Hande Baladın

Hande Baladın (born 1 September 1997) is a Turkish professional volleyball player. She started playing volleyball as middle blocker[1] in the youth and junior teams of Eczacıbaşı Dynavit in Istanbul.[2][3][4][5] Since 2014, she plays as opposite spiker. Baladın is a member of the women's national volleyball team, and wears number 7.[6]

Hande Baladın
Personal information
NicknameHandan, Baladinos
NationalityTurkish
Born (1997-09-01) 1 September 1997
Kütahya, Turkey
Height190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight81 kg (179 lb)
Spike315 cm (124 in)
Block305 cm (120 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOutside spiker
Current clubEczacıbaşı Dynavit
Number7
Career
YearsTeams
  • 2013–2014
  • 2014–2015
  • 2015–2018
  • 2018–2019
  • 2019–present
National team
2011–Turkey
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing  Turkey
World Cup
2023 JapanTeam
European Championship
2017 Azerbaijan/GeorgiaTeam
2019 TurkeyTeam
2021 Serbia/Bulgaria/Croatia/RomaniaTeam
2023 Belgium/Estonia/Germany/ItalyTeam
FIVB Nations League
2018 NanjingTeam
2021 RiminiTeam
2023 ArlingtonTeam
Women's U23 World Championship
2017 LjubljanaTeam
2015 AnkaraTeam
Youth European Championship
2013 Bar

Career

Club

For the 2014–15 season, she was loaned out to Sarıyer Belediyespor along with four other players from the youth team of Eczacıbaşı Vitra.[7] With Eczacıbaşı Vitra, she won the gold medal at the 2016 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship.[8]

International

In July 2011, she was admitted to the Turkey girls' youth national team.[9] She played in the national team at the 2011 Balkan Championships held in Tirana, Albania on 12–18 July, at which they ranked fourth.[10]

Baladın won the bronze medal with national team at the 2013 Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship held in Serbia and Montenegro from 30 March to 7 April 2013.[11][12] She was selected "Best blocker" of the championship.[13][14]

Awards

Club

Individual

National team

See also

References
  1. "Turkish ladies edged past Russia in the second day". Balkan Volleyball Association. 30 March 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  2. "Player Hande Baladin". World of Volley. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  3. "2013 CEV Youth Volleyball European Championship - Girls-Hande Baladin". CEV. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  4. "Sporcu Kadroları" (in Turkish). Eczacıbaşı Spor Kulübü. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  5. "Şampiyonluk rekortmeni sezonu açtı" (in Turkish). Eczacıbaşı Spor Kulübü. 27 September 2012. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  6. "2013 CEV Youth Volleyball European Championship-Semifinals 1-4 and classification 1/2&3/4 in Bar (YGF-37)". CEV. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  7. "Sarıyer Belediyesi'ne Eczacıbaşı'ndan 5 oyuncu". Voleybolun sesi (in Turkish). 11 August 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  8. "Kosheleva blasts Eczacibasi to second worlds club title". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  9. "Eczacıbaşı'ndan A Milli Takıma altı oyuncu". Eurosport (in Turkish). 20 July 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  10. "Eczacıbaşı'ndan Türk voleyboluna büyük katkı". Ajans Spor (in Turkish). 24 July 2011. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  11. "Yıldızlarımız Avrupa üçüncüsü". sports tv (in Turkish). 7 April 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  12. "Yıldız Kızlar Avrupa 3'üncüsü oldu". Posta (in Turkish). 7 April 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  13. "2013 CEV Youth Volleyball European Championship - Girls: Turkey Claim Bronze". TRT English. 8 April 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  14. ""EN"ler listesinde iki Türk oyuncu". VoleybolX (in Turkish). 7 April 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  15. "News detail - Turkey's Hande Baladin honoured with U23 World Championship MVP award - FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship 2017". u23.women.2017.volleyball.fivb.com. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  16. "Turkish women's volleyball team wins European champions title". TurkishPress. 9 April 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
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