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Nneka Onyejekwe

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Nneka Onyejekwe
Onyejekwe in 2011
Personal information
Full nameNneka Obiamaka Onyejekwe
NationalityRomania Romanian
Born (1989-08-18) 18 August 1989 (age 35)
Hațeg, Romania
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Spike319 cm (126 in)
Block301 cm (119 in)
Volleyball information
PositionMiddle blocker
Current clubCS DINAMO
Number18
Career
YearsTeams
2007–2010
2010–2014
2014–2015
2015–2016
2016–
Metal Galați
Voléro Zürich
RC Cannes
Dresdner SC
CS Volei Alba-Blaj
National team
2006–Romania
Honours
Top Volley International
Gold medal – first place 2010 Basel Team

Nneka Obiamaka Onyejekwe (born 18 August 1989 in Hațeg) is a Romanian professional volleyball player who played as a middle blocker for CS Volei Alba-Blaj and now plays for Dinamo Bucharest and the Romania national team.

She was born in Hațeg to a Romanian mother and Nigerian father, both intellectuals, and was raised in Cluj-Napoca.[1] One of her brothers, Chike, plays handball professionally.

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References

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  1. ^ "Nneka Onyejekwe - voleibalista româno-nigeriană de la CSU Metal" (in Romanian). Viaţa Liberă Galaţi. 29 January 2010.
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Awards
Preceded by Best Middle Blocker of
CEV Champions League

2017–2018
ex aequo Serbia Milena Rašić
Succeeded by
TBD