Aidan Zingel

Aidan Zingel
Personal information
Nationality Australian
Born (1990-11-19) 19 November 1990
Kiama, New South Wales
Height 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)
Weight 100 kg (220 lb)
Spike 361 cm (142 in)
Block 346 cm (136 in)
Volleyball information
Position Middle blocker
Current club Diatec Trentino
Career
YearsTeams
0000Linköpings VC
Calzedonia Verona
National team
0000Australia

Aidan Zingel (born 19 November 1990 in Kiama, New South Wales) is an Australian volleyball player.[1] He competed for Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[2]

Aidan first started playing volleyball in 2005, when he was offered an AIS (Australian Institute of Sport) scholarship at the age of 15. At the end of 2005, he moved to Canberra to train full-time with the Australian Youth and Junior Programs. At the age of 18, he was selected for the Senior National Team. Aidan's first professional contract was in 2009 with Linkoping Volleyball Club, winning the Swedish Championship in that season. The next club he played for was Marmi Lanza Verona in A1, playing there for four years. He participated in the 2010 World Championships, as well as the 2012 Summer Olympics. He was named as “Australian Player of the Year” in 2012.[3]

Zingel is widely regarded as the greatest Australian Men's Volleyball player of all time.[1] He played in the BluVolley Verona, from Italy. He was the Captain of the Volleyball Australia Men’s Team from 6 September 2013 to 14 May 2015[4][5]. He is 207 cm tall.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "AIS Men's Volleyball - Aidan Zingel". Australian Sports Commission. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Aidan Zingel". london2012.com. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  3. ↑ http://poland2014.fivb.org/en/competition/teams/AUS-Australia/players/aidan-zingel?id=40502
  4. ↑ JENNINGS, MITCH (2013-09-06). "Illawarra's Zingel named captain of Volleyroos". Illawarra Mercury. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
  5. ↑ "Edgar named Volleyroos captain". Australian Olympic Committee. 2015-05-14. Retrieved 2017-07-29.


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