Lauren Gibbemeyer

Lauren Gibbemeyer
Personal information
Born (1988-09-08) September 8, 1988
Rhode Island, U.S.
Hometown Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Volleyball information
Position Middle Blocker
Current club Italy Eczacibasi Vitra Istanbul
National team
2011–present United States
Medal record
Women's volleyball
Representing  United States
FIVB World Cup
2015 Japan Team
World Grand Champions Cup
2013 Japan Team
2017 Japan Team
FIVB World Grand Prix
2015 Omaha Team
FIVB Nations League
2018 NanjingTeam
Pan American Games
2011 Guadalajara Team
Pan-American Cup
2012 Mexico Team
2013 Peru Team

Lauren Gibbemeyer (born September 8, 1988) is an American indoor volleyball player of Igor Gorgonzola Novara in Italy. Lauren is a current member of the United States women's national volleyball team and plays as middle blocker.

Career

She played college women's volleyball at University of Minnesota from 2007 to 2010.[1]

Gibbemeyer was part of the USA national team that won the 2015 FIVB World Grand Prix gold medal.[2]

Lauren Gibbemeyer's early career started with Northern Lights Volleyball Club.In these years she won the 2006 North American Junior Championship. From 2007 to 2010 she played for the University of Minnesota, taking part in the Austin 2009 semifinals against the University of Texas.[3] In 2011, after college she was asked to play for the national team for the first time. She on the bronze medal at the 16th Pan American Games, where she was awarded Best block.
In the 2011-12 season she began her professional career in the Japanese league, with Toyota Auto Body Queenseis.
The following season she moved to Robursport Volley Pesaro in Italy.
She wins the gold medal at the Pan American Cup and the North American Championship with the national team. She also wins the silver medal at the Grand Champions Cup.
In the 2013-14 season she played for Lokomotiv Baku, the Azerbaijani Superleague. In January 2014, in the second part of the season, she came back to play in the Italian Serie A1* for Imoco Volley Conegliano.
The following season she stayed in Italy, playing for Volleyball Casalmaggiore and winning the league title and the Italian Super Cup in 2015.

She participated in the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League.[4]

Clubs:
  • Northern Lights VC
  • 2007-2010 Univ. Of Minnesota
  • 2011-2012 TAB Queenseis
  • 2012-2013 Robursport Pesaro
  • 2013-2014 Lokomotiv Baku
  • 2014 Imoco Conegliano
  • 2014-2017 Pomi Cassalmaggiore
  • 2017-2018 Eczacibasi Vitra Istanbul[5]

Achievements

National team
Clubs

References

  1. ↑ http://www.teamusa.org/Athletes/GI/Lauren-Gibbemeyer.aspx
  2. ↑ "Lauren Gibbemeyer". Team USA. Retrieved 2018-07-29.
  3. ↑ "GSS Highlights Lauren Gibbemeyer - University of Minnesota Athletics". University of Minnesota Athletics. Retrieved 2018-07-29.
  4. ↑ "Player - Lauren Gibbemeyer - FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2018". www.volleyball.world. Retrieved 2018-07-29.
  5. ↑ DeMarque, Carly (9 June 2017). "American Lauren Gibbemeyer Transfers To Novara for 2017-18 Season". Volley Mob. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
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