Zehra Güneş

Zehra Güneş (Turkish pronunciation:

Vakıfbank Istanbul and is a member of the Turkey women's national volleyball team.^[2]

Playing career

In the

2017–18 Vestel Venus Sultans League, which is the Turkish top-level volleyball league sponsored by Vestel.^[6]

Zehra Güneş played at the

Turkey women's U20 team that took part in the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship in Mexico, where she was named one of the Best Middle Blockers.^[9] She played for the Turkey women's U23 team at the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship in Slovenia, where her team won a champion title.^[7]

In January 2017, she was invited to the Turkey women's team;^[1] she was admitted to the team in March 2018.^[10] She played at the very first 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League as part of the Turkish team, which won silver.^[11] She was also part of the Turkish squad at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, which finished in fifth place.^[12]^[13]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Hepsi Sultan olacak". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 6 January 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
^ "Teams: Turkey – Zehra Gunes". FIVB Women's U20 World Championship. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
^ Yücekök, Murat Mert (29 May 2017). "Tuğba ve Zehra yeni sezonda VakıfBank'ta". Voleybol Plus (in Turkish). Retrieved 11 June 2018.
^ "Zehra Güneş: "Şampiyonluk için çok mutluyum"". Voleybol Extra (in Turkish). 27 April 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
^ "VakıfBank ipi göğüsledi". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 26 April 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
^ "Zehra Güneş: "Şampiyonluk İçin Çok Mutluyum"". Milliyet (in Turkish). 26 April 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
^ ^a ^b "2016 CEV U19 Volleyball European Championship – Women – Zehra Güneş". CEV 2016 European Championship U19 Women. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
^ "Year in Review: Italy move up a notch in Girls' U18 World Championship". FIVB Girls' U18 World Championship- Perı 2015. 24 December 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
^ "China's Hanyu Yang named Women's U20 World Championship MVP". 24 July 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
^ "Voleybolda kadın millilerin aday kadrosu açıklandı". Sabah (in Turkish). 23 March 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
^ "Zehra Gunes". Volleyball National League. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
^ "Türkiye women's volleyball team for Tokyo Olympics announced". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
^ "Tokyo 2020 Volleyball Women Results". Olympics.com.

Awards
Preceded by Jovana Stevanović and Ana Carolina da Silva	Best Middle Blocker of FIVB Nations League 2023 (with Yuan Xinyue)	Succeeded by TBD
Preceded by Chiaka Ogbogu and Zehra Güneş	Best Middle Blocker of FIVB Club World Championship 2023 (with Jovana Stevanović)	Succeeded by TBD