Tara Cross-Battle

Tara Cross-Battle

Personal information
Born	September 16, 1968
Medal record Women’s Volleyball Competitor for the  United States Olympic Games Bronze 1992 Barcelona Team Competition

Tara Cross-Battle (born September 16, 1968 in Houston, Texas) is a retired female volleyball player from the United States, who won the bronze medal with the USA National Women's Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. She played NCAA women's volleyball for California State University, Long Beach.^[1]

Cross-Battle competed in four Summer Olympics overall, starting in 1992, after having made her debut in 1990. She was named "Most Valuable Player" and "Best Scorer" at the FIVB World Grand Prix 1995, winning $30,000 in bonus money.

Named "Most Valuable Player" at the 2001 NORCECA Championships she won the silver medal at the 2002 Women’s Volleyball World Championships, and suffered an injury to her right knee against Italy in the 2003 World Grand Prix in July, but recovered to make the World Cup roster three months later.

Contents 1 Current Life 2 Clubs 3 International Competitions 4 Awards 4.1 Individuals 5 References

Current Life

Tara is currently working at Houston Juniors Volleyball Club. She previously coached at Texas Pride in the 2011 club season as the head coach of the top 16s team. In the 2010 season she coached at Texas Tornados Volleyball club as the head 16s coach and took her team to nationals and got 13th place at nationals. The year before that, in 2009, her top 16s team got 9th in the nation.

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Clubs

• Pallavolo Ancona (1992–1995)
• Leites Nestlé (1996–1999)
• Paraná Vôlei Clube (1999–2000)
• Flamengo (2000–2001)
• Volley Bergamo (2001–2002)
• Reggio Emilia (2002–2003)

International Competitions

• 1990 – Goodwill Games
• 1990 – World Championship
• 1991 – NORCECA (silver)
• 1991 – World Cup
• 1992 – Summer Olympics (bronze)
• 1992 – FIVB Super Four (bronze)
• 1993 – NORCECA Championships (silver)
• 1993 – World Grand Prix
• 1993 – FIVB Grand Champions Cup
• 1994 – World Grand Prix
• 1994 – World Championship
• 1995 – Pan American Games (silver)
• 1995 – Canada Cup (gold)
• 1995 – World Grand Prix (gold)
• 1995 – World Cup
• 1996 – Summer Olympics (7th place)
• 2000 – Summer Olympics (4th place)
• 2001 – NORCECA Championships (gold)
• 2001 – World Grand Prix (gold)
• 2002 – World Championship (6th place)
• 2002 – World Grand Prix (6th place)
• 2003 – World Grand Prix (bronze)
• 2003 – World Cup (Bronze)
• 2003 – Pan American Games (gold)
• 2004 – Summer Olympics (5th place)

Awards

Individuals

• 2001 NORCECA Championship "Most Valuable Player"

References

• databaseOlympics
• US Olympic Team
• Profile
• [1]

1. ^ announcement of Cross-Battle being made a coach for Texas Pride
2. ^ http://www.texaspridesc.com/content/texas-pride-volleyball-club
3. ^ http://assets.teamusa.org/assets/documents/attached_file/filename/28457/Copy_of_GJNC_2010_Results16o.pdf
4. ^ http://assets.teamusa.org/assets/documents/attached_file/filename/29120/16_O_Final_Standings.pdf

Persondata
Name	Cross-Battle, Tara
Alternative names
Short description	Volleyball player
Date of birth	September 16, 1968
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