Hande Baladın (born 1 September 1997) is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) and 70 kg (150 lb). She started playing volleyball as middle blocker[1] in the youth and junior teams of Eczacıbaşı Dynavit in Istanbul. Since 2014, she plays as opposite spiker. Baladın is a member of the women's national volleyball team, and wears number 7.
Career
Club
For the 2014-15 season, she was loaned out to Sarıyer Belediyespor along with four other players from the youth team of Eczacıbaşı Vitra. With Eczacıbaşı Vitra, she won the gold medal at the 2016 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship.
International
In July 2011, she was admitted to the Turkey girls' youth national team. She played in the national team at the 2011 Balkan Championships held in Tirana, Albania on July 12-18, at which they ranked fourth.
Baladın won the bronze medal with national team at the 2013 Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship held in Serbia and Montenegro from March 30 to April 7, 2013. She was selected "Best Blocker" of the championship.
Awards
Club
2016 Club World Championship -Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with Eczacibasi Vitra
2016-17 CEV champion League - Med 3.png Bronze Medal, with Eczacibasi Vitra
2017-18 CEV Cup - Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with Eczacibasi Vitra
2017-18 Turkish Cup - Gorm silver cup.jpg Runner-Up, with Eczacibasi Vitra
2017-18 Turkish League - Gorm silver cup.jpg Runner-Up, with Eczacibasi
2019 Spor Toto Champion's Cup (Turkish Super Cup) - Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with Eczacibasi Vitra
2019 Club world Championship - Gorm silver cup.jpg Runner-Up, with Eczacibasi Vitra
2020 AXA Sigorta Champions Cup (Turkish Super Cup) - Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with Eczacibasi Vitra
2021-22 CEV Cup - Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with Eczacibasi Dynavit
Individual
2013 Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship - Best Blocker
2017 U23 World Championship - Best Outside Spiker
2017 U23 World Championship - Most Valuable Player
National team
2013 Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship - Bronze
2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship - Silver
2017 European Championship - Med 3.png Bronze Medal
2018 Nations League - Med 2.png Silver Medal
2019 European Championship - Med 2.png Silver Medal
2021 Nations League - Med 3.png Bronze Medal
2021 European Championship - Med 3.png Bronze Medal
See also
Turkish women in sports
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