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The women's tournament in volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held at Capital Indoor Stadium and Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium from 9 to 23 August 2008. [ 1 ] The twelve competing teams were split equally into two pools of six teams.
Volleyball competitions (beach and indoor) at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from 9 to 24 August 2008. Indoor volleyball events were held at Capital Indoor Stadium and Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium. Beach volleyball competitions were held from 9 to 22 August 2008 at the Beach Volleyball Ground at Chaoyang Park. [1]
Name Date of birth Height Weight Spike Block 2008 club 1: Wang Yimei: 11 January 1988: 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 90 kg (200 lb) 318 cm (125 in) 305 cm (120 in)
Before 2014, the United States women's national volleyball team had achieved second place six times in major competitions (1967 World Women's Volleyball Championship, 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, 2002 World Women's Volleyball Championship, 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, 2011 World Cup, 2012 London Olympic Games) but had never reached the top.
She coached the U.S. women's national team to a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in her home country. Lang later coached the gold medal-winning Chinese women's national team at the 2016 Rio Olympics, becoming the first person in volleyball history, male or female, to have won Olympic gold both as a player and as a coach. [3] [4]
Edmond Memorial graduate Micha Hancock was called up to the main roster of the U.S. women's volleyball team on Wednesday to replace injured setter Lauren Carlini.. Hancock, who was an alternate on ...
In women's beach volleyball, the United States team of Misty May (now May-Treanor) and Kerri Walsh (now Walsh Jennings) won the first of three consecutive gold medals, the only team to defend a beach volleyball gold medal. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the United States men's indoor team won all their matches on the way to their third gold ...
Women's 63 kg details: Pak Hyon Suk North Korea: Lu Ying-chi Chinese Taipei: Christine Girard Canada: Women's 69 kg details: Oksana Slivenko Russia: Leydi Solís Colombia: Abeer Abdelrahman Egypt: Women's 75 kg details: Alla Vazhenina Kazakhstan: Lydia Valentín Spain: Damaris Aguirre Mexico: Women's +75 kg details: Jang Mi-Ran South Korea: Ele ...