Edwin Benne
Appearance
Edwin Benne | |||
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Personal information | |||
Born | Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands | 21 April 1965||
Height | 208 cm (6 ft 10 in) | ||
Volleyball information | |||
Position | Outside hitter | ||
Number | 10 | ||
National team | |||
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Honours |
Edwin Johannes Benne (born 21 April 1965) is a retired volleyball player from the Netherlands who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. Benne ended up in fifth place at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, and won the silver medal four years later in Barcelona.
Benne's international career spanned nine years. During this time he received 382 caps.
Coaching
[edit]Benne started his current position of head coach of the Dutch national team in 2011 leading them to a win at the 2012 European League and qualification to the 2013 World League.
References
[edit]- (in Dutch) Dutch Olympic Committee
External links
[edit]- Edwin Benne at WorldofVolley
- Edwin Benne at Lega Pallavolo Serie A (in Italian)
- Edwin Benne at Olympedia
- Volleybox.net profile
Categories:
- 1965 births
- Living people
- Dutch men's volleyball players
- Volleyball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands
- Olympic volleyball players for the Netherlands
- Sportspeople from Amersfoort
- Olympic medalists in volleyball
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century Dutch people
- 21st-century Dutch people
- Dutch volleyball coaches
- Expatriate volleyball coaches
- Dutch expatriate volleyball players in Germany
- Dutch expatriate volleyball players in Italy
- Dutch expatriate volleyball players in France
- Expatriate volleyball players in Japan
- Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Japan
- Dutch expatriate volleyball players in Turkey
- Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Outside hitters
- Volleyball coaches of international teams
- Dutch volleyball biography stubs
- Dutch Olympic medalist stubs