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Micah Makanamaikalani Christenson (born May 8, 1993) is an American professional volleyball player. He is part of the US national team, and is a bronze medalist at the Olympic Games Rio 2016 and the 2018 World Championship, the 2014 World League and the 2015 World Cup winner. At the professional club level, he plays for Zenit Kazan.

Micah Christenson
Personal information
Full nameMicah Makanamaikalani Christenson
NationalityAmerican
Born (1993-05-08) May 8, 1993 (age 29)
Honolulu, United States
Height1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight88 kg (194 lb)
Spike349 cm (137 in)
Block340 cm (134 in)
College / UniversityUniversity of Southern California
Volleyball information
PositionSetter
Current clubZenit Kazan
Number11
Career
YearsTeams
2012–2015
2015–2018
2018–2021
2021–		USC Trojans
Volley Lube
Modena Volley
Zenit Kazan
National team
2013– United States
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro
FIVB World Championship
2018 Italy/Bulgaria
FIVB World Cup
2015 Japan
2019 Japan
FIVB World League
2014 Florence
2015 Rio de Janeiro
FIVB Nations League
2019 Chicago
2022 Bologna
2018 Lille
NORCECA Championship
2013 Canada
2017 United States

Personal life


Christenson was born in Honolulu, Hawaii to Robert and Charlene Christenson. His parents both attended the University of Hawaii at Hilo, where his father, Robert, played basketball and his mother, Charlene, won three volleyball national championships and was named a two-time All-American. His sister, Joanna, played volleyball at Southern Utah University. Christenson began playing club volleyball in 2005 with Asics Quicksilver; he also played basketball and was two time Gatorade Player of the year in Hawai'i.

Christenson is married to Brooke Christenson. They have two sons together. Christenson is a Christian.[1]


Career


Christenson was a basketball and volleyball player for Kamehameha Schools Kapālama in Honolulu, graduating in 2011. He led his teams to three state championship titles (basketball in 2009 and 2011, and volleyball in 2011) and played in six state championship games. He attended the University of Southern California and played for the USC Trojans men's volleyball team. He was a starter on the U.S. Junior National Team that won a gold medal in the 2010 NORCECA Junior Championship in Canada and also played the FIVB 2009 Boy's Youth World Championship in Italy. In 2011 he played for the U.S. Junior National Team during the 2011 FIVB Men’s Junior World Championship in Brazil where the team placed fourth. He captained the U.S. Junior National Team to win a gold medal at the 2012 NORCECA Men's Junior Continental Championship in Colorado Springs.

He was supposed to play on the 2013 U.S. Men’s Junior National Team but got called up to the senior team instead. He debuted with the U.S. national team at the NORCECA Championship, which USA won; Christenson was named Best Server and Best Setter in this tournament.[2] He also competed in the 2013 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup. In 2014 he won the gold medal at the World League, held in Florence, Italy.[3] He began senior-level competition at age 20. He is the youngest starting setter to ever compete for the U.S. on a national team for both junior level and senior level.[4]

At club level, he played on the team that won 2016-2017 Superlega, Italy's top championship, with Cucine Lube Civitanova.

As of 2021, he signed a two-year contract to play in the Russian club, Zenit Kazan. Suffering only one loss in the entirety of the 2020 Russian SuperLeague in their first match against Dynamo Moscow , Kazan was able to win the first season of the Superleague.


Honours



Clubs



Individual awards



References


  1. Ackerman, Jon. "MAGAZINE: U.S. Volleyball Star Micah Christenson is Christlike & Competitive". Sports Spectrum. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
  2. U.S. Men Win 2013 NORCECA Championship – teamusa.org – 2013-09-28
  3. USA upset Brazil to claim second World League title – fivb.org – 2014-07-20
  4. Micah Christenson wins Lloyd Ball Award – dailytrojan.com – 2015-04-28


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Awards
Preceded by Best Setter of
FIVB World Cup
2015
2019		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Lukas Kampa
 Best Setter of
FIVB World Championship
2018		 Succeeded by
Preceded by Best Setter of
FIVB Nations League
2019		 Succeeded by
Fabian Drzyzga
Preceded by
Fabian Drzyzga
 Best Setter of
FIVB Nations League
2022		 Succeeded by
Incumbent

На других языках

[de] Micah Christenson

Micah Makanamaikalani Christenson (* 8. Mai 1993 in Honolulu, Hawaii) ist ein US-amerikanischer Volleyballspieler. Er spielt auf der Position Zuspiel. Seit 2021 spielt er bei VK Zenit-Kasan in Russland.
- [en] Micah Christenson

[fr] Micah Christenson

Micah Makanamaikalani Christenson est un joueur américain de volley-ball né le 8 mai 1993 à Honolulu. Il mesure 1,97 m et joue au poste de Passeur.

[it] Micah Christenson

Micah Makanamaikalani Christenson (Honolulu, 8 maggio 1993) è un pallavolista statunitense, palleggiatore dello Zenit-Kazan.

[ru] Кристенсон, Мика

Мика Маканамайкалани Кристенсон (англ. Micah Makanamaikalani Christenson; родился 8 мая 1993) ― американский волейболист, связующий клуба «Зенит-Казань» и мужской сборной США. Является бронзовым призёром Олимпийских игр 2016 года.


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