Pelin Aroğuz (born May 8, 1997) is a Turkish female volleyball player.[1] She is 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) at 74 kg (163 lb),[2] and plays as wing spiker[3] in both the youth and junior teams of Vakıfbank SK in Ankara.[4] Aroğuz is a member of the Turkey girls' youth national volleyball team, and wears number 9.[5] In 2014, she was called up to the Turkey women's junior national volleyball team.

Pelin Aroğuz
Personal information
Born (1997-05-08) May 8, 1997 (age 27)
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Spike281 cm (111 in)
Block272 cm (107 in)
Volleyball information
PositionWing spiker
Current clubVakıfbank SK
Number9
National team
  • 2012–2013
  • 2014–
Honours
Women's Volleyball
Representing Turkey
Women's Junior European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Tampere-Tartu Team
Girls' Youth European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Bar Team
Tournaments
Gold medal – first place 2013 Brussels Team

She played in the girls' youth team of her primary school Bilfen Ataşehir İlköğretim, which won the district league at Ataşehir, Istanbul in the 2011-12 season.[6]

In the 2012-13 season, she played in Vakıfbank's youth team, which won the Turkish PAV League (league for teams of candidate professional volleyball players) undefeated.[7]

In January 2012, Aroğuz was admitted to the Turkey girls' youth national team.[8] She debuted internationally at the International Brussels Tournament in February 2013, at which she claimed her first national gold medal, and was named "Most Valuable Player" of the tournament in Belgium.[9][10][11]

Pelin Aroğuz won the bronze medal with the national team at the 2013 Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship held in Serbia and Montenegro from March 30 to April 7, 2013.[12][13] She was selected "Best Spiker" of the championship.[14]

With the women's junior national team, she won the bronze medal at the 2014 Women's Junior European Volleyball Championship held in Finland and Estonia. She was selected "Best Spiker" of the championship.[15]

Awards

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Individual

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National team

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Club

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  • 2012-13 Turkish PAV League   Gold with Vakıfbank Girls' Youth team[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Pelin Aroguz". CEV. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
  2. ^ "Player Pelin Aroğuz". World of Volley. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
  3. ^ "2013 CEV Youth Volleyball European Championship - Girls-Pelin Aroguz". CEV. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
  4. ^ "Takımlarımız" (in Turkish). Vakıfbank SK. Archived from the original on 2013-04-14. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
  5. ^ "2013 CEV Youth Volleyball European Championship-Semifinals 1-4 and classification 1/2&3/4 in Bar (YGF-37)". CEV. Archived from the original on 2017-04-07. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
  6. ^ "Voleybol - 2011-2012 Voleybol - Yıldız Kız Voleybol Takımımız Ataşehir İlçe 1. si Olmuştur" (in Turkish). Bilfen. Archived from the original on 2013-03-04. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
  7. ^ a b "Vakıfbank Genç Takımı PAV Ligi'nde Namağlup Şampiyon Oldu" (in Turkish). Vakıfbank. 2013-02-10. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
  8. ^ "Voleybol'un Yıldizları 2013'e hazırlanıyor". İl Gazetesi (in Turkish). 2013-02-01. Archived from the original on 2013-11-04. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
  9. ^ a b c "Turkish Youth Girls won International Brussels Tournament". Balkan Volleyball Association. 2013-02-18. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
  10. ^ a b c "Brüksel Turnuvasının Şampiyonu Yıldız Kız Milli Takım". Voleybolun Sesi (in Turkish). 2013-02-17. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
  11. ^ a b c "Ve şampiyon Milli Takım". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2013-02-18. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
  12. ^ a b "Yıldızlarımız Avrupa üçüncüsü". sports tv (in Turkish). 2013-04-07. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
  13. ^ a b "Yıldız Kızlar Avrupa 3'üncüsü oldu". Posta (in Turkish). 2013-04-07. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
  14. ^ a b "2013 CEV Youth Volleyball European Championship - Girls: Turkey Claim Bronze". TRT English. 2013-04-08. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
  15. ^ a b "Serbia round off golden run at Women's U19 Euro Champs". CEV. 2014-08-24. Retrieved 2014-08-24.