Joanne Ross

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Joanne Ross
Personal information
Nationality Canada
Born (1977-11-01) 1 November 1977 (age 41)
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Volleyball information
Positionmiddle blocker
Number10 (national team)
National team
2002 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada

Joanne Ross (born 1 November 1977) is a Canadian retired female volleyball player, who played as a middle blocker.

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She was part of the Canada women's national volleyball team at the 2002 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Germany. [1] [2]

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References

  1. "Women Volleyball XIII World Championship 2002 - Teams Composition. - Canada". Archived from the original on 27 December 2015.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  2. "Team Rosters - Canada". www.fivb.ch. Retrieved 9 August 2017.

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