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World Championship record; Year U.S. Women's Beach Finishes 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] 2001: did not ...
U23 World Championships: FIVB Beach Volleyball U23 World Championships: Results summary, medals table: U21 World Championships: FIVB Beach Volleyball U21 World Championships: Results summary, medals table: U19 World Championships: FIVB Beach Volleyball U19 World Championships: Results summary, medals table: U17 World Championships
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]
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
Misty Elizabeth May-Treanor (/ ˈ t r eɪ n ər /; 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.
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.
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.
Wong was named to People Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" issue in 2000. He was honored by the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California in "Celebrating Chinese Americans in Sports", May 2009. [1] He served as a beach volleyball analyst for NBC Sports at the Summer Olympics of 2012 and 2016 and