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Zehra Güneş

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Zehra Güneş is a Turkish professional volleyball player who plays as a middle blocker, born on 7 July 1999. She plays for VakıfBank Istanbul, the club she was loaned out of to Beşiktaş for the 2016-17 season and later returned to, where she won her first league title in 2017-18 and was named captain for the 2024-25 season. She has been a member of the Turkey women's national team since 2018 and has played at the Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 Olympic Games. In 2023 she won the Volleyball Nations League and Turkey's first European Championship, and she was named best middle blocker at the Nations League that year. She is of Bosniak descent, and her sisters İrem Nur and Mina are also volleyball players.

Facts
Birth Year
1999 1
Gender
Female 1
Connections

Competed In

2020 Summer Olympics, Competitions
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2024 Summer Olympics, Competitions
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FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League, Competitions
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Women's European Volleyball Championship, Competitions
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On The Roster Of

VakıfBank S.K., Teams and Clubs
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Plays

Volleyball, Sports
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Nationality

Turkey

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Source Zehra Güneş (Wikipedia)Lead
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is a Turkish professional volleyball player
Sources
1. Olympedia: Zehra Gunes - Olympic athlete biography
Olympedia
  • Biographical information, Born
    Born 7 July 1999
  • Biographical information, Sex
    Sex Female
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Zehra Güneş (Wikipedia)
  • Lead
    is a Turkish professional volleyball player
  • Competed In: 2020 Summer Olympics, International, Tokyo 2020
    She was also part of the Turkish squad at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics
  • Competed In: 2024 Summer Olympics, International, Paris 2024
    Güneş was once again named to the Paris 2024 Olympic Roster
  • On The Roster Of: VakıfBank S.K., Lead, club
    Currently, she plays for Vakıfbank Istanbul
  • Competed In: FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League, International, 2023
    In 2023, Günes was a part of the 14 player roster that won the Volleyball Nations League.
  • Competed In: Women's European Volleyball Championship, International, 2023
    She also helped Turkey achieve their first European Championship in 2023
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