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Summer Olympics record [1] Year U.S. Women's Beach Finishes U.S. Men's Beach Finishes 1996 did not medal Gold (Karch Kiraly and Kent Steffes) Silver (Mike Dodd and Mike Whitmarsh) 2000 did not medal Gold (Dain Blanton and Eric Fonoimoana) 2004 Gold (Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh) did not medal: 2008 Gold (Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh)
Contents. Kerri Walsh Jennings. 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.
Origins. Beach volleyball was a demonstration sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, at which Sinjin Smith and Randy Stoklos won the men's tournament, and Karolyn Kirby and Nancy Reno won the women's. Beach volleyball was introduced as an official Olympic sport in 1996. A total of 24 teams take part in each beach volleyball Olympic ...
Taryn Kloth is a member of the United States Women's Beach Volleyball team that is competing at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The Sioux Falls, South Dakota native spent three seasons at LSU from 2019 ...
Kristen is five feet six inches–the shortest shortest woman to be on the women’s US Olympic Beach Volleyball team since 1996–and Taryn is six feet four inches. But the two have been the ...
Paris marked new territory in U.S. beach volleyball history. The men and women donning the red, white and blue departed the Olympics with no medals in the sport for the first time since its ...
Beach. 2010 Stavanger. Beach. Women's volleyball. Pan American Games. 1999 Winnipeg. Indoor. Misty Elizabeth May-Treanor (/ ˈtreɪnər /; 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 ...
Charles Frederick " Karch " Kiraly (/ ˈkɑːrtʃ kɪˈraɪ / KARCH kirr-EYE; born November 3, 1960) is an American volleyball player, coach, and broadcast announcer. He was a central part of the U.S National Team that won gold medals at the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games. He went on to win the gold medal again at the 1996 Olympic Games, the first ...