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Lindsey Berg

リンゼイ・バーグ　/　りんぜい・ばーぐ

American volleyball player

July 16, 1980 (age 45)　・　Honolulu, United States

volleyball player
beach volleyball player

My Take

Lindsey Berg is the sort of athlete I instinctively root for. Born in Honolulu and forged at the University of Minnesota, she became a world-class setter and a three-time Olympian for the United States, bringing home two silver medals. What I love is the arc of her career, ending far from the Hawaiian sun at Fenerbahçe in Istanbul. Setters rarely get the glory; they are the strategists who make spikers shine, running the offense from the shadows. Those two silvers carry both achievement and a hint of unfinished business, and that mix of brilliance and near-miss is precisely what makes her competitive life so compelling to me.

Overview

Lindsey Napela Berg (born July 16, 1980) is an American retired volleyball player who last played for Fenerbahçe Istanbul in Turkey. She was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, and played volleyball for the University of Minnesota. She played in three Olympic Games for the United States national team, winning two silver medals.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Lindsey Berg
Name (Japanese): リンゼイ・バーグ
Reading: りんぜい・ばーぐ
Born: July 16, 1980 (age 45)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Cancer / Monkey
Origin: Honolulu, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: 174 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: volleyball player / beach volleyball player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B0

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