Hande Baladın Explained
| Hande Baladın |
| Nickname: | Handan, Baladinos |
| Nationality: | Turkish |
| Birth Date: | 1 September 1997 |
| Birth Place: | Kütahya, Turkey |
| Height: | 190 cm |
| Weight: | 81 kg |
| Spike: | 315 cm |
| Block: | 305 cm |
| Position: | Outside spiker |
| Currentclub: | Eczacıbaşı Dynavit |
| Currentnumber: | 7 |
| Nationalyears: | 2011– |
| Nationalteam: | Turkey |
Hande Baladın (born 1 September 1997) is a Turkish professional volleyball player. She started playing volleyball as middle blocker in the youth and junior teams of Eczacıbaşı Dynavit in Istanbul. Since 2014, she plays as opposite spiker. Baladın is a member of the women's national volleyball team, and wears number 7.
Career
Club
For the 2014–15 season, she was loaned out to Sarıyer Belediyespor along with four other players from the youth team of Eczacıbaşı Vitra. With Eczacıbaşı Vitra, she won the gold medal at the 2016 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship.[1]
International
In July 2011, she was admitted to the Turkey girls' youth national team. She played in the national team at the 2011 Balkan Championships held in Tirana, Albania on 12–18 July, at which they ranked fourth.
Baladın won the bronze medal with national team at the 2013 Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship held in Serbia and Montenegro from 30 March to 7 April 2013. She was selected "Best blocker" of the championship.
Awards
Club
- 2016 Club World Championship - Champion, with Eczacibasi Vitra
- 2016-17 CEV champion League - Bronze Medal, with Eczacibasi Vitra
- 2017-18 CEV Cup - Champion, with Eczacibasi Vitra
- 2017-18 Turkish Cup - Runner-Up, with Eczacibasi Vitra
- 2017-18 Turkish League - Runner-Up, with Eczacibasi
- 2019 Spor Toto Champion's Cup (Turkish Super Cup) - Champion, with Eczacibasi Vitra
- 2019 Club world Championship - Runner-Up, with Eczacibasi Vitra
- 2020 AXA Sigorta Champions Cup (Turkish Super Cup) - Champion, with Eczacibasi Vitra
- 2021-22 CEV Cup - Champion, with Eczacibasi Dynavit
- 2023 Club World Championship - Champion, with Eczacibasi Dynavit
Individual
- 2013 Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship - Best Blocker
- 2017 U23 World Championship - Best Outside Spiker
- 2017 U23 World Championship - Most Valuable Player[2]
National team
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Kosheleva blasts Eczacibasi to second worlds club title . . 23 October 2016.
- Web site: News detail - Turkey’s Hande Baladin honoured with U23 World Championship MVP award - FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship 2017 . 2024-01-31 . u23.women.2017.volleyball.fivb.com.
- Web site: 2023-04-09 . Turkish women’s volleyball team wins European champions title . 2024-01-31 . TurkishPress .
