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Full name | James Andrew Polster | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S. | February 8, 1979||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 6 in (198 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 220 lb (100 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spike | 139 in (352 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Block | 131 in (333 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Number | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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