Name: Chiaka Ogbogu

Position: Middle

Sport: Volleyball

Discipline(s): Volleyball

Height: 6-2

DOB: 4/15/1995

Hometown: Coppell, Texas

High School: Coppell High School (Coppell, Texas) ‘14

College: University of Texas at Austin ‘18, Health Promotion

Team/Club: Eczacıbaşı VitrA (Turkey)

Olympic Experience

• One-time Olympian (2020), one-time Olympic medalist (gold)
• Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, gold

Other Career Highlights

• 2019 NORCECA Women's Continental Championship, silver
• 2019 FIVB World Cup, silver
• 2019 FIVB Volleyball Nations League Final Round, gold
• 2018 Pan American Cup, gold

Personal: Parents are Henry and Victoria Ogbogu…They moved to the United States from Nigeria to seek better opportunities...Ogbogu was born in New York before moving to Dallas just weeks later when her father accepted a position as an emergency room doctor...Works as an interior designer...Left the University of Texas as the school record holder in career blocks...Has a 10-foot, 5-inch spike touch...Has played professionally in Italy, Poland and Turkey…Hobbies include playing the piano and painting.

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