Rafi Blumenfeld: Volleyball Curriculum Vitae

(Updated August 1999)


Timeline:

  • 1978-89 Semi-professional Indoor Volleyball player for Elitzur Tel Aviv, Top division, Israel
  • 1989-92 Head coach of the Men's Volleyball Varsity team of Cambridge University, UK
  • 1989-92 Volleyball player for the Cambridge National League's 3rd division Men's team, UK
  • 1990-91 Coach of both the Men's and Women's Volleyball Varsity teams of Cambridge University
  • 1993-95 Player, Los Alamos Men's team, NM, USA
  • 1996 Player, Heightstown YMCA, NJ, USA
  • 1997-99 Player, Cambridge Premier and EVL Men's team  
  • 1999-2000 Player, Cambridge EVL Men's team
  • 2000-2001 Captain, Cambridge National League Div III Men's team
  • 2001-2002 Player, Cambridge EVL Men's team


Achievements:

  • 1985 - Runners Up, Israeli Volleyball Cup Final
  • 1990 - As the Head coach of Cambridge University Men's Varsity team, Bronze-medal in the annual British-Universities-Sports-Federation (BUSF) Volleyball Tournament
  • 1991 - Beach Doubles Grand Prix, Weymouth, UK, A win against the British Doubles champions (who had just returned from representing the UK in Brazil)
  • 1993 - Championship, Santa Fe annual Three-Men tournament, NM, USA
  • 1993 - Championship, Princeton University Winter Indoor Volleyball Intramural games
  • 1993 - Championship, Princeton University Summer Indoor Volleyball Intramural games
  • 1994 - Championship, anta Cruz CoEd League
  • 1994 - Championship, Espanola CoEd League
  • 1995 - Championship, Los Alamos YMCA CoEd League
  • 1996 - Championship, Princeton University Summer Indoor Volleyball Intramural games
  • 1996 - Championship, BB Volleyball League
  • 1997/8 - Championship, EVL, UK
  • 1998 - Grand Prix points, Beach Doubles
  • 1998/9 - Championship, EVL, UK
  • Captured several championships of tournaments between 1997 and 2002 in all categories: Outdoor 2-, and 3-a-side Men's and CoEd, and Indoor 6- and 4-a-side Men's and CoEd.


Copyright, 1995,1996,1997,1998,1999, 2000 by Raphael Blumenfeld
Updated March 2000
Raphael Blumenfeld
Cavendish Laboratory
Madingley Road CB3 0HE, UK

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