Jelena Nikolić

Jelena Nikolić
Jelena Nikolić
Personal information
Nationality	Serbian
Born	13 April 1982; Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Spike	315 cm (124 in)
Block	300 cm (120 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Wing Spiker
Current club	VakıfBank Güneş Sigorta Türk Telekom
Number	12
Career
1997–1999; 1999–2002; 2002–2003; 2003–2004; 2004–2005; 2005–2006; 2006–2007; 2007–2008; 2008–2014; 2014–2015; 2015–2016	OK Obilić Belgrade; Reggio Emilia; Foppapedretti Bergamo; Minetti Infoplus Vincenza; RC Cannes; Toray Arrows; Megius Volley Padova; Takefuji Bamboo; VakıfBank Güneş Sigorta Istanbul; Azeryol Baku; Bursa BB
National team
2006; 2007–2016	Serbia and Montenegro; Serbia
Honours
Volleyball
Olympic Games
World Championship
European Championships
World Cup
FIVB World Grand Prix
European Games
European League
Universiade

Jelena Nikolić-Nenadiċ (Serbian Cyrillic: Јелена Николић; born 13 April 1982) is a retired Serbian professional volleyball player, playing as a wing-spiker. She was a member of the Women's National Team that won silver medal at the 2016 Olympics and gold medal at the 2011 European Championship in Serbia.[1]

Career

She played for VakıfBank Güneş Sigorta Türk Telekom in Turkey from 2008/2010. With this team Jelena win the 2010–11 CEV Champions League and also winning the "Best Scorer" award.[2]

Nikolić won the gold medal at the 2013 Club World Championship playing with Vakıfbank Istanbul.[3]

Clubs

OK Obilić Belgrade (1997–1999)
Reggio Emilia (1999–2002)
Foppapedretti Bergamo (2002–2003)
Minetti Infoplus Vincenza (2003–2004)
RC Cannes (2004–2005)
Toray Arrows (2005–2006)
Megius Volley Padova (2006–2007)
Takefuji Bamboo (2007–2008)
VakıfBank Güneş Sigorta Istanbul (2008–2014)
Azeryol Baku (2014–2015)
Bursa BB (2015–2016)
Metalleghe Montichiari (2016–2017)
Türk Hava Yolları SK (2018–2019)

Awards

Individual

Senior team

2009 European League - Gold Medal
2010 European League - Gold Medal
2011 European League - Gold Medal

Universiade

2009 Summer Universiade - Silver Medal

Clubs

2004/2005 France Championship - Champion, with RC Cannes
2004/2005 France Cup - Champion, with RC Cannes
2009/2010 Turkish Championship - Runner-Up, with VakıfBank Güneş Sigorta Türk Telekom
2010/11 CEV Champions League - Champion, with VakıfBank Güneş Sigorta Türk Telekom
2011 FIVB Women's Club World Championship - Runner-Up, with VakıfBank Türk Telekom
2011-12 Aroma Women's Volleyball League - Runner-Up, with Vakıfbank Spor Kulübü
2013 Club World Championship - Champion, with Vakıfbank Istanbul

References

"Jelena Nikolić » timeline :". Women Volleybox. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
CEV. "VakifGunesTTelekom completes Turkish fairy tale in Istanbul". Archived from the original on 2011-03-24. Retrieved 2011-03-20.
"Vakifbank Istanbul fly to first Women's Club World Champs title, China claim bronze". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 2013-10-13. Retrieved 2013-10-13.

External links

Jelena Nikolić at the European Volleyball Confederation

Jelena Nikolić at WorldofVolley

Jelena Nikolić at Lega Pallavolo Serie A Femminile (in Italian)

Jelena Nikolić at Olympics.com

Jelena Nikolić at Olympedia

Jelena Nikolić at the Olympic Committee of Serbia (archived) (in Serbian)
Jelena Nikolic at the International Volleyball Federation

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[1] "Jelena Nikolić » timeline :". Women Volleybox. Retrieved 2023-06-26.

[2] CEV. "VakifGunesTTelekom completes Turkish fairy tale in Istanbul". Archived from the original on 2011-03-24. Retrieved 2011-03-20.

[3] "Vakifbank Istanbul fly to first Women's Club World Champs title, China claim bronze". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 2013-10-13. Retrieved 2013-10-13.