Saskia Hippe

Saskia Hippe took her first steps in volleyball at a very young age. In 2000, at just nine years old, she joined the junior teams of the Berlin club Köppenicker SC, with which she signed her first professional contract in 2007. The following year (2008), she took the first big step in her career, joining the big German volleyball club Dresdner SC, with which she won the CEV Challenge Cup and the German Cup in 2010.

In the Summer of 2011 she decided to go abroad, trying her luck in the Italian Chieri of Turin, but she did not settle there, so the following year she travelled to the Czech Republic for VK Prostějov, with which she won the Czech double in 2012–13 season. In 2013 she returned to the German Schweriner SC, but a cruciate injury forced her to miss the 2013–14 season. She remained in Schwerin's team until 2015 without winning a title, when she moved to SK Potsdam.

In the Summer of 2016, Saskia Hippe joined Olympiacos Piraeus in one of the biggest transfers in the history of the club's women's volleyball department.[https://www.olympiacos.org/2016/05/18/i-saskia-hippe-ston-olympiako/ Η Σάσκια Χίπε στον Ολυμπιακό - Μικρό βιογραφικό] www.olympiacossfp.gr {{in lang|el}} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211125016/https://www.olympiacossfp.gr/el/node/1122 |date=2023-12-11}} With Olympiakos, Hippe won the Hellenic Championship and the Hellenic Cup in the 2016–17 season, she was one of the key members of the red-white team in winning the Silver Medal of the CEV Challenge Cup of the same period, and renewed her contract with the Piraeus team for another season.[https://www.olympiacossfp.gr/index.php/tmimata-el/volley-gynaikwn-el/nea/ananeose-synergasias-me-ten-saskia-hipe-20170817 Ανανέωση συνεργασίας Χίπε - Ολυμπιακού για το 2017-18] www.olympiacossfp.gr {{in lang|el}} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210182626/https://www.olympiacossfp.gr/el/node/906 |date=2023-12-10}}

However her most successful year was the 2017–18 season. Domestically, she won both the Hellenic Cup and Championship, in which Olympiacos finished undefeated, and she was named MVP in both competitions.{{cite web |title=MVP of 2018 Hellenic Cup |url=http://www.volleyball.gr/english/article/1467/olympiacos-claimed-his-8th-straight-greek-cup |access-date=7 March 2018}} {{in lang|el}}{{cite web |title=MVP η Χίπε, νέο ρεκόρ για Κοβάτσεβιτς |url=https://www.fosonline.gr/volleyball/a-gynaikon/article/7514/mvp-i-xipe-neo-rekor-gia-kovatsevits |access-date=2 May 2018}} {{in lang|el}} In the European scene, she decisively participated in the conquest of the CEV Challenge Cup by the red-whites, with the epic victory of Olympiacos Piraeus in the second final in Bursa,[https://www.olympiacossfp.gr/index.php/tmimata-el/volley-gynaikwn-el/nea/stoys-oyranoys-tes-doxas-me-epos-mesa-sten-toyrkia-20180527 Στους ουρανούς της δόξας με έπος μέσα στην Τουρκία] www.olympiacossfp.gr {{in lang|el}} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516215356/https://www.olympiacossfp.gr/el/content/%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%82-%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%82-%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82-%CE%B4%CF%8C%CE%BE%CE%B1%CF%82-%CE%BC%CE%B5-%CE%AD%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%82-%CE%BC%CE%AD%CF%83%CE%B1-%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BD-%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%81%CE%BA%CE%AF%CE%B1 |date=2022-05-16}} emerging as the top scorer and best striker of the entire competition, with 207 and 173 points respectively.{{cite web |title=2017-18 Challenge Cup Top scorer |url=https://www-old.cev.eu/Competition-Area/Statistics.aspx?ID=1040 |access-date=24 November 2021}} In May 2018, she renewed her contract with the Piraeus team, and then won two more Hellenic championships in the 2018–19 and 2019–20 seasons as well as the 2019 Hellenic Cup.

In January 2021, due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Hellenic Championship was suspended and there was uncertainty as to when and if it would resume. Olympiacos, respecting the livelihood needs of its volleyball players allowed those who wanted, to continue the season in teams abroad. So Saskia Hipe agreed with the Italian Volley Brescia,[https://worldofvolley.com/latest_news/italy/112270/ita-w-hippe-new-player-of-brescia.html Hippe new player of Brescia] worldofvolley.com {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210175941/https://worldofvolley.com/latest_news/italy/112270/ita-w-hippe-new-player-of-brescia.html |date=2023-12-10}} where she remained until the end of the season, when she returned to Piraeus together with Katerina Giota and Stella Christodoulou, who had also left for the same reasons.

At the end of the 2021–22 season, Saskia Hipe's collaboration with the Piraeus team came to the end. In these six years that the great German opposite hitter competed for the red-whites, she stood out not only for her skills but also for her competitive passion. She had a huge contribution to the consolidation of the dominance of the women's volleyball team of Olympiakos in the Greek and to their recognition in the European scene, she was loved as few athletes by the red-white fans, but she also passionately loved Greece, Olympiakos and Piraeus, to the point that she called herself as "citizen of Piraeus".[https://www.fosonline.gr/volleyball/a-gynaikon/article/189652/h-saskia-xipe-sto-fos-tha-moy-leipsoyn-ta-panta-tha-gyriso-sigoyra Saskia Hippe: «"I'll miss everything, I'll definitely be back" (An interview with Saskia Hippe)] www.fosonline.gr {{in lang|el}} {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004065904/https://www.fosonline.gr/volleyball/a-gynaikon/article/189652/h-saskia-xipe-sto-fos-tha-moy-leipsoyn-ta-panta-tha-gyriso-sigoyra |date=2022-10-04}}

Olympiakos Piraeus said goodbye to its six-year athlete with the following announcement:

"All good things come to an end. But what we lived together in these 6 years, will never be erased. With all the honours befitting her career and ethos, Olympiacos say goodbye to the German from... Piraeus, Saskia Hipe!

''An athlete who honoured from the first moment to the last, both Olympiakos and Greece which she loved and was loved by.

There are many highlights that can be included in the album of memories, but we will never forget her dedication, her fighting spirit and her passion, which made her a part of the unattainable History of our club.

Thank you Saskia!" [https://www.olympiacossfp.gr/index.php/tmimata-el/volley-gynaikwn-el/nea/se-eyharistoyme-saskia-20220517 Thank you Saskia!] www.olympiacossfp.gr {{in lang|el}} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205172645/https://www.olympiacossfp.gr/el/content/%CF%83%CE%B5-%CE%B5%CF%85%CF%87%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BC%CE%B5-%CF%83%CE%AC%CF%83%CE%BA%CE%B9%CE%B1 |date=2023-02-05}}

For the 2022–23 season, Saskia chose to continue her career in the Romanian S.C.O. Volundari,[https://www.ertsports.gr/bolei/sti-voloyntari-kai-me-ti-voyla/ Στη Βολουντάρι και με τη βούλα…] www.ertsports.gr {{in lang|el}} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214155055/https://www.ertsports.gr/bolei/sti-voloyntari-kai-me-ti-voyla/ |date=2023-12-14}} with which he won the silver medal in the Romanian Super Cup. In October 2023 she moved to the USA, initially to Athletes Unlimited of Dallas,[https://auprosports.com/volleyball/athletes/saskia-hippe/ Hippe in Dallas Athletes Unlimited] auprosports.com {{Webarchive|url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231212113539/https://auprosports.com/volleyball/athletes/saskia-hippe/ |date=2023-12-12}} where he stayed for a short time, and from November 2023 she joined the Vegas Thrill of Las Vegas.[https://leesfamilyforum.com/the-thrill-arrives-in-las-vegas-vegas-pro-volleyball-announces-team-branding-launches-membership-campaign-for-the-dollar-loan-center/ Hippe in Vegas Thrill] www.provolleyball.com {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210000927/https://www.provolleyball.com/news/the-thrill-arrives-in-las-vegas-vegas-pro-volleyball-announces-team-branding-launches-membership-campaign-for-the-dollar-loan-center/ |date=2023-12-10}}

In July 2024, with the permission of Vegas Thrill, she agreed to fight with AONS Milon in the first round of the Hellenic Volley League, at the Nea Smyrni team's first appearance in the top Hellenic division and an epic reappearance of Hippe herself in the country she loved so much.{{cite web |title=Σάσι» is back |url=https://www.volleyplanet.gr/article/108100/ |date=12 July 2024 |access-date=27 August 2024}} {{in lang|el}}

Saskia Hippe began her international career with Germany's youth national teams, where she made several appearances. In 2007 she won the Golden Medal with the Youth (U17) team of the corresponding European Championship.{{cite web |title=2007 Youth European Championships |url=https://www-old.cev.eu/Competition-Area/competition.aspx?ID=203&PID=492 |access-date=27 August 2024}} From 2011 to 2017 she was a key member of the German women's national team, making 122 appearances (04.2017). With her country's representative team, she has won the Golden Medal at the 2013 European League[https://www-old.cev.eu/Competition-Area/CompetitionNews.aspx?ID=598&NewsID=14990 Germany claims its first European League title in a dramatic final against Belgium] www-old.cev.eu and three silver medals at the 2011,[https://www-old.cev.eu/Competition-Area/MatchStatistics.aspx?ID=23666 2011 European Championship Final] www-old.cev.eu and 2013 Women's European Volleyball Championship,[http://www.fivb.org/en/Volleyball/viewPressRelease.asp?No=42764&Language=en World champions Russia secure 18th European title] www.fivb.org as well as the 2014 European League.[https://www-old.cev.eu/Competition-Area/competition.aspx?ID=706&PID=-2 2014 CEV Volleyball European League] www-old.cev.eu She was also member of the team that qualified for the 2018 World Championship.

• 2007 16px Women's European U18 Championship
• 2011 16px Women's European Volleyball Championship (Serbia / Italy)
• 2013 16px Women's European Volleyball League (Varna, Bulgaria)
• 2013 16px Women's European Volleyball Championship (Germany / Switzerland)
• 2014 16px Women's European Volleyball League (Bursa, Turkey and Rüsselsheim, Germany)

• 2010 16px CEV Women's Challenge Cup, with Dresdner SC
• 2017 16px CEV Women's Challenge Cup, with Olympiacos Piraeus
• 2018 16px CEV Women's Challenge Cup, with Olympiacos Piraeus

• 2012/2013 16px Czech Championship, with VK Prostějov
• 2016/2017 16px Hellenic Championship, with Olympiacos Piraeus
• 2017/2018 16px Hellenic Championship, with Olympiacos Piraeus
• 2018/2019 16px Hellenic Championship, with Olympiacos Piraeus
• 2019/2020 16px Hellenic Championship, with Olympiacos Piraeus

• 2009/2010 16px German Cup, with Dresdner SC
• 2012/2013 16px Czech Cup, with VK Prostějov
• 2016/2017 16px Hellenic Cup, with Olympiacos Piraeus
• 2017/2018 16px Hellenic Cup, with Olympiacos Piraeus
• 2018/2019 16px Hellenic Cup, with Olympiacos Piraeus

• 2010 CEV Women's Challenge Cup Final four M.V.P., with Dresdner SC
• 2015/2016 Top scorer in German Championship - 511 points, with SC Podsdam [http://www.sc-potsdam.de/volleyball-bundesliga/saskia-hippe-verlaengert-nicht-beim-sc-potsdam/ Hippe: Top scorer in German championship] {{in lang|de}}
• 2015/2016 Second best Opposite in German Championship, with SC Podsdam
• 2017 Challenge Cup Top scorer (171 points), with Olympiacos Piraeus{{cite web |title=2016-17 Challenge Cup Top scorer |url=https://www-old.cev.eu/Competition-Area/Statistics.aspx?ID=970 |access-date=24 November 2021}}
• 2017 Challenge Cup Best attacker (145 points), with Olympiacos Piraeus
• 2017 Challenge Cup Best server (17 aces), with Olympiacos Piraeus
• 2018 Hellenic Cup Final four M.V.P., with Olympiacos Piraeus
• 2017/2018 Hellenic Championship M.V.P., with Olympiacos Piraeus
• 2018 Challenge Cup Top scorer (207 points), with Olympiacos Piraeus
• 2018 Challenge Cup Best attacker (173 points), with Olympiacos Piraeus
• 2018 Challenge Cup Best server (24 aces), with Olympiacos Piraeus{{cite web |title=2017-18 Challenge Cup Top scorer |url=https://www-old.cev.eu/Competition-Area/Statistics.aspx?ID=1040 |access-date=24 November 2021}}

• [https://women.volleybox.net/saskia-hippe-p1408/awards Profile] at women.volleybox.net
• {{Cite web |url=http://www.maz-online.de/Nachrichten/Sport/Saskia-Hippe-vom-SC-Potsdam-und-NBA-Basketballer-Tibor-Pleiss-sind-ein-ziemlich-grosses-Paar |title=Hippe's brief biography |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409001922/http://www.maz-online.de/Nachrichten/Sport/Saskia-Hippe-vom-SC-Potsdam-und-NBA-Basketballer-Tibor-Pleiss-sind-ein-ziemlich-grosses-Paar |archive-date=2017-04-09}} www.maz-online.de {{in lang|de}}
• [https://www.olympiacos.org/2016/05/18/i-saskia-hippe-ston-olympiako/ 2016: Hippe at Olympiacos (previous clubs - career)] www.olympiacossfp.gr {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211125016/https://www.olympiacossfp.gr/el/node/1122 |date=2023-12-11}} {{in lang|el}}
• [https://www.olympiacossfp.gr/index.php/tmimata-el/volley-gynaikwn-el/nea/to-proto-fetino-kai-ogdoo-seri-ston-peiraia-20180420 Hippe 2018 Hellenic Cup Winner with Olympiacos] www.olympiacossfp.gr {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409090430/https://www.olympiacossfp.gr/el/content/%CF%84%CE%BF-%CF%80%CF%81%CF%8E%CF%84%CE%BF-%CF%86%CE%B5%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BD%CF%8C-%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9-%CF%8C%CE%B3%CE%B4%CE%BF%CE%BF-%CF%83%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%AF-%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BD-%CF%80%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%B9%CE%AC |date=2023-04-09}} {{in lang|el}}
• {{Cite web |url=https://www.olympiacossfp.gr/el/content/%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C-%CE%B8%CF%81%CF%85%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C-%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9-%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C-%CF%84%CF%81%CE%B5%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%BB |title=Hippe 2018 Hellenic Champion, with Olympiacos |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407133318/https://www.olympiacossfp.gr/el/content/%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C-%CE%B8%CF%81%CF%85%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C-%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9-%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C-%CF%84%CF%81%CE%B5%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%BB |archive-date=2023-04-07}} www.olympiacossfp.gr {{in lang|el}}
• [https://www.olympiacossfp.gr/index.php/tmimata-el/volley-gynaikwn-el/nea/se-eyharistoyme-saskia-20220517 Olympiacos says goodbye to Saskia Hippe] www.olympiacossfp.gr {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205172645/https://www.olympiacossfp.gr/el/content/%CF%83%CE%B5-%CE%B5%CF%85%CF%87%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BC%CE%B5-%CF%83%CE%AC%CF%83%CE%BA%CE%B9%CE%B1 |date=2023-02-05}} {{in lang|el}}
• {{Cite web |url=https://www.teamdeutschland.de/team/details/saskia-hippe |title=Saskia Hippe's profile |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206155135/https://www.teamdeutschland.de/team/details/saskia-hippe#content |archive-date=2023-02-06}} www.teamdeutschland.de {{in lang|de}}

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