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American volleyball player

Heather Bown
Personal information
Born (1978-11-29) November 29, 1978 (age 46)
Orange, California, U.S.
Height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Spike301 cm (119 in)
Block290 cm (114 in)
Volleyball information
PositionMiddle Blocker
Number7
Career
YearsTeams
1996-97
1998–00
2000–02
2002–03
2003–04
2004–05
2005–06
2006–10
2010–11
2011–12
2012-13
United States UC Santa Barbara
United States University of Hawaii
Italy Teodora Ravenna
Italy Volley Bergamo
Italy Volley Modena
Italy Santeramo Sport
Italy Airone Tortolì
Italy Vini Monteschiavo Jesi
Turkey Eczacıbaşı VitrA
Azerbaijan Azerrail Baku
Russia Dynamo Kazan
National team
2000–2012 United States
Medal record
Women's volleyball
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing Team
World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2002 Germany Team
World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2011 Japan Team
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Japan Team
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Japan Team
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2001 Macau Team
Gold medal – first place 2010 Ningbo Team
Gold medal – first place 2011 Macau Team
Gold medal – first place 2012 Ningbo Team
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Andria Team
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Reggio Calabria Team
NORCECA Championship
Gold medal – first place 2001 Santo Domingo
Gold medal – first place 2003 Santo Domingo
Gold medal – first place 2011 Caguas
Silver medal – second place 2007 Winnipeg
Pan American Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Rosarito & Tijuana
Final Four Cup
Silver medal – second place 2009 Lima

Heather Erin Bown (born November 29, 1978) is an American retired volleyball player who played as a middle-blocker. She represented the United States at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There she finished in fifth place with the USA national team. She also competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Bown made her third straight Olympic appearance in Beijing, helping Team USA to a silver medal.

Early life and education

Bown was born in Orange, California, and calls Yorba Linda, California home. She graduated from Esperanza High School in Anaheim where she was a three-year letterwinner. She was named all-CIF twice and played club volleyball for NIKE Ichiban that won the Junior Olympics in 1996.

Bown attended the University of California, Santa Barbara, for two seasons, where her squad advanced to the NCAA regional finals in 1997. In her sophomore campaign, she was named to the all-Big West first team after finishing the season ranked ninth nationally in hitting percentage (.384).

She transferred to the University of Hawaiʻi in 1998 where she was named an American Volleyball Coaches Association First Team All-American and was the 1998 and 1999 WAC Player of the Year. In 1998, she ranked first in the WAC in hitting percentage (.389) and blocking (1.69) and led the team in kills in 24 matches. She had a career-high 30 kills vs. BYU-Hawaii. As a senior in 1999, she repeated as the WAC Player of the Year and repeated as an AVCA First Team All-American. In 1999, she led the nation with 2.25 block per game and posted 411 kills, 230 blocks and a .364 hitting percentage for the year.

Awards and honors

Individual

Club

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Heather Bown". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016.

External links

United States squad2002 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship – Silver medal
United States
United States squad2003 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup – Bronze medal
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United States squad2007 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup – Bronze medal
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United States women's volleyball squad2008 Summer Olympics – Silver medal
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United States squad2011 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup – Silver medal
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2008 USA Olympic Volleyball Team (men's beach, women's beach and men's indoor - gold medals, women's indoor - silver medal)
Qualification
Men's indoor
Women's indoor
Men's beach
Women's beach
Coaches
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