Pauline Manser

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Pauline Manser
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1969-02-02) 2 February 1969 (age 55)
Mount Gambier, South Australia
Height181 cm (71 in)
Sport
SportBeach volleyball

Pauline Manser (born 2 February 1969 in Mount Gambier, South Australia) is an Australian volleyball coach and former professional beach volleyball and indoor volleyball player. [1]

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Career

Playing indoor volleyball Manser represented Australia 104 times between 1987 and 1996. She was one of the inaugural inductees to the Australian Volleyball Hall of Fame in 2012 in recognition of her indoor volleyball career. [2]

Manser competed in the women's tournament of the 2000 Summer Olympics alongside Tania Gooley. They finished fifth. [3] [4]

Prior to teaming up with Gooley in August 1999, Manser had played alongside Kerri Pottharst from March 1998. She began her international competitive career alongside Liane Fenwick in 1997. [5]

From 2010 to 2014 Manser was coach of the Australian women's national volleyball team. In 2015 she was appointed assistant coach to the Lobos team at the University of New Mexico. [6]

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References

  1. "Pauline Manser". www.bvbinfo.com. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  2. "Hall of Fame". www.volleyballaustralia.org.au. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  3. "2000 Summer Olympics - The Results (Beach Volleyball - Women)". www.sport-olympic.gr. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  4. "Pauline Manser Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". 22 August 2019. Archived from the original on 22 August 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  5. "FIVB - Beach Volleyball". www.fivb.org. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  6. "The University of New Mexico Lobos - Pauline Manser - 2016 Beach Volleyball Coaching Staff - University of New Mexico". golobos.com. Retrieved 16 January 2020.