Nikola Gjorgiev (born 23 July 1988) is a Macedonian volleyball player, a member of North Macedonia men's national volleyball team and Japanese club Osaka Blazers Sakai, 2009 Serbian Champion, 2017 Japanese Champion.
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| Full name | Nikola Gjorgiev | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Macedonian | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 July 1988 Strumica, Macedonia | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
| Spike | 340 cm (130 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Block | 325 cm (128 in) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Outside hitter, opposite | |||||||||||||||||
| Current club | Osaka Blazers Sakai | |||||||||||||||||
| Number | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Last updated: 4 May 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||
Career edit
National team edit
In 2015 Macedonian national team, including Gjorgiev, met with Slovenia in the finale of 2015 European League and achieved silver medal.[1][2] Gjorgiev was chosen the Best Outside Spiker of the tournament. One year later, his national team also went to the finale, but was beaten by Estonia.[3] He received an individual award for the Best Opposite Spiker.
Sporting achievements edit
Clubs edit
National championships edit
- 2007/2008
Serbian Cup, with OK Radnički Kragujevac - 2007/2008
Serbian Championship, with OK Radnički Kragujevac - 2008/2009
Serbian Championship, with OK Radnički Kragujevac - 2014/2015 French Championship, with Paris Volley
- 2015/2016
Japanese Championship, with Toray Arrows - 2016/2017 Japanese Championship, with Toray Arrows
National team edit
- 2015 European League
- 2016 European League
Individually edit
- 2015 European League - Best Outside Spiker
- 2016 European League - Best Opposite Spiker
- 2017 European league - Best Opposite Spiker
References edit
- ^ Former Y.R. of Macedonia surprise Estonia and will meet Slovenia in the big Final of European League - cev.lu - 13-08-2015
- ^ Slovenia win European League title! - cev.lu - 14-08-2015
- ^ Estonia rise to the occasion to win historic European League title - cev.lu - 02-07-2016
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