Kim Oden

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Kimberley Oden
Personal information
NicknameKim
NationalityAmerican
BornKimberley Yvette Oden
(1964-05-06) May 6, 1964 (age 59)
Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Height6 ft 2 in (189 cm)
College / UniversityStanford University
Volleyball information
PositionMiddle blocker
Number4 (national team)
National team
1986–1992, 1994 Flag of the United States.svg United States
Medal record
Women's volleyball
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Olympic rings.svg
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1992 Barcelona Team
World Championship
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1990 China Team
Goodwill Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1994 Saint Petersburg Team
Pan American Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1987 Indianapolis Team

Kimberley Yvette "Kim" Oden (born May 6, 1964, in Birmingham, Alabama) [1] is a former volleyball player and two-time Olympian who played on the United States women's national volleyball team. [2] [1]

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College

Oden was a three-time All-American volleyball player at Stanford. [3] In 1985, she was selected as the AVCA Player of the Year [3] and won the Honda-Broderick Award (now the Honda Sports Award) as the nation's best female collegiate volleyball player. [4] [5] Oden graduated from Stanford in 1986 with a degree in public policy, and then went on to play with the United States national team (1986–92, '94). [4]

In 1995, Oden was inducted into the Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame. [6]

National team

Oden was named the Olympic team captain in 1988 and 1992. [4] At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea, Oden was selected as the "Best Hitter", tallying the highest hitting percentage during the Games. [4] Four years later, she won a bronze medal with the national team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. [2]

Oden helped the national team win a bronze medal at the 1987 Pan American Games. [1] She participated at the 1990 FIVB World Championship, winning a bronze medal and being selected as the "Best Blocker". [7] She also competed at the 1994 FIVB World Championship. [8]

Coaching

Oden was the head volleyball coach at Saint Francis High School in Mountain View, California, where in four years she recorded 100 wins and only 34 losses. [9] [10]

Personal life

Oden is currently the guidance counselor at a local high school. [10]

Originally a Southern California resident of Irvine, [11] Oden now resides in Palo Alto. [12] Her sisters, Elaina and Beverly, are also Olympians who played on the national volleyball team. [2]

Awards

Clubs

See also

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  5. 1 2 "Past Honda Sports Award Winners for Volleyball". Collegiate Women Sports Awards. Archived from the original on July 29, 2023. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
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  10. 1 2 "Kim Oden". Positive Coaching Alliance . Archived from the original on May 29, 2023. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Oden Sisters to Reunite at Notre Dame-North Carolina Volleyball Match". UND.com. October 16, 1997. Archived from the original on September 27, 2016. Retrieved May 12, 2008.
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