Hande Baladın (born 1 September 1997) is a Turkish professional volleyball player. She started playing volleyball as middle blocker[1] in the youth and junior teams of Eczacıbaşı Dynavit in Istanbul.[2][3][4][5] Since 2014, she plays as opposite spiker. Baladın is a member of the women's national volleyball team, and wears number 7.[6]

Career

Early career

She started her career with İzmir DSİ, then she also played for Arkas and İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyespor[7] before started to play for Eczacıbaşı Vitra in youth level (2009–2014).

Club

For the 2014–15 season, she was loaned out to Sarıyer Belediyespor along with four other players, Arelya Karasoy, Rida Erlalelitepe, Buse Ene and Aybüke Özdemir from the youth team of Eczacıbaşı Vitra.[8] For the 2018–19 season, she was loaned out to Galatasaray along with Yasemin Güveli.[9]

With Eczacıbaşı Vitra, she won the gold medal at the 2016[10] and 2023 FIVB Club World Championship.

International

In July 2011, she was admitted to the Turkey girls' youth national team.[11] She played in the national team at the 2011 Balkan Championships held in Tirana, Albania on 12–18 July, at which they ranked fourth.[12]

Baladın won the bronze medal with national team at the 2013 Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship held in Serbia and Montenegro from 30 March to 7 April 2013.[13][14] She was selected "Best blocker" of the championship.[15][16]

Awards

Club

Eczacıbaşı

National team

Individual

See also

References

  1. ^ "Turkish ladies edged past Russia in the second day". Balkan Volleyball Association. 30 March 2013. Archived from the original on 25 December 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  2. ^ "Player Hande Baladin". World of Volley. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  3. ^ "2013 CEV Youth Volleyball European Championship - Girls-Hande Baladin". CEV. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  4. ^ "Sporcu Kadroları" (in Turkish). Eczacıbaşı Spor Kulübü. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  5. ^ "Şampiyonluk rekortmeni sezonu açtı" (in Turkish). Eczacıbaşı Spor Kulübü. 27 September 2012. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  6. ^ "2013 CEV Youth Volleyball European Championship-Semifinals 1-4 and classification 1/2&3/4 in Bar (YGF-37)". CEV. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  7. ^ "Parlak Bir Gelecek". Socrates Dergi. 5 February 2025. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  8. ^ "Sarıyer Belediyesi'ne Eczacıbaşı'ndan 5 oyuncu". Voleybolun sesi (in Turkish). 11 August 2014. Archived from the original on 20 August 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  9. ^ "Eczacıbaşı VitrA'da geçici ayrılık". EuroSport. 9 June 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Kosheleva blasts Eczacibasi to second worlds club title". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  11. ^ "Eczacıbaşı'ndan A Milli Takıma altı oyuncu". Eurosport (in Turkish). 20 July 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  12. ^ "Eczacıbaşı'ndan Türk voleyboluna büyük katkı". Ajans Spor (in Turkish). 24 July 2011. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  13. ^ a b "Yıldızlarımız Avrupa üçüncüsü". sports tv (in Turkish). 7 April 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  14. ^ a b "Yıldız Kızlar Avrupa 3'üncüsü oldu". Posta (in Turkish). 7 April 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  15. ^ a b "2013 CEV Youth Volleyball European Championship - Girls: Turkey Claim Bronze". TRT English. 8 April 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  16. ^ a b ""EN"ler listesinde iki Türk oyuncu". VoleybolX (in Turkish). 7 April 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  17. ^ "Turkish women's volleyball team wins European champions title". TurkishPress. 9 April 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  18. ^ "News detail - Turkey's Hande Baladin honoured with U23 World Championship MVP award - FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship 2017". u23.women.2017.volleyball.fivb.com. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
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