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Ciara Michel
Volleyball player

Ciara Michel

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Volleyball player
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Female
Place of birth
Taunton
Age
39 years
Ciara Michel
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Ciara Kathleen Michel (born 2 July 1985) is a British/American volleyball player who plays as a middle blocker. Born in Taunton, Somerset Michel learned to play volleyball in Miami, Florida after her parents moved there when she was aged 10. In Miami she attended Palmer Trinity School, and graduated in 2003. Here she became a star volleyball player and has been credited with starting a rich volleyball tradition at the school. She later became a student athlete at the University of Miami from 2004-2008, where she was captain, and still holds the records for most career blocks.
After University, she went on to play in Australia, for the University Blues of Victoria, while completing a master's degree from the University of Melbourne. She played her first two professional seasons for Alemannia Aachen in Germany (2010-2012).
Michel was selected to represent Great Britain in the 2012 London Olympics where she led her team to a history-making win over Algeria. The team finished in a tie for 8th position.
The next season she joined VT Aurubis, Hamburg.
In May 2013, she signed with Yamamay Busto Arsizio near Milan, Italy, making her the first British player in history to compete in the CEV Champions League. The team won the 2nd place in the CEV Champions League in 2015.
Ciara is currently playing the 2015-16 season in Turkey's top division for Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyespor, competing in the CEV Challenge Cup.

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