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The following is a list of well-known beach volleyball players in the United States: Dain Blanton. Nicole Branagh. Phil Dalhausser. Emily Day. Mike Dodd. Eric Fonoimoana. Lauren Fendrick. Jennifer Fopma.
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.
Kelly Marie Cheng (née Claes, born September 18, 1995) is an American beach volleyball player. She and her partner Sara Hughes won the bronze medal at the 2013 U19 World Championships, the silver medal at the 2014 U21 World Championships, the gold medal at the 2023 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships and back-to-back NCAA Championships in 2016 and 2017.
Misty May-Treanor. 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 player having won 112 tournaments in domestic and international competition.
Seven, including Fernández, were members of the Cuban women's indoor team that won consecutive golds in 1992, 1996 and 2000. May-Treanor and Walsh Jennings, as noted above, won beach volleyball gold medals in 2004, 2008 and 2012. The other is Karch Kiraly, who won gold with the United States men's indoor team in 1984 and 1988 and in beach ...
U.S. Men's Beach Finishes. 1997. Silver (Lisa Arce and Holly McPeak) [2] Silver (Canyon Ceman and Mike Whitmarsh) [3] Bronze (Dain Blanton and Kent Steffes) 1999. Silver (Annett Davis and Jenny Johnson Jordan) [4] Bronze (Liz Masakayan and Elaine Youngs) did not medal [5]
Sara Elizabeth Hughes (born February 14, 1995) [4] is an American beach volleyball player. With teammate Kelly Cheng she achieved a career-high world ranking of No. 2 in August 2023. Hughes has won six tournaments on the AVP Pro Tour and seven gold medals, one silver medal, and three bronze medals on the FIVB World Tour/Pro Beach Tour.
The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings is a ranking system for men's and women's national teams in beach volleyball. The teams of the member nations of the FIVB, beach volleyball and volleyball 's world governing body, are ranked based on their competition results with the most successful teams being ranked highest.