| Debbie Green-Vargas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Deborah Green (-Vargas) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | June 25, 1958 (age 66) Seoul, South Korea[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College / University | University of Southern California | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Setter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Debbie Green-Vargas (born June 25, 1958) is an American retired volleyball player and coach. She is regarded as the greatest American women's volleyball setter of all time.[2][3][4] Green-Vargas was a member of the United States women's national volleyball team and won a silver medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.[5]
Green-Vargas also won a bronze medal at the 1982 FIVB World Championship in Peru and a silver medal in the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas.[6]
In 1995, Green-Vargas was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame.[7]
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- ^ "Debbie Green: The best setter USA has ever had". Volleypics.com. Archived from the original on November 17, 2007. Retrieved August 6, 2008.
- ^ Tessalone, Tim (October 19, 2002). "2003 inductees for USC Athletic Hall of Fame". American Volleyball Coaches Association. Archived from the original on January 11, 2003.
- ^ Crowe, Jerry (July 28, 1985). "Members of U.S. Women's Volleyball Team Virtually Dedicated Their Lives to Winning a Gold Medal; Instead, They Had to Settle for a Silver Medal, but in Looking Back on the Experience . . . : They'd Do It Again". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 26, 2024. (subscription required)
- ^ "Debbie Green". Olympedia. Archived from the original on October 7, 2023. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
- ^ "Debbie Green". International Volleyball Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on August 3, 2023. Retrieved September 13, 2023.