Grace Carter (volleyball)

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Grace Carter
Personal information
NicknameGracie
NationalityBritish
Born10 August 1989
Hometown Nottingham, England
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight84 kg (185 lb)
Spike310 cm (120 in)
Block291 cm (115 in) [1]
College / University Sheffield Hallam University [2]
Volleyball information
PositionMiddle Blocker
Current club Flag of France.svg Volley Club Harnésien  [ fr ] [3]
National team
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain

Grace Carter (born 10 August 1989) is a British volleyball player. She competed for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics. [4] [5]

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Domestic career

Carter's first professional team was Terville Florange Olympique Club  [ fr ], a French team in League AF, the top division for women's volleyball in France. She played for them from 2010 to 2012, when she left the club and joined Saint-Cloud Paris Stade français  [ fr ], another top division team whom she played for and captained until 2016. She then joined Quimper Volley 29  [ fr ], whom she played and captained for until their relegation in 2019. She now plays for Volley Club Harnésien  [ fr ], a second division team. [3] [1]

International career

Carter played volleyball for Great Britain, debuting in 2007 when the team was formed, and also appeared at the 2012 Summer Olympics. [2] [6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Grace Carter » clubs :". Women Volleybox.net.
  2. 1 2 https://web.archive.org/web/20231202044124/https://www.teamgb.com/athlete/grace-carter/4ZzPSKLuvyOsEtrJZG8kqP
  3. 1 2 https://web.archive.org/web/20231103235808/https://www.facebook.com/1479571178972541/posts/2519543818308600/?d=n
  4. "Olympic Results, Gold Medalists and Official Records". International Olympic Committee. 6 November 2020. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012.
  5. "Grace Carter Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  6. "Interview: Olympians Grace Carter and Tesni Ward". LeftLion.