Maren Fromm (née Brinker; born 10 July 1986) is a retired German volleyball player, a member of Germany women's national volleyball team.
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| Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Maren Brinker 10 July 1986 Wilhelmshaven, West Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spike | 303 cm (119 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Block | 295 cm (116 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Outside hitter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Çanakkale Belediyespor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal life edit
On 24 June 2017 she married Christian Fromm, German national team volleyball player.[1]
Career edit
Brinker represented her country in the FIVB World Grand Prix 2009.[2] She signed for the Italian club Unendo Yamamay Busto Arsizio in June 2012[3] and won the 2012 Italian Supercup with this club.[4]
In the 2012–13 CEV Women's Champions League Brinker won the bronze medal with her club after falling to Rabita Baku in the semifinals,[5] but defeating Galatasaray Daikin to claim the podium finish.[6] She also won the Best Server award of the tournament.[7]
2014 in the FIVB Championships in Italy, she carried the German team into the second round where they fell one point short of reaching the quarter-finals (final 9th place).[8]
After 11 years in the national team, she announced her retirement in the 2018 FIVB Women's World Championship [9][10]
Clubs edit
| Club | From | To |
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 Germany Oldenburger Turnerbund
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2002-2003 | 2004-2005 |
| Germany VC Olympia Berlin
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2005-2005 | 2005-2005 |
| Germany USC Braunschweig
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2005-2006 | 2005-2006 |
| Germany TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen
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2006-2007 | 2008-2009 |
| Germany USC Münster
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2009-2010 | 2009-2010 |
| Germany VC Stuttgart
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2010-2011 | 2010-2011 |
 Italy Robursport Volley Pesaro
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2011-2012 | 2011-2012 |
| Italy Futura Volley Busto Arsizio
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2012-2013 | 2012-2013 |
 Poland Impel Wrocław
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2013-2014 | 2013-2014 |
| Italy Promoball Flero[11]
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2014-2015 | 2015-2016 |
 Turkey İdmanocağı Spor Kulübü[12]
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Aug 2016 | Nov 2016 |
| Germany Schweriner SC[13]
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2016-2017 | 2016-2017 |
| Turkey Çanakkale Belediye
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2017-2018 | 2017-2018 [14] |
Awards edit
Individuals edit
- 2012–13 CEV Champions League "Best Server"
- 2015 German Volleyball Player of the Year
- 2016 German Volleyball Player of the Year
Clubs edit
- 2012 Italian Supercup –
Champion, with Unendo Yamamay Busto Arsizio - 2012–13 CEV Champions League –
Bronze medal, with Unendo Busto
References edit
- ^ Maren Brinker & Christian Fromm Tie The Knot - volleywood.net - 30-06-2017
- ^ "Brinker". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved August 27, 2009.
- ^ "Maren Brinker joins Kozuch to play for Italy's BUSTO ARSIZIO". Busto Arsizio, Italy: CEV. 2012-06-03. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-03-10.
- ^ "La Unendo Yamamay alza il primo trofeo stagionale" (in Italian). 2012-10-12. Retrieved 2013-03-10.
- ^ Pasini, Gian Luca (2013-03-09). "Volley, Champions League: Baku-Busto Arsizio 3–2, farfalle k.o. in semifinale". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Istanbul, Turkey. Retrieved 2013-03-10.
- ^ Pasini, Gian Luca (2013-03-10). "Pallavolo. Champions: Busto chiude terza, inutile rimonta del Galatasaray di Barbolini". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Istanbul, Turkey. Retrieved 2013-03-10.
- ^ "Vakifbank ISTANBUL wins second Champions League title with perfect record". Istanbul, Turkey: CEV. 2013-03-10. Archived from the original on 2013-03-13. Retrieved 2013-03-10.
- ^ "FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship Italy 2014".
- ^ "GER W: Maren Brinker retires from national team". www.worldofvolley.com. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
- ^ "Germany's Maren Brinker Retires From National Team". www.volleywood.net. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
- ^ "Maren Brinker: "Proverò a fare la differenza"". 13 May 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-05-14.
- ^ "Tecrübeli Alman oyuncu İdmanocağı'nda". 19 June 2016.
- ^ "Genialer Glücksgriff: Maren Brinker ist ab sofort Schwerinerin". 12 November 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-11-12.
- ^ "Maren Fromm » clubs".
External links edit
- Maren Brinker at the Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (in German)
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