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| x Adriana Behar |
Adriana Brandão Behar (born February 14, 1969, in Rio de Janeiro) is one of the most outstanding volleyball players of her generation.
Behar is Jewish. She moved to beach volleyball in 1993, after playing in the Brazilian women's national indoor...
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| x Adriana Samuel |
Adriana Samuel Ramos (born April 12, 1966 in Rezende) is a Brazilian volleyball player, who won the silver medal in the inaugural women's beach volleyball tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics, partnering Mônica Rodrigues.
She also represented her...
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| x Ana Paula Connelly |
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Ana Paula Rodrigues Connelly (born 13 February 1972 in Lavras, Minas Gerais) is a beach volleyball player from Brazil, who represented her native country at four Summer Olympics: in volleyball in 1992 and 1996, and in beach volleyball in 2004 and...
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| x Axel Hager |
Axel Hager (born March 14, 1969 in Burg auf Fehmarn) is a beach volleyball player from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, partnering Jörg Ahmann. He also...
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| x Dain Blanton |
Dain Blanton (born November 28, 1971 in Laguna Beach, California) is an American beach volleyball player won the gold medal in Beach Volleyball in the 2000 Olympic Games, with partner Eric Fonoimoana. He returned to the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens,...
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| x Eduardo Martínez |
Eduardo Esteban ("Mono") Martínez (born 25 September 1961 in Necochea) is a retired volleyball player from Argentina, who represented his native country in four Summer Olympics, starting in 1984 (Los Angeles, California).
Martínez was a member of...
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| x Elaine Youngs |
Elaine Youngs (born February 14, 1970 in Orange, California) is an American beach volleyball player.
As of 2010, Youngs has won 51 professional beach volleyball tournaments in her career. In addition, she won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer...
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United States of America | 2008 Summer Olympics | Beach volleyball | |
| United States of America | 2004 Summer Olympics | Beach volleyball | |||
| x Emanuel Rego |
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Emanuel Fernando Sheffer Rego (born April 15, 1973 in Curitiba) is a beach volleyball player from Brazil, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. He won the gold medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2004...
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Brazil | 2008 Summer Olympics | Beach volleyball |
| Brazil | 2004 Summer Olympics | Beach volleyball | |||
| Brazil | 2000 Summer Olympics | Beach volleyball | |||
| Brazil | 1996 Summer Olympics | Beach volleyball | |||
| x Eric Fonoimoana |
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Eric Fonoimoana (born June 7, 1969) is an American volleyball player who currently resides in Hermosa Beach, California. He was born in Manhattan Beach, California, and attended UCSB, where he became a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity . He is most...
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United States of America | 2000 Summer Olympics | Volleyball |
| x Fabio Luiz Magalhães |
Fábio Luiz Magalhães (Portuguese pronunciation: [maɡaˈʎɐ̃ȷ̃ʃ]; born 13 March 1979 in Marataízes, Brazil) is a beach volleyball player from Brazil.
Magalhães won the gold medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2005 Beach Volleyball World...
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Brazil | 2008 Summer Olympics | Beach volleyball | |
| x Holly McPeak |
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Holly McPeak (born May 15, 1969 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California) is an American beach volleyball player.
A three-time Olympian, McPeak has 72 career beach volleyball titles and $1.4 million USD in career earnings, which are third (behind Misty...
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United States of America | 2004 Summer Olympics | Beach volleyball |
| United States of America | 2000 Summer Olympics | Beach volleyball | |||
| United States of America | 1996 Summer Olympics | Beach volleyball | |||
| x Javier Bosma |
Francisco Javier Bosma Mínguez (born 6 November 1969 in Roses, Girona) is a former Spanish beach volleyball player, who won the silver medal in the men's beach volleyball tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens together with Pablo Herrera....
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| x John Child |
John Child (born May 4, 1967 in Toronto, Ontario) is a retired Canadian beach volleyball player.
Child began playing beach volleyball in tournaments at age 16, and is a graduate of Centennial College. He won the bronze medal at the 1996 Summer...
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| x Jörg Ahmann |
Jörg Ahmann (born February 12, 1966 in Grevenbroich) is a beach volleyball player from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, partnering Axel Hager. He also represented...
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| x Karch Kiraly |
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Charles Frederick "Karch" Kiraly ( /ˈkɑrtʃ kɪˈraɪ/; born November 3, 1960 in Jackson, Michigan), is an American volleyball player who is the only person to have won Olympic gold medals in both the indoor and beach versions of the sport.
Kiraly...
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United States of America | 1996 Summer Olympics | Beach volleyball |
| United States of America | 1988 Summer Olympics | Volleyball | |||
| United States of America | 1984 Summer Olympics | Volleyball | |||
| x Kent Steffes |
Kent Steffes (born June 23, 1968 in Ann Arbor, Michigan) is an American beach volleyball player. He was a gold medalist in the 1996 Summer Olympics along with Karch Kiraly. A graduate of Palisades High School in Pacific Palisades, CA, he latter...
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United States of America | 1996 Summer Olympics | Beach volleyball | |
| x Kerri Pottharst |
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Kerri Ann Pottharst OAM (born 25 June 1965) is an Australian professional beach volleyball player and Olympic gold medallist.
Pottharst was born in Adelaide, South Australia and currently resides in Sydney. In addition to her volleyball commitments,...
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Kerri Lee Walsh-Jennings (born August 15, 1978) is an American professional beach volleyball player.
Walsh-Jennings and teammate Misty May-Treanor were the gold medalists in beach volleyball at both the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. They have been...
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United States of America | 2008 Summer Olympics | Beach volleyball |
| x Marcio Araujo |
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Márcio Henrique Barroso Araújo (born 12 October 1973 in Fortaleza, Ceará) is a beach volleyball player from Brazil. He won the gold medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2005 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Berlin, Germany,...
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Brazil | 2004 Summer Olympics | Beach volleyball |
| Brazil | 2008 Summer Olympics | Beach volleyball | |||
| x Mark Heese |
Mark Heese (born August 15, 1969 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian beach volleyball player.
Heese began playing beach volleyball at age 19 at the Balmy Beach Club in Toronto, and is a graduate of McMaster University. Partnered with John Child,...
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| x Mike Dodd |
Michael ("Mike") Dodd (born August 20, 1957 in Manhattan Beach, California) is a well-known retired professional beach volleyball player from the United States who attended San Diego State University. With his partner Mike Whitmarsh he won the...
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| x Mike Whitmarsh |
Michael John "Mike" Whitmarsh (May 18, 1962 – February 17, 2009) was an American volleyball player, who won the silver medal in the men's inaugural beach volleyball tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics, partnering Mike Dodd. He was born in San...
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| x Misty May-Treanor |
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Misty Elizabeth May-Treanor (born July 30, 1977) is an American professional beach volleyball player. She is a two-time gold medalist, and currently the winningest female beach volleyball player with 110 individual championship wins in domestic and...
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United States of America | 2008 Summer Olympics | Beach volleyball |
| x Natalie Cook |
Natalie Louise cook OAM (born 19 January 1975) is an Australian professional beach volleyball player and Olympic gold medallist.
Cook was born in Townsville, Queensland. She was the dux of her school, Corinda State High (located in the western...
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| x Pablo Herrera |
Pablo Herrera Allepuz (born June 29, 1982 in Castellón de la Plana) is a Spanish volleyball player, who won a silver medal in the men's beach volleyball tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens together with Javier Bosma.
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| x Patrick Heuscher |
Patrick Heuscher (born 22 December 1976 in Frauenfeld) is a Swiss beach volleyball player. With his partner Stefan Kobel he won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. His current partner (as of 2008) is Sascha Heyer.
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| x Phil Dalhausser |
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Philip "Phil" Peter Dalhausser (born January 26, 1980) is an American professional beach volleyball player. He and his playing partner, Todd Rogers, are the 2007 AVP Tour champions and the reigning FIVB world champions.
Dalhausser and Rogers have...
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United States of America | 2008 Summer Olympics | Beach volleyball |
| x Ricardo Santos |
Ricardo Alex Costa Santos (born January 6, 1975 in Salvador de Bahia) is a beach volleyball player from Brazil, who won the silver medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, with partner Zé Marco de...
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Brazil | 2000 Summer Olympics | Beach volleyball | |
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| Brazil | 2008 Summer Olympics | Beach volleyball | |||
| x Richard Schuil |
Richard Schuil (born May 2, 1973 in Leeuwarden, Friesland) is a beach volleyball player from the Netherlands. He is a former volleyball player, who represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 in Atlanta,...
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| x Sandra Pires |
Sandra Pires Tavares (born June 16, 1973 in Rio de Janeiro) is a beach volleyball player from Brazil, who won the gold medal in the inaugural women's beach volleyball tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics, partnering Jackie Silva.
She also...
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| x Shelda Bede |
Shelda Kelly Bruno Bede (born January 1, 1973 in Fortaleza) is a beach volleyball player from Brazil who won silver medals in beach volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
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| x Stefan Kobel |
Stefan Kobel (born February 13, 1974 in Winterthur) is a Swiss beach volleyball player. With his partner Patrick Heuscher he won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
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| x Tian Jia |
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Tian Jia (Chinese: 田佳; pinyin: Tián Jia; born 9 February 1981 in Tianjin) is a female Chinese professional beach volleyball player.
Tian won the bronze medal in the women's team competition at the 2005 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Berlin,...
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Todd Jonathan Rogers (born September 30, 1973) is an American professional beach volleyball player. He and his partner, Phil Dalhausser, were the 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 AVP Tour champions, and are the reigning FIVB world champions, and...
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United States of America | 2008 Summer Olympics | Beach volleyball |
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Wang Jie (simplified Chinese: 王洁; traditional Chinese: 王潔; pinyin: Wáng Jié; born 4 December 1983 in Urumqi, Xinjiang) is a female Chinese professional beach volleyball player.
Wang has partnered with Tian Jia since the start of the 2006 season and...
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| x Xue Chen |
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Xue Chen (Chinese: 薛晨; pinyin: Xuē Chén; born 18 February 1989 in Fuzhou, Fujian) is a Chinese female beach volleyball player, measuring 6'3" or 191 cm in height. Her hometown is Fuzhou, Fujian, but she trains in Sanya, Hainan. She has also trained...
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| x Zhang Xi |
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Zhang Xi (born 19 April 1985 in Jiangsu) is a female beach volleyball player from PR China, who won the gold medal in the women's team competition at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, partnering compatriot Xue Chen.
The duo of Zhang and Xue won a gold...
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| x Zé Marco de Melo |
José Marco ("Zé Marco") Nóbrega Ferreira de Melo (born March 19, 1971 in João Pessoa, Paraíba) is a beach volleyball player from Brazil, who won the silver medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia,...
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