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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.
Hughes and Cheng dropped the first set 21-18, and the second 21-19. The United States now has just one team remaining in the beach volleyball tournament, with Andrew Benesh and Miles Partain ...
Kelly Cheng reached a career milestone when she competed in her first Olympics at the Tokyo Games. But instead of enjoying competition against the world’s best, the U.S. beach volleyball star ...
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.
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)
Kelly Cheng of Team United States reacts during a Women's pool play match against Team Germany on day seven of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Eiffel Tower Stadium on August 02, 2024 in Paris, France.
Sponcil joined the AVP in 2018, partnering with former USC Trojan Kelly Cheng. Sponcil and Cheng quickly rose through the ranks, winning two consecutive FIVB World Tour titles in early 2021 and qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics. [2] Sponcil has partnered successfully with a handful of players in off-season play and on the AVP and FIVB Tours.
Kelly Cheng and Sara Hughes rally from a 12-4 deficit in the second set to defeat Betsi Flint and Julia Scoles for the AVP Huntington Beach Open crown.