Jelena Nikolić

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Jelena Nikolić
Personal information
Full name Jelena Nikolić
Nationality Serbia
Born (1982-04-13) April 13, 1982
Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 12 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
Spike 315 cm (124 in)
Block 300 cm (120 in)
Volleyball information
Position Wing Spiker
Current club VakıfBank Güneş Sigorta Türk Telekom
Number 12
National team
2007 - Serbia
Last updated: October 13, 2013

Jelena Nikolić (Serbian Cyrillic: Јелена Николић; born April 13, 1982 in Belgrade) is a female volleyball player from Serbia, playing as a wing-spiker. She was a member of the Women's National Team that won the silver medal at the 2007 European Championship in Belgium and Luxembourg.

Career

She played for VakıfBank Güneş Sigorta Türk Telekom in Turkey from 2008/2010. With this team Jelena win the 2010–11 CEV Champions League and also winning the "Best Scorer" award.[1]

Nikolić won the gold medal at the 2013 Club World Championship playing with Vakıfbank Istanbul.[2]

Clubs

  • Serbia OK Obilic Belgrado (1997–1999)
  • Italy Reggio Emilia (1999–2002)
  • Italy Foppapedretti Bergamo (2002–2003)
  • Italy Minetti Infoplus Vincenza (2003–2004)
  • France RC Cannes (2004–2005)
  • Japan Toray Arrows (2005–2006)
  • Italy Megius Volley Padova (2006–2007)
  • Japan Takefuji Bamboo (2007–2008)
  • Turkey VakıfBank Güneş Sigorta Istanbul (2008–present)

Awards

Individuals

  • 2010 European Volleyball League "MVP"
  • 2010 European Volleyball League "Best Receiver"
  • 2010–11 CEV Champions League Final Four "Best Scorer"

National Team

Senior Team

Universiade

Clubs

References

  1. CEV. "VakifGunesTTelekom completes Turkish fairy tale in Istanbul". Retrieved 2011-03-20. 
  2. "Vakifbank Istanbul fly to first Women’s Club World Champs title, China claim bronze". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 2013-10-13. Retrieved 2013-10-13. 

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