Bahar Toksoy Guidetti (born 6 February 1988) is a Turkish volleyball player. She plays as a middle blocker. She currently plays for Türk Hava Yolları SK. She plays for the Turkish national team.

Career

Club career

With VakıfBank, she won the gold medal at the 2010/2011 CEV Champions League. They also finished second in their domestic league losing in the final to Fenerbahçe. Bahar won the silver medal at the 2011 FIVB Women's Club World Championship in Doha, Qatar with them and was awarded Best Server of the tournament. In 2011/2012 season, VakifBank did not advance to the Final Four of the CEV Champions League but they beat Fenerbahçe in the semifinal of the Turkish League before losing to Eczacıbaşı VitrA in the final. Toksoy won the gold medal at the 2013 Club World Championship playing with Vakıfbank Istanbul.

Bahar Toksoy

In 2015, she played for Italian volleyball team, Savino Del Bene Volley.

Bahar Toksoy

In 2016, she was transferred to Eczacıbaşı VitrA. On 20 January 2017 she signed a contract with Fenerbahçe until the end of the 2017–18 season.

Bahar Toksoy

National Team

Bahar competed for Turkey at the 2008 World Grand Prix where they finished 7th and at the 2009 European Championship where they ended 5th. In 2010, she helped her team win the 6th place at the World Championship in Japan. In 2011 they lost to Serbia in the final of the European League and a few months later they also lost to Serbia in the semifinal of the European Championship but managed to beat Italy to win the bronze medal. She was this tournament's best server. 2012 was the best season so far for the Turkish National Team as they secured a spot at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

Personal life

Bahar was born in Izmir, Turkey. She recalls being interested in games involving balls. Her childhood consisted of fond memories of being sick too often. It was believed that sports made her immune system better. On 20 September 2013, she married Giovanni Guidetti, coach of her team Vakıfbank. They started a summer volleyball academy for girls.

Awards

Individual

2011 FIVB World Grand Prix European Qualification "Best Blocker" 2010-11 CEV Champions League preliminaries "Best Blocker" 2011 European Championship "Best Server" 2011 FIVB Women's Club World Championship "Best Server" 2012-13 Turkish League Final Series "Best Blocker"

National team

2009 Mediterranean Games -

2010 European League -

2011 European Championship -

2012 FIVB World Grand Prix -

2013 Mediterranean Games -

Clubs

2007-08 Challenge Cup Champion, with VakıfBank Güneş Sigorta Türk Telekom

2010–11 CEV Champions League - Champion, with VakıfBank Güneş Sigorta Türk Telekom 2011 FIVB Women's Club World Championship - Runner-Up, with VakıfBank Türk Telekom 2011-12 Turkish Women's Volleyball League - Runner-Up, with Vakıfbank Spor Kulübü 2012-13 Turkish Cup - Champion, with Vakıfbank Spor Kulübü 2012–13 CEV Champions League - Champion, with Vakıfbank Spor Kulübü 2012-13 Turkish Women's Volleyball League - Champion, with Vakıfbank Spor Kulübü 2013 FIVB Women's Club World Championship - Champion, with Vakıfbank Spor Kulübü

See also

Turkish women in sports

References

External links

1988 births

Living people

Turkish women's volleyball players

Karşıyaka volleyballers

Yeşilyurt volleyballers

VakıfBank S.K. volleyballers

Eczacıbaşı Dynavit players

Fenerbahçe S.K. (women's volleyball) players

Sportspeople from İzmir

Olympic volleyball players for Turkey

Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Mediterranean Games medalists in volleyball

Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Turkey

Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games

Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games

Expatriate volleyball players in Italy

Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Italy

Turkish expatriate volleyball players

Türk Hava Yolları volleyballers