Andrija Gerić

Personal information

Born

January 24, 1977
Novi Sad, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia

Height

2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)

Weight

101 kg (223 lb)

Spike

350 cm (140 in)

Block

323 cm (127 in)

Volleyball information

Position

Middle Blocker

National team

1995–2003
2003–2006
2006–2009

Yugoslavia

Serbia and Montenegro

Serbia

Honours

Men's volleyball
Olympic Games
	2000 Sydney	Team
	1996 Atlanta	Team
World Championship
	1998 Japan
European Championship
	2001 Czech Republic
	1997 Netherlands
	1999 Austria
	2005 ITA / SCG
	2007 Russia
World Grand Champions Cup
	2001 Japan
World Cup
	2003 Japan
World League
	2003 Madrid
	2005 Belgrade
	2008 Rio de Janeiro
	2009 Belgrade
	2002 Belo Horizonte
	2004 Rome

Andrija Gerić (Serbian Cyrillic: Андрија Герић, pronounced [ǎndrija ɡěːritɕ]; born January 24, 1977 in Novi Sad, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia) is a retired Serbian volleyball player who played on middle blocker position. Both in the club and in the national team he wore number 12.

Gerić made a debut for the national team on July 7, 1995 in Greece when FR Yugoslavia defeated Greece 0-3. In 2000 in Sydney the Yugoslav national team (members of which were also Vladimir Grbić, Nikola Grbić, Goran Vujević, Ivan Miljković) won the Olympic gold medal.

During his club's career he played for OK Vojvodina, Bossini Montichiari‚ Lube Banca Marche Macerata and Icom Latina from Italy, Panathinaikos VC from Greece and Fenerbahçe from Turkey. He won Champions League, CEV Cup, domestic Championships of Serbia, Italy and Turkey, as well as Serbian and Italian domestic Cup.

Career

Palmares

Club

Champions League: 2002
CEV Cup: 2005, 2006
Serbian Championship: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
Serbian Cup: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2012
Italian Championship: 2006
Italian Cup: 2008
Turkish Championship: 2011

National team

Olympic gold medal: 2000
Olympic bronze medal: 1996
World Championship's silver medal: 1998
European Championship's gold medal: 2001
European Championship's silver medal: 1997
European Championship's bronze medal: 2005, 2007
World League's silver medal: 2003, 2006, 2008

Individual awards

Olympic Games 2000: best blocker
World League 2003: best blocker
World League 2003: best server
World Cup 2003: best blocker
Best Sportsman of Vojvodina: 2003

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