Isabella Langu

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Isabella Langu
NationalityNigerian
Occupationvolleyball player

Isabella Langu is a Nigerian volleyball player who plays in the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps team and the Nigeria women's national volleyball team. [1]

Achievements

Isabella plays in Beach volleyball "b" team for the Nigeria women's national volleyball team. [2]

She was part of the team that defeated South Africa to claim the gold medal at the 2015 11th All-Africa Games in Congo. [3] She was part of the team that won third place at the African Women Beach Volleyball 2016 Olympics Qualifiers at Jabi Lakeside, Abuja. [4]

She was also part of the team to feature in the 2019 World Championship in Doha. [5]

She was part of the team that represented Africa at the 2019 FIVB Snow Volleyball World Tour in Bariloche, Rio Negro Argentina. [6] She alongside her teammates beat the Host Argentina in their opening game 2-1 (13-15, 15–11, 15–11). [7]

She was part of the team that represented Nigeria at the 2019 maiden edition of the World Beach Volleyball Championship in Hamburg, Germany. [8]

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References

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  2. Kuti, Dare (2021-06-27). "Beach V/ball: Nigeria women team to miss Tokyo Olympics". ACLSports. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
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