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Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Ottawa, Ontario | August 9, 1983||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 101 kg (223 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spike | 348 cm (137 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Block | 336 cm (132 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Number | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Adam Simac (born August 9, 1983) is a Canadian male volleyball player. He was part of the Canada men's national volleyball team at the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship in Poland. [1] He played for Energy Investments Lugano.
An Ottawa native, Simac attended Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School. [2] He played four years of college volleyball at Queen's University at Kingston, leading the Golden Gaels to a sixth-place finish at the 2006 national championship – their best finish in 34 years. [3] Simac was first called up to the Canada men's national team in 2008. [3]
As of 2013, Simac was engaged to Canada women's national volleyball team member Ashley Voth. [4]
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