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Justine Wong-Orantes (born October 6, 1995) is an American volleyball player. She is a (libero). In 2021, she became a gold medalist at both the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and the Volleyball Nations League in Rimini.

Justine Wong-Orantes
Personal information
Nationality	American
Born	(1995-10-06) October 6, 1995 (age 27) Torrance, California
Hometown	Cypress, California
Height	168 cm (66 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb)
Spike	282 cm (111 in)
Block	277 cm (109 in)
College / University	Nebraska
Volleyball information
Position	Libero
Current club	Béziers Volley (fr)
Number	4 (national team) 1 (current club)
Career
Years Teams 2019–2020 Schweriner SC 2020–2022 VC Wiesbaden 2022–present Béziers Volley
National team
2017– United States
Honours Women’s Volleyball Representing the  United States Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Team World Cup 2019 Japan Team FIVB Nations League 2018 Nanjing Team 2021 Rimini Team NORCECA Championship 2019 San Juan Team Pan-American Cup 2017 Cañete/Lima 2018 Santo Domingo 2019 Trujillo/Chiclayo 2016 Santo Domingo World Grand Champions Cup 2017 Japan Team

Career

Early life and high school

Wong-Orantes is of Filipino-Chinese descent on her mother's side and of Mexican descent on her father's side. Both of her parents, Winnie Wong and Robert Orantes, were volleyball players. Her father also coached the Mizuno Long Beach volleyball club.[1]

She was an accomplished beach volleyball player from a young age, partnering with Sara Hughes and appearing on "Volleyball" magazine covers at age 12, after winning a prestigious beach volleyball California tournament. She was the youngest female to ever earn an AAA rating in beach volleyball.[2] She attended high school at Los Alamitos High School in Cypress, California,[3] where as an indoor player, her position was setter where she led her Long Beach-based club team to a national title.[4]

Due to her being considered undersized at 5'6", she was not heavily recruited coming out of high school by top volleyball schools. It wasn't until she was attending a high school club tournament, when the head coach got tired of so many balls dropping easily and asked her to put on a libero jersey. Nebraska head coach John Cook happened to be at the tournament and watched her play in her first ever match as libero. He saw potential in her, invited her for a visit to campus, where she eventually committed to play.[4]

University of Nebraska

She would complete her collegiate career at Nebraska in both beach and indoor volleyball.[5][6] In indoor volleyball, she won several accolades including AVCA First Team All-American in 2016, Third Team All-American in 2015, was a two time Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year in 2015 & 2016, and finished her career as Nebraska's all-time career digs leader with 1,890.[7] She helped her team win the 2015 NCAA national championship.[7]

USA National Team

She played for the United States national team since 2017,[8] winning the Pan American gold medal,[9][10] and the bronze medal at the 2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix.[11]

In May 2021, she was named to the 18-player roster for the FIVB Volleyball Nations League tournament that was played in Rimini, Italy.[12] It was the only major international competition before the Tokyo Olympics in July. She was named the best libero of the tournament after helping Team USA win its third straight gold medal.[13]

On June 7, 2021, US National Team head coach Karch Kiraly announced she would be part of the 12-player Olympic roster for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[14] In her Olympic debut, Wong-Orantes led the Olympics in serve reception percentage, on the way to helping the USA capture its first-ever gold medal. She was named the best Libero of the Olympics.[1]

Professional clubs

• Schweriner SC (2019–2020)
• VC Wiesbaden (2020–2022)
• Béziers Volley (2022–present)

International awards

• 2021 FIVB Nations League - "Best Libero"
• 2020 Summer Olympics - "Best Libero"

References

Awards
Preceded by Lin Li	Best Libero of Olympic Games 2020	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Megan Courtney	Best Libero of FIVB Nations League 2021	Succeeded by Monica De Gennaro

На других языках

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[de] Justine Wong-Orantes

Justine Wong-Orantes (* 6. Oktober 1995 in Torrance, Kalifornien) ist eine US-amerikanische Volleyball-Nationalspielerin. In der Saison 2020/21 spielt die Libera für den deutschen Bundesligisten 1. VC Wiesbaden.

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- [en] Justine Wong-Orantes

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[it] Justine Wong-Orantes

Justine Wong-Orantes (Torrance, 6 ottobre 1995) è una pallavolista statunitense, libero del Wiesbaden.

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[ru] Вонг-Орантес, Джастин

Джастин Вонг-Орантес (англ. Justine Wong-Orantes; 6 октября 1995, Торранс, штат Калифорния, США) — американская волейболистка. Либеро. Олимпийская чемпионка 2020.

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