The Most Famous
VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS from Canada
This page contains a list of the greatest Canadian Volleyball Players. The pantheon dataset contains 121 Volleyball Players, 1 of which were born in Canada. This makes Canada the birth place of the 27th most number of Volleyball Players behind Montenegro and Croatia.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Canadian Volleyball Players of all time. This list of famous Canadian Volleyball Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Foluke Gunderson (1987 - )
With an HPI of 26.97, Foluke Gunderson is the most famous Canadian Volleyball Player. Her biography has been translated into 17 different languages on wikipedia.
Foluke Atinuke Gunderson (née Akinradewo; born October 5, 1987) is an indoor volleyball player who plays as a middle blocker for Japanese club Hisamitsu Springs. Born in Canada, she represents the United States internationally. Gunderson won gold with the national team at the 2010 FIVB World Grand Prix, 2014 World Championship, the Rimini Volleyball Nations League, and the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, silver at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, and bronze at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Her 2020 Olympics win allowed her to complete the trifecta of winning an Olympic bronze, silver, and gold medal.
Pantheon has 1 people classified as volleyball players born between 1987 and 1987. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living volleyball players include Foluke Gunderson. As of April 2022, 1 new volleyball players have been added to Pantheon including Foluke Gunderson.
