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2 unusual facts about Beach volleyball


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Later that same year, the American professional men's tour – the AVP – also filed for bankruptcy, plagued by problems as a player-run organization.

It awarded the best teams with a case of Pepsi, supplied by Dr. Caleb Mohrhauser, often noted as one of the most enthusiastic patrons of early beach volleyball.


Anthony Medel

Anthony Medel (born March 28, 1978 in Santa Barbara, California) is a male beach volleyball player from the United States who won the gold medal at the NORCECA Circuit 2009 at Guatemala playing with Hans Stolfus.

Charlin Vargas

Charlin Vargas is a male beach volleyball player from Dominican Republic, who participated the 2006 NORCECA Men’s Beach Volleyball Continental Championship with Yewddys Pérez.

Claire Robertson

Claire Robertson D'Amore (born June 4, 1982 in Torrance, California) is a female beach volleyball player from the United States who has won numerous tournaments and awards, including: six CBVA wins in a row, the gold medal in Guatemala NORCECA, the gold medal at the NORCECA Circuit 2009 at Jamaica playing with Emily Day.

Eugenio Amore

Eugenio Amore (born February 12, 1972 in Vergato) is a beach volleyball player from Italy.

Fabio Díez

Fabio Ricardo Diez Steinaker (born November 18, 1965 in Santa Fe, Argentina) is a former beach volleyball player, who represented Spain at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Faliro Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre

The Faliro Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre is a stadium in the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex that hosted the beach volleyball competition for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Francisco Abreu López

Francisco Alberto Abreu López, (born April 26, 1982) is a male volleyball and beach volleyball player from Dominican Republic, who participated with his national team at the 2007 America's Cup wearing the #10 jersey.

Hans Stolfus

Hans Stolfus (born December 29, 1976 in Solon, Iowa) is a male beach volleyball player from the United States, who won the silver medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, partnering Ty Loomis.

Heissell Carcache

Heissell De Los Ángeles Carcache Guandique (born April 4, 1985) is a female beach volleyball player from Nicaragua, who participated in the women's indoor competition at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador, El Salvador.

Indonesia at the 2009 Asian Youth Games

Indonesia finished with 1 bronze medal which they got in beach volleyball.

Iris Santos

Iris Santos Hernández (born January 29, 1984 in Santo Domingo) is a female volleyball and beach volleyball player from Dominican Republic, who won the bronze medal in the women's beach team competition at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador, El Salvador, partnering Yudelka Bonilla.

Karla Echenique

In beach volleyball she won the bronze medal at the 2006 National Championship, playing with Bethania de la Cruz.

Kevin Wong

Kevin Kahn Wong (born September 12, 1972, Honolulu, Hawai'i) is a professional beach volleyball player who currently competes on the AVP tour.

Rebekka Kadijk

Rebekka de Kogel-Kadijk (born June 16, 1979) is a Dutch professional beach volleyball and indoor volleyball player born in Werkendam.

Renee Cleary

Renee Smith Cleary (born September 18, 1972) is a female beach volleyball player from the United States who participated at the NORCECA Circuit 2007 at Guatemala playing with Jenny Kropp finishing in the 5th position and Carolina, Puerto Rico playing with Jennifer Lombardi ranking 11th.

Saralyn Smith

Saralyn Smith (born March 23, 1978 in Key West, Florida) is a female beach volleyball player from the United States who won the silver medal at the NORCECA Circuit 2009 at Guatemala playing with Beth Van Fleet.

Summer Sports: Paradise Island

Summer Sports features seven different sports: basketball, badminton, beach volleyball, horseshoes, lawn darts, mini-golf, and croquet.

Sylvana Gómez

Sylvana Anali Rivera Gómez is a female beach volleyball player from Guatemala, who played with María Orellana in the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Tyra Turner

Tyra Turner (née Harper) (born July 21, 1976) is a professional beach volleyball player from the United States who plays on the AVP Tour.

UP Fighting Maroons at UAAP Season 69

The University of the Philippines (UP) Fighting Maroons participated in all 14 sports in the University Athletics Association of the Philippines (UAAP)'s Season 69, along with the demonstration sport of beach volleyball.

Yhonastan Fabian

Yhonastan Fabian (born March 18, 1984 in Monte Plata), is a male volleyball and beach volleyball player from Dominican Republic, who participated with his national team at the 2008 NORCECA Pre-Olimpic Championship as a libero, and wearing the #14 jersey.

Yoandri Kindelán

Yoandri Kindelán Álvarez is a male beach volleyball player from Cuba, who participated with Leonel Munder in the SWATCH-FIVB U-21 Men's World Championships in Mysłowice, Poland finishing in the 29th position in the Qualification Tournament.

Yudelka Bonilla

Yudelka Bonilla (born September 19, 1976 in Mao) is a female volleyball and beach volleyball player from Dominican Republic, who won the bronze medal in the women's beach team competition at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador, El Salvador, partnering Iris Santos.


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Beach volleyball at the 2013 Island Games

Beach volleyball, for the 2013 Island Games, took place at the National Sports Center (North Field) in Devonshire Parish.

Dain Blanton

He returned to the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece with partner Jeff Nygaard, becoming the first two-time U.S. male Beach Volleyball Olympian.

Dio Lequaglie

In 1993 he won the bronze medal at the first official European Championships in men's beach volleyball, partnering Andrea Ghiurghi.

Dmitri Barsouk

In August, 2008 at the A1 Beach Volleyball Grand Slam presented by NOKIA in Klagenfurt, Austria, Barsouk and team mate Igor Kolodinsky won their first Swatch FIVB World Tour gold medal.

Ernie Vandeweghe

In addition, he had two other children who were world-class athletes; his daughter Tauna won a U.S. national swimming championship in the backstroke (and competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics), and his son Bruk medalled in beach volleyball in the 1994 Goodwill Games.

Igor Kolodinsky

In August, 2008 at the A1 Beach Volleyball Grand Slam presented by NOKIA in Klagenfurt, Austria, Kolodinsky and team mate Dmitri Barsouk won their first Swatch FIVB World Tour gold medal.

Igor Tešić

Igor Tešić and Stefan Basta won 7th place at the 2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship - Novi Sad Masters .

Jenny Johnson Jordan

Jenny Johnson Jordan (born June 8, 1973) is an American beach volleyball player, who won the silver medal at the 1999 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Marseille, alongside Annett Davis.

Luke Hochevar

In addition to his father's college basketball career and success as a high school and college baseball coach, Luke's sister Brittany was a volleyball standout at Long Beach State and currently plays beach volleyball for the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball tour.

Michelle More

At Nevada-Reno, More met fellow volleyball player Suzanne Stonebarger, who is her beach volleyball teammate.

Mike Hebert

Hebert has produced two Olympians, Lindsey Berg, who made Olympic appearances in 2004 and 2008 for the indoor team, and Nicole Branagh, who appeared in the 2008 Olympics with Elaine Youngs for beach volleyball.

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.

Natalie Cook

Cook partnered with Kerri Pottharst to represent Australia at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, winning a bronze medal - the first time that beach volleyball had been an Olympic sport.

Pedro Solberg Salgado

Solberg's mother, Isabel Salgado, herself was a successful beach volleyball player and won in 1994 a FIVB World Tour event in Miami.

Peny Karagkouni

In her first season in Beach Volleyball and despite being the new member of the team, she managed (with Vassiliki Arvaniti) to finish 5th in the Finals of the European Championship held in Klagenfurt, Austria hosted by CEV.

Radiance Digital Entertainment

During his 23 years in game industry, Singman's works include Astrology Fortune-Teller, Sony ISO Formatter, JOHN MADDEN FOOTBALL, Super Puzzle Fighter, Final Fight EX, Tang Chi, TEST DRIVE OFF ROAD series, Big Air Snowboarding, Loony Tunes Racing, Puzz Loop, The Sign, The Age, Magical Land, Crazy Kart, Beach Volleyball Online, GoGoRacer Online and so on.

Ricky Barnes

Barnes is married to pro beach volleyball player, Suzanne Stonebarger.

Stefan Basta

Stefan Basta and Igor Tešić won 7th place at the 2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship - Novi Sad Masters .

Volleyball at the 2009 Southeast Asian Games

Beach Volleyball at the 2009 Southeast Asian Games were held in Beach Volleyball Stadium, National Sport Complex, Vientiane, Laos