Graham Vigrass

Graham Vigrass
Personal information
Full name Graham Saxton Vigrass
Nationality Canadian
Born (1989-06-17) June 17, 1989
Calgary, Alberta
Hometown Calgary, Alberta
Height 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)
Weight 97 kg (214 lb)
Spike 354 cm (139 in)
Block 330 cm (130 in)
College(s) University of Calgary
Volleyball information
Position Middle
Current club Berlin Volleys
Number 8
Career
YearsTeams
2007–2012
2013–2014
2014–2015
2015–2016
2016-		Canada Calgary Dinos
France Arago de Sète
Tunisia Étoile Sportive du Sahel
Turkey Arkas Spor
Germany Berlin Volleys
National team
2008–2009
2012–		Canada Canada U21
Canada Canada
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  Canada
FIVB World League
2017 Curitiba Team
NORCECA Championship
2013 Canada
Pan American Games
2015 Toronto Team

Graham Saxton Vigrass (born 17 June 1989) is a Canadian male volleyball player. He is a member of the Canada men's national volleyball team and German club Berlin Volleys. He was a participant in the 2016 Summer Olympics,[1] a silver medalist at the NORCECA Men's Volleyball Championship in 2013, and a bronze medalist at the 2015 Pan American Games.

Personal life

Graham was born in Calgary to parents Richard and Sandy Vigrass. His uncle, Don Saxton, played on the Canadian indoor volleyball team at the 1984 Summer Olympics, and his cousin, Ben Saxton, played beach volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Graham started playing volleyball at the age of 13, and played for the Canuck Volleyball Club during his high school years.

Career

Graham played post-secondary volleyball at the University of Calgary. His time there was highlighted by leading the team to win the 2010 CIS National Championship, in addition to being named CIS Championship MVP in 2010 and CIS Men's volleyball player of the year in 2011.[2] Graham spend the 2012-13 season at the Team Canada National Training Center in Gatineau, before signing for Arago de Sète in France. He helped Étoile Sportive du Sahel win the Tunisian Volleyball Cup in 2015, before joining up with national team coach Glenn Hoag at Arkas Spor for the 2015-16 season. In 2016, Graham joined Berlin Volleys, teaming up with national teammate Steven Marshall.[3]

National Team

Graham first joined the national team program in 2008 as a member of the Canada men's junior national volleyball team. He helped the team win silver at the 2008 Men's Junior NORCECA Volleyball Championship, and qualify for the 2009 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship. Graham joined the senior national "B" team in 2010, before becoming a full national team member in 2012. He was a member of the squad that finished 7th place at the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, and helped the team win silver at the 2013 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship and 2015 Pan American Games. He also helped the national team finish 5th at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[4]

Sporting Achievements

Club

National Team

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Hossain, Asif (22 July 2016). "Canada’s men’s volleyball team ready for Rio after long Olympic absence". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Graham Vigrass". Olympic.ca. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Unser Team". Berlin Recycling Volleys. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Graham Vigrass". Olympic.ca. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
Awards
Preceded by
Brazil Maurício Souza
Serbia Srećko Lisinac		 Best Middle Blocker of
FIVB World League
2017
ex aequo France Kévin Le Roux 		Succeeded by
TBD



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