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{{short description|American volleyball player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox volleyball player
| name         = Heather Bown
| image        = Heather Bown.jpg
| image_size   = 200px
| caption      = 
| fullname     = 
| birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|1978|11|29}}
| birth_place  = [[Orange, California]], U.S.
| death_date   =
| death_place  =
| height       = 6 ft 2 in
| spike        = 301 cm
| block        = 290 cm
| position     = Middle Blocker
| teamnumber   = 7
| years        = 1996-97<br>1998–00<br>2000–02<br>2002–03<br>2003–04<br>2004–05<br>2005–06<br>2006–10<br>2010–11<br>2011–12<br>2012-13 
| clubs        = {{flagicon|USA}} [[UC Santa Barbara Gauchos|UC Santa Barbara]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[University of Hawaii]]<br>{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Teodora Ravenna]]<br>{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Volley Bergamo]]<br>{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Volley Modena]]<br>{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Santeramo Sport]]<br>{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Airone Tortolì]]<br>{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Vini Monteschiavo Jesi]]<br>{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Eczacıbaşı VitrA]]<br>{{flagicon|AZE}} [[Azerrail Baku]]<br>{{flagicon|RUS}} [[WVC Dynamo Kazan|Dynamo Kazan]]
| nationalyears = 2000–2012
| nationalteam = {{vbw|USA}}
| medaltemplates-title = Medal record
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Women's [[volleyball]]}}
{{MedalCountry|the {{USA}}}}
[[File:Olympic rings.svg|center|80px]]
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2008 Beijing]]|[[Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters#.C2.A0United States|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship|World Championship]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2002 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship|2002 Germany]]|[[2002 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship squads#.C2.A0United States|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup|World Cup]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2011 FIVB Women's World Cup|2011 Japan]]|[[2011 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup squads#.C2.A0United States|Team]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2003 FIVB Women's World Cup|2003 Japan]]|[[2003 FIVB Women's World Cup squads#.C2.A0United States|Team]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2007 FIVB Women's World Cup|2007 Japan]]|[[2007 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup squads#.C2.A0United States|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIVB World Grand Prix|Grand Prix]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2001 FIVB World Grand Prix|2001 Macau]]|[[2001 FIVB World Grand Prix squads#.C2.A0United States|Team]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2010 FIVB World Grand Prix|2010 Ningbo]]|[[2010 FIVB World Grand Prix squads#.C2.A0United States|Team]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2011 FIVB World Grand Prix|2011 Macau]]|[[2011 FIVB World Grand Prix squads#.C2.A0United States|Team]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2012 FIVB World Grand Prix|2012 Ningbo]]|[[2012 FIVB World Grand Prix squads#.C2.A0United States|Team]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2003 FIVB World Grand Prix|2003 Andria]]|[[2003 FIVB World Grand Prix squads#.C2.A0United States|Team]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2004 FIVB World Grand Prix|2004 Reggio Calabria]]|[[2004 FIVB World Grand Prix squads#.C2.A0United States|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[NORCECA Women's Volleyball Championship|NORCECA Championship]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2001 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship|2001 Santo Domingo]]|}}
{{MedalGold|[[2003 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship|2003 Santo Domingo]]|}}
{{MedalGold|[[2011 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship|2011 Caguas]]|}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2007 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship|2007 Winnipeg]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup|Pan American Cup]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2010 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup|2010 Rosarito & Tijuana]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Final Four Women's Volleyball Cup|Final Four Cup]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2009 Final Four Women's Volleyball Cup|2009 Lima]]|}}
}}

'''Heather Erin Bown''' (born November 29, 1978) is an American retired [[volleyball]] player who played as a middle-blocker. She represented the United States at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] in [[Athens, Greece]].<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference|df=mdy-all}}</ref> There she finished in fifth place with the [[United States women's national volleyball team|USA national team]]. She also competed at the [[2000 Summer Olympics]]. Bown made her third straight Olympic appearance in [[2008 Summer Olympics|Beijing]], helping Team USA to a silver medal.

==Early life and education==
Bown was born in [[Orange, California]], and calls [[Yorba Linda, California]] home. She graduated from [[Esperanza High School]] in [[Anaheim]] where she was a three-year letterwinner. She was named all-[[California Interscholastic Federation|CIF]] twice and played club volleyball for NIKE Ichiban that won the Junior Olympics in 1996.

Bown attended the [[University of California, Santa Barbara]], for two seasons, where her squad advanced to the NCAA regional finals in 1997. In her sophomore campaign, she was named to the all-Big West first team after finishing the season ranked ninth nationally in hitting percentage (.384).

She transferred to the [[University of Hawaii at Manoa|University of Hawai{{okina}}i]] in 1998 where she was named an [[American Volleyball Coaches Association]] First Team All-American and was the 1998 and 1999 [[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]] Player of the Year. In 1998, she ranked first in the WAC in hitting percentage (.389) and blocking (1.69) and led the team in kills in 24 matches. She had a career-high 30 kills vs. [[BYU-Hawaii]]. As a senior in 1999, she repeated as the WAC Player of the Year and repeated as an AVCA First Team All-American. In 1999, she led the nation with 2.25 block per game and posted 411 kills, 230 blocks and a .364 hitting percentage for the year.

==Awards and honors==
===Individual===
* ''[[2001 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship#Individual awards|2001 NORCECA Championship "Best Spiker"]]''
* ''[[Women's Challenge Cup (volleyball)|2008–09 CEV Challenge Cup "Best Blocker"]]''

===Club===
* 2008–09 [[Women's Challenge Cup (volleyball)|CEV Challenge Cup]] – [[File:Simple cup icon.svg|16px]] Champion, with [[Vini Monteschiavo Jesi|Monte Schiavo Banca Marche Jesi]]
* 2011 Turkish Cup – [[File:Roundel of Turkey.svg|16px]] Champion, with [[Eczacıbaşı VitrA]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons}}
* {{Team USA|new_id=heather-bown|old_id=BO/Heather-Bown|archive=20190724130558}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|heather-bown}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* [http://www.dinamo-kazan.com/team/dinamo/players/?season=2013&id=68 Dynamo Kazan player bio] {{in lang|ru}}

{{USA squad 2002 FIVB Women's World Championship}}
{{USA squad 2003 FIVB Women's World Cup}}
{{USA squad 2007 FIVB Women's World Cup}}
{{United States women's volleyball squad 2008 Summer Olympics}}
{{USA squad 2011 FIVB Women's World Cup}}
{{Footer USA Volleyball 2008 Summer Olympics}}
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[[Category:1978 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American women's volleyball players]]
[[Category:Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for the United States in volleyball]]
[[Category:UC Santa Barbara Gauchos women's volleyball players]]
[[Category:Hawaii Rainbow Wahine volleyball players]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Orange, California]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Middle blockers]]
[[Category:American expatriate volleyball players in Italy]]
[[Category:American expatriate volleyball players in Turkey]]
[[Category:American expatriate volleyball players in Azerbaijan]]
[[Category:American expatriate volleyball players in Russia]]
[[Category:Esperanza High School alumni]]
[[Category:21st-century American sportswomen]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportswomen]]