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World-Class Strength and Condition Coach joins Richmond Volleyball
16th May 2010
Richmond Volleyball unveils its latest signing - former Olympic weightlifter Kazem Panjav. Kazem who is also Asian champion and was the GB
(Strength and condition) weightlifting national coach, will join the coaching team for the men’s elite National League team at the start of June.
David Rijvers, Richmond’s Club Chairman, commented "I'm delighted to welcome Kazem on board; he is an extremely well respected coach in his field and brings with him an invaluable amount of expertise in coaching top class athletes. He will be responsible for developing and implementing a long term comprehensive strength and conditioning training programme for our elite national senior and junior players. As a club member, Kazem’s knowledge of volleyball and weight lifting will be an asset to the team.”
In the last three years the NVL men's team has achieved back-to-back promotions and will be playing NVL Division 1 next season. The aim is close the gap further between the top teams in the country; and as the squad and culture evolves to a new performance level it will also embrace a more diverse pool of athletes into the team.
Kazem's background/achievements:
COACH
• GB European u23 Championships – France 2005 (2nd),
• GB Seniors Commonwealth Games - Malta 2004 (1 gold-1 silver- 1 Bronze),
• GB European Youth Championships – Norway 2003 (4th-6th-8th),
• GB European Senior Championships – Ukraine 2003 (8th),
• World University Games – Turkey 2002 (5th),
• World University Games – Italy 2003 (3rd),
• GB Olympics 2004 (out-Injury)
COMPETITOR
• World Master Games - Edmonton-Canada – 2005 (1st);
• World Master Games - Australia – 2002 (1st);
• British Championships - Manchester 2001 (1st);
• Asian Championships - Iran 1993 (2nd);
• World Cup - Bulgaria 1992 (2nd),
• Olympics - Barcelona 1992 (out injury),
• World Championships (13th).
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