Joop Alberda
{{short description|Dutch volleyball coach}}
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| fullname = Jogchum Theo Alberda
| nickname = Joop
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|10|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = Oosterwolde, Friesland, Netherlands
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{{MedalSport |Head coach for {{NED}} men's volleyball}}
{{MedalCountry | the {{NED}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalGold | 1996 Atlanta | Team}}
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Joop Alberda (born 25 October 1952) is a retired volleyball coach from the Netherlands. He won a gold medal as coach of the Netherlands men's national volleyball team in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta by defeating Italy in the final (3-2).{{Cite newspaper |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/05/sports/the-dutch-at-last-catch-up-with-italy.html |newspaper=The New York Times |title=The Dutch At Last Catch Up With Italy |last=Rhoden |first=William C. |date=5 August 1996 |page=C5 |access-date=5 September 2024 }} {{subscription required}}
In October 2014, Alberda was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame.{{Cite web |url=https://www.volleyhall.org/joop-alberda.html |website=International Volleyball Hall of Fame |title=Joop Alberda |access-date=5 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520033654/https://www.volleyhall.org/joop-alberda.html |archive-date=20 May 2024 |url-status=live }}{{cite news|title=Alberda opgenomen in Hall of Fame|publisher=De Telegraaf|date=19 October 2014}}
Career
During his time as an active player, Alberda played on the highest national level as setter for the teams of Lycurgus and Donitas from the city of Groningen.
Alberda found that he had a knack for the training and coaching side of sport in general, and volleyball in particular. A major inspiration in this aspect was Doug Beal, whom he met in 1985. Beal had guided the United States men's national volleyball team to an Olympic gold the previous year, and his strategic approach appealed greatly to Alberda: controlling every possible detail, leaving nothing to chance.
In 1994, Alberda was appointed as head coach of the Dutch national men's volleyball team which had already been under way to international fame. Two years later this led to the gold medal in the 1996 Olympics.
In 1996, Alberda was elected as "best volleyball coach in the world" by the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB).
In 1997, Alberda filled the position of technical director of the Dutch Olympic Committee (NOC*NSF). Under his guidance, the Dutch delegation in the 2000 Sydney Olympics managed to win a record number of 25 medals. At the end of 2004, Alberda quit his position at the NOC*NSF.
References
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External links
- [https://www.volleyhall.org/joop-alberda.html International Volleyball Hall of Fame profile]
- [https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/2400116 Olympedia profile: Joop Alberda]
- [https://volleybox.net/joop-alberda-p43719 Volleybox.net profile]
{{Netherlands Volleyball Squad 1996 Summer Olympics}}
{{Volleyball Hall of Fame members}}
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Category:Dutch men's volleyball players
Category:Dutch volleyball coaches
Category:People from Ooststellingwerf
Category:Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
Category:Sportspeople from Friesland
Category:20th-century Dutch sportsmen
Category:Coaches at the 1996 Summer Olympics