OGBOGU Chiaka

United States of America

Date of Birth: 15 Apr 1995

Age: 26

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.88/6'2''

Place of birth: NEWARK, NJ

Birth Country:

United States of America

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Volleyball	Women USA United States	1

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Ariake Arena	Women's Preliminary Round - Pool B #02 USA United States 3 ARG Argentina 0	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Preliminary Round - Pool B #08 CHN China 0 USA United States 3	Finished
Finish On: Jul 30	Ariake Arena	Women's Preliminary Round - Pool B #18 USA United States 3 TUR Turkey 2	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Preliminary Round - Pool B #20 USA United States 0 ROC ROC 3	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Preliminary Round - Pool B #26 USA United States 3 ITA Italy 2	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Quarterfinals #34 DOM Dominican Rep. 0 USA United States 3	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Semifinals #36 SRB Serbia 0 USA United States 3	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Gold Medal Match #38 BRA Brazil 0 USA United States 3	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Nations League - Final Round

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2021	Italy
1	Women	2019	People's Republic of China

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women	2019	Japan

Norceca Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women	2019	Puerto Rico

Occupation:

Health Education - University of Texas at Austin, United States of America

Languages spoken:

VakifBank SK [Istanbul, TUR] since 2021

Giovanni Guidetti [club], ITA; Karch Kiraly [national], USA

Position style:

Middle blocker (usavolleyball.org, 31 Dec 2019)

National league:

Turkish Women's Volleyball League [TUR] (sozcu.com.tr, 20 May 2021)

She took up the sport in grade seven at school. (usavolleyball.org, 24 Sep 2020)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (usavolleyball.org, 24 Sep 2020)

She was named Best Middle Blocker of the 2018/19 Polish Cup. (vakifbanksporkulubu.com, 20 May 2021)

She was named Best Middle Blocker at the 2018 Pan American Cup in the Dominican Republic. (vakifbanksporkulubu.com, 20 May 2021)

During her time at the University of Texas at Austin, she was named Big 12 Conference Freshman of the Year in 2013, Big 12 Conference Player of the Year in 2017, and received National Collegiate Athletic Association [NCAA] Division I All-American honours four times. (LinkedIn profile, 22 Jun 2021)

She was named 2012 Gatorade Texas High School Player of the Year. (teamusa.org, 31 Dec 2019)

General Interest

General
FAMILY BACKGROUND
Her parents moved from Nigeria to the United States of America before she was born. The family first lived in New York, NY, before moving to Dallas, TX, United States of America. (usavolleyball.org, 24 Sep 2020)

Social Media

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/ChiakaOgboguProVB
https://instagram.com/chiaka11
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chiaka-ogbogu-62b313141/
https://twitter.com/ChiakaOgbogu

Legend

:: Gold Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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