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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]
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)
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]
Taryn Kloth is a member of the United States Women's Beach Volleyball team that is competing at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The Sioux Falls, South Dakota native spent three seasons at LSU from 2019 ...
Kristen is five feet six inches–the shortest shortest woman to be on the women’s US Olympic Beach Volleyball team since 1996–and Taryn is six feet four inches. But the two have been the ...
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.
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.
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.