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Born | Kraków, Poland | 5 April 1937|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College / University | University of Illinois (PhD in physiology of exercise) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Arie Selinger (born 5 April 1937) is an Israeli volleyball coach and former player. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest volleyball coaches of all time. [1] He is credited with transforming the United States women's national volleyball team into a powerhouse in the 1980s. [2]
In 1995, Selinger was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame. [1]
Due to his athleticism and jumping ability, Selinger was on the Israel men's national volleyball team from 1954 to 1963. [1]
Selinger served as the head coach of the United States women's national volleyball team from 1975 to 1984, a team that would go on to win the bronze medal in the 1982 FIVB World Championship in Lima, Peru [3] and the silver medal in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. [1] Among those coached by Selinger was the legendary volleyball player Flo Hyman. [4]
Selinger also won the silver medal as coach for the Netherlands men's volleyball team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. [5]
Selinger coached the Japanese women's national volleyball team from 1992 to 2006. [6]
Selinger was born in Poland, and during World War II was in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp from 1942 to 1945 before being liberated by Allied forces. [6]
Selinger is the father of retired Dutch volleyball player and coach Avital Selinger. [7]
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