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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 volleyball in 1996. Kiraly is the only player of either gender to win medals in both indoor and beach volleyball. [15]
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.
Pages in category "Olympic medalists in beach volleyball" The following 75 pages are in this category, out of 75 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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. [2]
April Ross celebrates after defeating Australia in a Women's Quarterfinal match on Day 9 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Beach Volleyball Arena on August 14, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Hughes and Cheng are now 4-0 in Paris as they each seek their first Olympic medal. The Paris Games are the first for Hughes. ... The pair helped lead USC to the inaugural NCAA beach volleyball ...
A four-time All-American at Stanford in indoor volleyball, the 34-year-old Klineman switched to the beach in 2017 and joined Ross to win the gold medal in Tokyo, her only Olympic experience. In her retirement video, she recited an open letter to the sport of volleyball, saying her focus had changed since having a son, Theo, last year.
The women's beach volleyball tournament at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, United Kingdom, took place between July 28, 2012 and August 8, 2012 at Horse Guards Parade. [1] Twenty-four pairs of competitors were taking part, including one from Great Britain as the host country, and a maximum of two from each other nation.