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Brandie Wilkerson (born July 1, 1992) is a Canadian [2] beach volleyball player who plays as a right-side blocker. [1] She currently competes with partner Melissa Humaña-Paredes, with whom she won a silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
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.
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) Gold (Phil Dalhausser and Todd ...
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Regarded as one of the top high school recruits for both beach and indoor, [10] Hughes committed to playing beach volleyball for the USC Trojans in her junior year of high school. [15] Beach volleyball had just become an NCAA Emerging Sport for Women at the time [16] and Hughes decided to forgo collegiate indoor volleyball as "sand was [her ...
She is the beach volleyball leader in career victories as of 2016 having won 135 international and domestic tournaments. [2] Walsh Jennings and teammate Misty May-Treanor were the gold medalists in beach volleyball at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. They also won the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships in 2003, 2005 and 2007.
The Philippine women's national beach volleyball team is known by their moniker, "Alas Pilipinas", with Alas meaning "Ace" in Filipino. The nickname is an official designation by the Philippine National Volleyball Federation in partnership with sponsor Cignal TV. Adopted on May 15, 2024, the moniker is shared with all the national volleyball ...
Wilkerson and Humana-Paredes will return to Canada with the country's first beach volleyball medal since the men won bronze at the 1996 Atlanta Games. That team was coached by Humana-Paredes' father.