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The U.S. team clinched its first Olympic gold medal in 20 years when they defeated Brazil 3–1 to take gold at Beijing 2008. The team failed to defend their title in 2012, losing 3–0 to Italy in the quarterfinals for an equal-fifth finish. The U.S. won the 2015 World Cup title, where they got the first Rio 2016 Olympic qualification ticket.
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 ...
National Team 6: Jeff Chung January 8, 1974 (aged 20) 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) National Team 7: Bruce Edwards November 17, 1970 (aged 23) 195 cm (6 ft 5 in) National Team 8: Mike Chaloupka June 27, 1971 (aged 23) 200 cm (6 ft 7 in) National Team 9: Dustin Reid May 4, 1974 (aged 20) 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) National Team
Samuelson won a bronze medal with the United States national team in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] At the Barcelona Olympics, Samuelson was the central character in the controversial preliminary round match against Japan in which the United States won until the result was overturned on appeal. [ 4 ]
Thomas Sorensen (born April 6, 1971) is an American former volleyball player who was a member of the United States men's national volleyball team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. [ 1 ] The 1991 FIVB World League was the first event Sorensen competed in as a national team member. [ 2 ]
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The 1994 FIVB Men's World Championship was the thirteenth edition of the tournament, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held from 29 September to 8 October 1994 [ 1 ] in Piraeus ( Peace and Friendship Stadium ) [ 2 ] and Thessaloniki ( Alexandreio Melathron Nick Galis Hall ), Greece .
Steve Dennis Timmons (born November 29, 1958) is an American former volleyball player who represented the United States at three consecutive Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal in 1984 and 1988, [1] [2] and a bronze medal in 1992. [3] [4] He was named the MVP of the 1984 Olympics by the International Volleyball Federation. [5]