Bahar Toksoy

Bahar Toksoy
Personal information
Born (1988-02-06) February 6, 1988
Izmir, Turkey
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
Spike 315 cm (124 in)
Block 300 cm (120 in)
Volleyball information
Position Middle blocker
Current club Savino del Bene Scandicci
Number 11
National team
Turkey
Honours
Women’s Volleyball
Competitor for Turkey women's national volleyball team
World Grand Prix
2012 Ningbo Team
European Championships
2011 Italy-Serbia Team
European League
2010 Ankara Team
Mediterranean Games
2009 Pescara Team
2013 Mersin Team
Last updated: October 13, 2013

Bahar Toksoy (born February 6, 1988 in Izmir, Turkey) is a Turkish female volleyball player. She is 190 cm (6.2 ft) and plays as a middle blocker. She currently plays for Savino del Bene Scandicci and wears number 11. She plays for the Turkish national team.

Career

National Team

Bahar competed with her team at the 2008 World Grand Prix where they ended 7th and at the 2009 European Championship where they ended 5th. In 2010 she helped her team win the 6th place at the World Championship in Japan. In 2011 they lost to Serbia in the final of the European league and a few months later they also lost to them in the semifinal of the European Championship but they managed to beat Italy to win the bronze medal. She was this tournament's best server. 2012 was so far the best season for the Turkish NT as they secured a spot at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Turkey ended 1st with a 3 sets to 0 win over Poland in the final.

Club

Toksoy Bahar currently plays for VakıfBank. With this team she won the gold medal at the 2010/2011, CEV Champions League. They also ended second in their domestic league with losing in the final from Fenerbahçe. Bahar won the Silver medal at the 2011 FIVB Women's Club World Championship playing in Doha, Qatar, and was awarded Best Server of the tournament. In 2011/2012 season, VakifBank did not advance to the Final Four of the CEV Champions League but they beat Fenerbahçe in the semifinal of the Turkish League and lost to Eczacıbaşı VitrA in the final.

Toksoy won the gold medal at the 2013 Club World Championship playing with Vakıfbank Istanbul.[1]

Clubs

Personal life

On September 20, 2013, she married to Giovanni Guidetti, coach of her team Vakıfbank.[2]

Awards

Individual

National team

Clubs

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Vakifbank Istanbul fly to first Women’s Club World Champs title, China claim bronze". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 2013-10-13. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
  2. ↑ "Guidetti ile Bahar evlendi". Habertürk (in Turkish). 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-09-21.

External links

Awards
Preceded by
Turkey Eda Erdem Dündar		 Best Server of
FIVB Women's Club World Championship
2011 		Succeeded by
Germany Angelina Grün-Hübner
Preceded by
Poland Agnieszka Bednarek-Kasza		 Best Server of
Women's European Volleyball Championship
2011 		Succeeded by
Germany Margareta Kozuch
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