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Brandie Wilkerson (born July 1, 1992) is a Canadian [2] beach volleyball player who plays as a right-side blocker. [1] She currently competes with partner Melissa Humaña-Paredes , with whom she won a silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics .
A close-up of Canadian beach volleyball player Brandie Wilkerson's Olympic rings tattoo on her arm during the 2024 Paris Games. (Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP) (Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP)
Tioman Island's southern mountains. Tioman Island (Malay: Pulau Tioman) is 32 kilometres (20 miles) off the east coast of Rompin District, Pahang, Malaysia. [2] It is 39 kilometres (24 miles) long and 12 kilometres (7.5 miles) wide and has seven villages, the largest and most populous being Kampung Tekek on the central western coast.
Humana-Paredes started playing beach volleyball at the age of 12 and four years later, was already representing Canada internationally. She also played competitive indoor volleyball for Storm Volleyball. She then attended York University, majoring in communications while playing CIS volleyball for the York Lions for four seasons from 2010 to 2014.
TKN is the first Olympic beach volleyball team that doesn't train in California. As players who have primarily trained in Louisiana for most of their careers, Taryn and Kristen are an anomaly.
The song took center stage at the 2024 Paris Olympics when a DJ played it to ease tensions between Brazil and Canada's respective teams at the women's beach volleyball final on Aug. 9.
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; Jennifer Fopma; Brent Frohoff; Matt Fuerbringer; Jake Gibb; Sara Hughes; Casey Jennings; Jenny Johnson Jordan; Karch Kiraly; Karolyn Kirby; Alix Klineman ...
A Dutch beach volleyball player who served time in prison for raping a child 10 years ago will represent the Netherlands at this year’s Olympics. ... Pablo Morano/BSR Agency/Getty Images.