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Kerri Lee Walsh Jennings (born August 15, 1978) is an American professional beach volleyball player, three-time Olympic gold medalist, and a one-time Olympic bronze medalist. [1] She is the beach volleyball leader in career victories as of 2016 having won 135 international and domestic tournaments.
Misty Elizabeth May-Treanor (/ ˈ t r eɪ n ər /; née May; born July 30, 1977) is an American retired professional beach volleyball player. She is a three-time Olympic gold medalist, and as of August 2012, was the most successful female beach volleyball player having won 112 tournaments in domestic and international competition.
The gold medal went to Kerri Walsh and Misty May who had a perfect record in the tournament, losing not a single set. The reigning champions from the 2000 Olympics, Natalie Cook and Kerri Ann Pottharst, both had new partners for Athens and coincidentally met at the last sixteen stage where Cook's team took the honours
Picture shows then U.S. President George W. Bush with Misty May-Treanor (left) and Kerri Walsh Jennings of the U.S. Women's Beach Volleyball team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The official cut off date for Olympic qualification for beach volleyball was July 20, 2008.
Gold (Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh) [8] Silver (Dax Holdren and Stein Metzger) [9] 2005 Gold (Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh) [10] did not medal [11] 2007 Gold (Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh) [12] Gold (Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers) [13] 2009 Gold (Jennifer Kessy and April Ross) [14] Bronze (Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers) [15] 2011
Misty May-Treanor (left) and Kerri Walsh Jennings (right) are the only women's team to earn multiple (3) gold medals in beach volleyball. Natalie Cook , winner of a gold and a bronze, is the first Australian woman to compete at five Olympic Games.
These page shows the results of the III Beach volleyball World Championships, held from August 1 to August 4, 2001, in Klagenfurt, Austria.It was the third official edition of this event, after ten unofficial championships (1987–1996) all held in Rio de Janeiro, and the second to be organized in Europe.
McPeak initially retired after the 2008 AVP season, but decided to come out of retirement when asked by Kerri Walsh to team with her after Misty May-Treanor suffered a tendon injury. [12] McPeak played her final match with partner Kerri Walsh, retiring for good on May 6, 2009, one week shy of her 40th birthday. [12]