=International Volleyball Federation |location=Zurich, Switzerland |date=10 May 2015 |access-date=11 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518095629/http://www.fivb.org/viewPressRelease.asp?No=51915&Language=en |archive-date=18 May 2015 |url-status=dead }}
Personal life
Selinger is the son of volleyball coach Arie 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 }}
See also
References
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External links
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- [https://volleybox.net/avital-selinger-p2246 Volleybox.net profile]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20200418105433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/se/avital-selinger-1.html Sports-reference.com profile] (archived)
{{Netherlands men's volleyball squad 1992 Summer Olympics}}
{{Netherlands Squad 2006 Women's Volleyball World Championship}}
{{Netherlands Squad 2009 Women's Volleyball European Championship}}
{{Netherlands Squad 2010}}
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Category:Dutch men's volleyball players
Category:Israeli men's volleyball players
Category:Jewish Israeli sportspeople
Category:Israeli emigrants to the Netherlands
Category:Dutch volleyball coaches
Category:Israeli volleyball coaches
Category:Jewish Dutch sportspeople
Category:Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
Category:Volleyball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Category:Volleyball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic volleyball players for the Netherlands
Category:Jewish volleyball players
Category:Olympic medalists in volleyball
Category:Sportspeople from Haifa
Category:Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands
Category:Volleyball coaches of international teams