Jana Franziska Poll

Jana Franziska Poll (born 7 May 1988 in Meppen, Germany) is a German volleyball player, member of the Germany women's national volleyball team. At club level, she plays for German Allianz MTV Stuttgart.

Jana Franziska Poll
Personal information
Born (1988-05-07) 7 May 1988
Meppen, Germany
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Spike310 cm (122 in)
Block290 cm (114 in)
Volleyball information
Current club VolAlto Caserta
Career
YearsTeams
2005 SV Union Meppen
2005–2008 SCU Emlichheim
2008–2012 Alemannia Aachen
2012–2013 Rote Raben Vilsbiburg
2013-2015 Schweriner SC
2015–2016 VT Aurubis Hamburg
2016–2017 Panathinaikos Athens
2017–2018 Olympiacos Piraeus
2018–2019 Allianz MTV Stuttgart
2019– VolAlto Caserta
National team
2013- Germany - 87 caps (09.2019)[1]
Medal record
Women's volleyball
Representing  Germany
European Championship
2013 Germany Team
Last updated: September 2019

National team career

Poll made her first appearances with Germany women's national volleyball team in 2013. She was part of the German national team who won the gold medal at the 2013 Women's European Volleyball League in Bulgaria and the silver medal at the 2013 Women's European Volleyball Championship in Germany & Switzerland. In 2016, she participated in the 2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix.[2]

Career

After several years in the German League without winning any title, in the summer of 2016 Jana Franziska Poll traveled to Greece, signing with the historic club Panathinaikos Athens, where she remained for one year.

In July 2017 she made a contract with Greek powerhouse Olympiacos S.F. Piraeus.[3][4] In 2017-18 season, Poll won both Hellenic competitions with the red-whites of Piraeus: the Hellenic Championship[5] and the Hellenic Cup as well.[6] Although, undoubtedly her bigger achievement was the title of the 2018 CEV Women's Challenge Cup.[7] In that competition Jana Franziska Poll was nominated as 2nd best scorer and 2nd best attacker with 149 points and 119 points respectively.[8]

In the summer of 2018 Poll returned to Germany for family reasons, making a contract with Allianz MTV Stuttgart, accepting the invitation of Yannis Athanassopoulos, the Greek coach of the Stuttgart club.[9]

During the 2018-19 season, she became German Champion with Stuttgart in the Deutsche Volleyball-Bundesliga[10] and reached the quarter finals of the CEV Women's Champions League. At the end of the season, she wanted to leave Stuttgart and envisioned returning to the Ladies in Black in Aachen to be closer to her husband.[11] Shortly after signing, Aachen had to step back from the contract due to the club's financial troubles.[12] She then switched to the new entry in Italy's first league, VolAlto Caserta.[13][14]

Sporting achievements

National Team

International competitions

National championships

National trophies

References
  1. German Volleyball Association Player Profile Deutscher Volleyballverband (in German)
  2. USA volleyball takes World Grand Prix opener against Germany. presstelegram.com, 17/06/2016
  3. Poll moved to Olympiacos Piraeus Olympiacos official website: www.olympiacossfp.gr (in Greek)
  4. Poll signed in Olympiacos. www.sport24.gr (in Greek)
  5. Olympiacos Piraeus 2017-18 Hellenic champions www.olympiacossfp.gr (in Greek)
  6. Olympiacos Piraeus 2018 Hellenic Cup winners www.olympiacossfp.gr (in Greek)
  7. Olympiacos make history with Challenge Cup title www.cev.eu
  8. 2018 European Challenge Cup atomic statistics www.cev.eu
  9. Jana Franziska Poll in Allianz Stuttgart www.stuttgarts-schoenster-sport.de (in German)
  10. 2018/19 Volleyball Bundesliga season (de) de.wikipedia.org (in German)
  11. July 2019 - Jana Franziska Poll signs with Aachen LIB Aachen website (in German)
  12. August 2019 - Aachen steps back from the contract LIB Aachen website (in German)
  13. September 2019 - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung comments on current career situation FAZ.net (in German)
  14. VolAlto Caserta official website (in Italian)
  15. 2013 CEV Volleyball European League – Women Israel–Germany 1–3 statistics. cev.eu
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