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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)
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 tournament.
A National Olympic Committee is permitted to enter two teams in the beach volleyball tournament; a rule that allowed the United States and Brazil to win both gold and silver in men's and women's beach volleyball respectively that year. [10] [11] Atlanta also saw the Dutch men's indoor team improve their Barcelona silver to a gold.
Nuss was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana to Audrey and George. She is the youngest of four children, with older brothers Pete, Jeffrey, and Jordan. Nuss was a multi-sport athlete throughout high school, leading Mount Carmel Academy to three indoor volleyball and two basketball state titles, [2] though beach volleyball was the sport she enjoyed most. [1]
The Beach volleyball tournaments at the 2023 World Beach Games, the second edition of the Games, will be held from 6 to 12 August 2023 in Bali, Indonesia and organised by the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC). Two events will take place: the men's tournament and the women's tournament.
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Beach Taryn Kloth ( / ˈ t ær ɪ n ˈ k l oʊ θ / TARR -in KLOHTH ; born April 10, 1997) [ 3 ] is an American beach volleyball player. She played with Kristen Nuss at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
The women's qualification for the Olympic beach volleyball tournament will occur between January 2023 and June 2024. The competition will comprise a total of 24 women's beach volleyball pairs coming from different NOCs, similar to those in the previous editions; each NOC can enter a maximum of two pairs in the women's tournament.