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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.
The United States has a history of dominance in women's beach volleyball, with four gold medalists in the past five Summer Olympics. That trend didn't hold true in Paris, with no American women ...
Cheng has since reunited with Hughes, her former teammate at USC. The pair helped lead USC to the inaugural NCAA beach volleyball championships in 2016 and 2017, including an undefeated 36-0 ...
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)
Hughes also played club indoor volleyball as the setter for Mizuno Long Beach, and was named most valuable player after her club won the 16-U Junior Olympics national championship in 2011. [14] She played indoor volleyball for Mater Dei High School as well and was the Orange County Player of the Year as a senior.
Kelly Cheng reached a career milestone when she competed in her first Olympics at the Tokyo Games. But instead of enjoying competition against the world’s best, the U.S. beach volleyball star ...
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.
Kelly Cheng and Sara Hughes rally from a 12-4 deficit in the second set to defeat Betsi Flint and Julia Scoles for the AVP Huntington Beach Open crown.