Meryem Boz

Meryem Boz (born 3 February 1988) is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 194 cm (6 ft 4 in) and plays as an opposite for Sarıyer Belediyesi. She was chosen MVP of the CEV Tokyo Volleyball European Qualification 2020.

Meryem Boz
Meryem Boz in 2011
Personal information
Nickname	Blue Lightning
Nationality	Turkish
Born	(1988-02-03) 3 February 1988 (age 37) Eskişehir, Turkey
Height	194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Spike	323 cm (127 in)
Block	315 cm (124 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Opposite
Current club	Sarıyer Belediyesi
Number	13
Career
Years Teams 2001–2002 2002–2010 2010–2011 2011–2012 2012–2013 2013–2014 2014–2015 2015–2016 2016–2018 2018–2019 2019-2021 2021-2022 2022-2024 2024 2024-2025 Eskişehir DSİ Bentspor İller Bankası Atom Trefl Sopot İller Bankası Fenerbahçe Nakhonnon Bursa BBSK Nilüfer Belediyespor Seramiksan Galatasaray Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor VakıfBank S.K. Fenerbahçe S.K. Bahçelievler Belediyespor Sarıyer Belediyesi
National team
2008– Turkey
Honours Women's volleyball Representing  Turkey European Championship 2019 Turkey Team 2021 Serbia/Bulgaria/Croatia/Romania Team 2017 Azerbaijan/Georgia Team FIVB Nations League 2018 Nanjing Team 2021 Rimini Team Women's European Volleyball League 2015 Hungary Team 2010 Ankara/Turkey Team

Career

Boz played for Fenerbahçe in the 2012 FIVB Club World Championship held in Doha, Qatar and helped her team win the bronze medal after defeating Puerto Rico's Lancheras de Cataño 3–0. She also won Challenge Cup with Bursa BBSK in 2015. For the 2016/17 season, she played for the Turkish club Seramiksan.^[1] She will be playing as opposite spiker for Fenerbahçe in the 2022/23 season.

Awards

Individuals

• 2014–15 CEV Women's Challenge Cup "MVP"
• 2020 CEV Tokyo qualification "MVP"^[2]

National team

• 2010 European League – Bronze Medal
• 2015 European League – Silver Medal
• 2017 European Championship - Bronze Medal
• 2018 Nations League - Silver Medal
• 2019 European Championship - Silver Medal
• 2021 Nations League - Bronze Medal
• 2021 European Championship - Bronze Medal

Clubs

• 2010–11 Polish Championship – Runner-Up, with Atom Trefl Sopot
• 2012 FIVB Women's Club World Championship – Bronze Medal, with Fenerbahçe
• 2012–13 Women's CEV Cup - Runner-Up, with Fenerbahçe
• 2014–15 CEV Women's Challenge Cup - Champion, with Bursa BBSK
• 2021 FIVB Women's Club World Championship - Champion, with VakıfBank S.K.
• 2021–22 CEV Women's Champions League - Champion, with VakıfBank S.K.
• 2021–22 Turkish Super Cup - Champion, with Fenerbahçe Beko
• 2022–23 Turkish Volleyball League Champion, with Fenerbahçe Opet
• 2023–24 Turkish Volleyball Cup Champion, with Fenerbahçe Opet
• 2023–24 Turkish Volleyball League Champion, with Fenerbahçe Opet

See also

• Turkish women in sports

References

1. "Voleybol Gündem". www.voleybolgundem.com | Voleybol Haber ve Paylaşım Platformu. Archived from the original on 23 February 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
2. Muhammed Enes Calli (16 January 2020). "Meryem Boz named MVP in Tokyo 2020 volleyball quals". Anadolu Agency. Archived from the original on 21 March 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.

External links

• Meryem Boz at the European Volleyball Confederation
• Meryem Boz at Olympics.com
• Meryem Boz at Olympedia (archive)
• Meryem Boz at the Turkish Olympic Committee's Olimpedya
• Meryem Boz at the Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi (in Turkish)