Lauren Gibbemeyer
{{short description|American volleyball player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox volleyball player
| name = Lauren Gibbemeyer
| image = File:Lauren Gibbemeyer.jpg
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|9|8}}
| birth_place = Rhode Island, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| hometown = Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
| height = {{convert|1.87|m|0|abbr=on}}
| spike =
| block =
| position = Middle Blocker
| currentclub = {{flag icon|TUR}} Eczacıbaşı VitrA
| years1 = 2011–2012
| club1 = {{flagicon|JPN}} TAB Queenseis
| years2 = 2012–2013
| club2 = {{flagicon|ITA}} Volley Pesaro
| years3 = 2013–2014
| club3 = {{flagicon|AZE}} Lokomotiv Baku
| years4 = 2014–2015
| club4 = {{flagicon|ITA}} Imoco Volley Conegliano
| years5 = 2015–2017
| club5 = {{flagicon|ITA}} Pomí Casalmaggiore
| years6 = 2017–2018
| club6 = {{flagicon|ITA}} AGIL Volley Novara
| years7 = 2018–2020
| club7 = {{flagicon|TUR}} Eczacıbaşı VitrA
| years8 = 2020–2021
| club8 = {{flagicon|SWE}} Hylte/Halmstad
| years9 = 2021
| club9 = {{flagicon|USA}} Athletes Unlimited
| nationalyears = 2011–2018
| nationalteam = {{vbw|USA}}
| medaltemplates-title = Medal record
| medaltemplates-expand = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Women's volleyball }}
{{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | FIVB World Cup }}
{{MedalBronze | 2015 Japan | Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Grand Champions Cup}}
{{MedalSilver| 2013 Japan |Team}}
{{MedalBronze| 2017 Japan |Team}}
{{MedalCompetition | FIVB World Grand Prix }}
{{MedalGold | 2015 Omaha | Team }}
{{MedalCompetition|FIVB Nations League}}
{{MedalGold|2018 Nanjing|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition | Pan American Games }}
{{MedalBronze | 2011 Guadalajara | Team }}
{{MedalCompetition | Pan-American Cup }}
{{MedalGold | 2012 Mexico | Team}}
{{MedalGold | 2013 Peru | Team}}
|caption=Gibbemeyer in 2014}}
Lauren Gibbemeyer (born September 8, 1988) is an American indoor volleyball player. She was a member of the United States women's national volleyball team and plays as middle blocker.
Career
She played college women's volleyball at University of Minnesota from 2007 to 2010.{{Cite web|url=http://www.teamusa.org/Athletes/GI/Lauren-Gibbemeyer.aspx|title=Lauren Gibbemeyer|date=April 25, 2012|access-date=September 17, 2023|archive-date=April 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425052547/http://www.teamusa.org/Athletes/GI/Lauren-Gibbemeyer.aspx|url-status=bot: unknown}}
Gibbemeyer was part of the USA national team that won the 2015 FIVB World Grand Prix gold medal.{{Cite news|url=https://www.teamusa.org/usa-volleyball/athletes/lauren-gibbemeyer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809032957/http://www.teamusa.org/usa-volleyball/athletes/lauren-gibbemeyer|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 9, 2014|title=Lauren Gibbemeyer|work=Team USA|access-date=2018-07-29|language=en}}
Lauren Gibbemeyer's early career started with Northern Lights Volleyball Club. In these years she won the 2006 North American Junior Championship. From 2007 to 2010 she played for the University of Minnesota, taking part in the Austin 2009 semifinals against the University of Texas.{{Cite web|url=https://gophersports.com/news/2010/12/2/GSS_Highlights_Lauren_Gibbemeyer.aspx?path=wvball|title=GSS Highlights Lauren Gibbemeyer - University of Minnesota Athletics|website=University of Minnesota Athletics|language=en|access-date=2018-07-29|archive-date=2018-07-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729081534/https://gophersports.com/news/2010/12/2/GSS_Highlights_Lauren_Gibbemeyer.aspx?path=wvball|url-status=live}} In 2011, after college she was asked to play for the national team for the first time. She won the bronze medal at the 16th Pan American Games, where she was awarded Best block.
In the 2011–12 season she began her professional career in the Japanese league with Toyota Auto Body Queens.
The following season she moved to Robursport Volley Pesaro in Italy.
She won the gold medal at the Pan American Cup and the North American Championship with the national team. She also won the silver medal at the Grand Champions Cup.
In the 2013–14 season she played for Lokomotiv Baku, the Azerbaijani Super league. In January 2014, in the second part of the season, she came back to play in the Italian Serie A1* for Imoco Volley Conegliano.
The following season she stayed in Italy, playing for Volleyball Casalmaggiore and winning the league title and the Italian Super Cup in 2015.
She participated in the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League.{{Cite web|url=http://www.volleyball.world/en/women/teams/usa-usa/players/lauren-gibbemeyer?id=64458|title=Player - Lauren Gibbemeyer - FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2018|website=www.volleyball.world|language=en|access-date=2018-07-29|archive-date=2018-07-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729081559/http://www.volleyball.world/en/women/teams/usa-usa/players/lauren-gibbemeyer?id=64458|url-status=live}}
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References
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External links
- [http://worldgrandprix.2015.fivb.com/en/preliminary-round-group1/competition/teams/usa-usa/players/lauren-gibbemeyer?id=44795 Profile at FIVB]
- {{USOPC profile|GI/Lauren-Gibbemeyer}}
{{USA world cup Squad 2015}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gibbemeyer, Lauren}}
Category:American women's volleyball players
Category:Minnesota Golden Gophers women's volleyball players
Category:American expatriate volleyball players in Azerbaijan
Category:Sportspeople from Rhode Island
Category:American expatriate volleyball players in Italy
Category:Volleyball players at the 2011 Pan American Games
Category:Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in volleyball