AO Thiras announced Fitzhok

Lorena Fitzhok became a volleyball player of AO Thiras on Thursday. The Islanders have announced the signing of the Slovenian international winger next year, to bolster their attack. The 20-year-old ace has been playing for her hometown teams in previous years.

In detail, the announcement:

“The administration of AO Thiras is extremely pleased to announce the start of the club’s cooperation with the Slovenian international, former athlete of the Slovenian Nova KBM Branik, Lorena Lorber Fijok, ahead of the 2023-2024 Women’s Volleyleague season.

‘Lola’, as her teammates and friends call her, was born on February 17, 2003 in Maribor, she is 1.78m tall. and fights as an extreme. She stands out for her bounce, reception and serve, while she is considered one of the greatest talents of Slovenian volleyball, with valuable performances from important international competitions of the sport (European championships Champions League, CEV Cup, MEVZA League).

Daughter of Damir Fijok, former ace of Slovenian Maribor, Bistrica and Korosica Sergeja Lorber Fijok. a former international winger of the former Yugoslavia and later Croatia, who in 1991 was crowned European champion with Croatian HAOK Mladost, the new acquisition of our team confirms the popular saying ‘The apple under the apple’!

Having started in the younger age divisions of Nova KBM Branik, Fijok with her impressive performances became, despite her young age, the leader of the women’s team. With the ‘colours’ of her club, she celebrated from 2018 to 2022 the following important successes: 1 Slovenian championship (2018-2019), 2 Slovenian Cups (2019-2020, 2022-2023), while she was a finalist in the Slovenian League ( 2020-2021, 2021-2022) and in the Cup (2021-2022).

Last year it was named a finalist in the MEVZA (Middle European Volleyball Zonal Association) League, while it took ninth place in the CEV Cup 2020-2021.

Our newly acquired Slovenian ace, who, despite significant offers from foreign teams, chose to compete for the first time abroad, for the sake of A.O. Thiras, on the second team in her career, in addition to the team successes, she also has great individual distinctions to show:

The MVP of this year’s Slovenian Cup was named the second scorer of the Slovenian League this year with 394 points and second in aces (36). In the 2021-2022 season with 54 points from the service line she was the top server and second scorer with 423 points. In 2022 she was the best winger in the MEVZA League.

Since 2017, Fijok has been an integral member of the Slovenian national team, with whose emblem in the European Silver League in 2019 she won the silver medal and twice the bronze medal (2021, 2022).

I’m excited for the upcoming season and the hard work ahead. I believe that we will do everything in our power to crown the year with success. I thank the administration of AO Thiras for the opportunity it offers me.

I can’t wait to meet you all in person and to start our journey together with our fans”, said the international Slovenian ace after signing her contract, who in a few days will be with her representative group in Greece for a series of friendly preparations with our national team.

The management of the club warmly welcomes the new member of the AO Thiras family and wishes ‘Lola’ a good season with good health and many successes with our team”.