11 Facts About Celeste Plak

Celeste Elle Plak was born on 26 October 1995 and is a Dutch volleyball player, who plays as an outside hitter.

Celeste Plak plays for Victorina Himeji, and is the first non-caucasian player to be a part of the Netherlands women's national volleyball team.

When she was 10, she was invited to join the Nederlandse Volleybal School, and after two months there, Celeste Plak left the selection because she thought she was not good enough.

Celeste Plak was impressed and convinced her to come back as she had a good chance to make it to the national elite team.

Celeste Plak eventually was accepted into the Dutch youth national team, the Jeugd Oranje in 2009, at the age of 13.

Celeste Plak's coach said Plak would become the first black player in the Dutch national team, which she achieved in 2013, debuting at the FIVB World Grand Prix.

Celeste Plak still had to travel a lot, especially in the weekends when Alterno played matches on both Saturdays and Sundays.

Celeste Plak moved to Bergamo where she had an appartement near the city.

Celeste Plak was the Netherlands' top scorer at the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship.

Celeste Plak was born in Tuitjenhorn, daughter of Surinamese kickboxing world champion Kenneth and Dutch volleyball player Karin.

Celeste Plak has a younger brother, Fabian, who plays volleyball.