Anna Farhi

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Anna Farhi
Personal information
NationalityIsraeli
Born (1980-03-01) 1 March 1980 (age 43)
Bulgaria
Height189 cm (74 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Volleyball information
PositionMiddle Blocker
Number15 (national team)
National team
  • 2011-2015
  • Unknown
Last updated: 25 February 2017

Anna Farhi (born 1 March 1980) is an Israeli female former volleyball player, born in Bulgaria, [1] who plays as a middle blocker. [2] She was part of the Israel women's national volleyball team from 2011 to 2015. [1] She competed at the 2011 [3] and 2015 Women's European Volleyball Championships. [1] . She retired in 2017 after playing for Maccabi Even Yhooda. [4]

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History

In her youth, Farhi played for Bulgaria's under-17 team [5] before travelling to Switzerland at the age of 21. While playing an exhibition game in Switzerland, the coach of Israel's women's national volleyball team convinced her to come to Israel and play for their national team. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "CEV - Confédération Européenne de Volleyball". www.cev.lu. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
  2. inbox-online.com. "Anna Farhi : Players". Archived from the original on 2017-02-27. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
  3. "Team Roster – Israel". cev.lu. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  4. https://women.volleybox.net/anna-farhi-p18938/clubs
  5. 1 2 Talshir, Uri (2016-09-23). "Womens' [sic] Volleyball Back to Europe". Haaretz. Retrieved 2017-02-25.

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