Lincoln Williams
Lincoln Alexander Williams (born 6 October 1993) is an Australian male volleyball player who is currently playing for Incheon Korean Air Jumbos in the Korean V-League.
Contents
- 1 Club career
- 2 Australian national team
- 3 Sporting achievements
- 3.1 Clubs
- 3.2 National team
- 3.3 Individual
- 4 References
- 5 External links
Club career
At club level Williams has played for the AIS (Australian Ins*ute of Sport senior team starting at age 16 in 2010 to 2012) in the Australian Volleyball League - winning MVP and the Best Spiker award two seasons that he played. After the 2012 Olympics he has played for European clubs Linköpings VC in Sweden, Volley Corigliano in Italy, Selver Tallinn in Estonia, United Volleys Frankfurt of the Deutsche Volleyball-Bundesliga, MKS Będzin of the Polish PlusLiga, Yugra-Samotlor in Nizhnevartovsk of the Russian Super League and AS Cannes Volley-Ball of the French League.
He currently plays for Incheon Korean Air Jumbos in the Korean V-League.
Australian national team
Williams was a member of the Australia men's national volleyball team at age 18 and competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He has also represented Australia at the first edition of the U23 World Championship in Brazil in 2013 at age 19 where he was the third highest point scorer. Williams has represented Australia in a number of matches in Volleyball World League of 2014, 2015 and 2017. He also competed in the 2018 FIVB Men's World Championships and the FIVB Volleyball Nations League Championships setting a new record for most aces in a single match (6) against Russia on 1 June 2018 in the VNL.
Sporting achievements
Clubs
Baltic League- 2014/2015 - with Selver Tallinn
- 2011/2012 Australian Championship, with AIS
- 2012/2013 Swedish Championship, with Linköpings VC
- 2015/2016 Estonian Championship, with Selver Tallinn
- 2016/2017 Estonian Championship, with Selver Tallinn
- 2017/2018 German Championship, with United Volleys Frankfurt
- 2020/2021 French Championship, with AS Cannes Volley-Ball
- 2016/2017 Estonian Cup 2016, with Selver Tallinn
National team
- 2019 AVC Asian Championship
Individual
- 2011 Australian League Most Valuable Player
- 2011 Australian League Best Spiker
- 2012 Australian League Most Valuable Player
- 2012 Australian League Best Spiker
- 2015 Baltic League – Best Scorer
- 2021 French League Most Valuable Player
References
External links
- profile at FIVB.org