Franco José Vieira Neto is a former beach volleyball player from Brazil who won the bronze medal in the men's beach team competition at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, partnering with Roberto Lopes. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.
Larissa França Maestrini is a beach volleyball player from Brazil. She is the all-time leader of beach volleyball titles, with 57 FIVB career gold medals, including the 2011 Beach Volleyball World Championships with Juliana Felisberta and the 2015 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour with Talita Antunes.
José Marco "Zé Marco" Nóbrega Ferreira de Melo is a former 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, partnering with Ricardo Santos. He also represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.
Ricardo Alex Costa Santos is a beach volleyball player from Brazil.
Martín Alejo Conde is an Argentine beach volleyball player who won the world title at the 2001 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Klagenfurt, Austria, partnering with Mariano Baracetti. He represented his native country at four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996.
John Hyden is an American volleyball and beach volleyball player. Raised in San Diego, California, where he attended Mt. Carmel High School, Hyden was a member of the United States men's national volleyball team that finished in ninth place at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, he finished in 11th place with the national team.
Beach volleyball was introduced at the Summer Olympic Games in the 1992 Games as a demonstration event, and has been an official Olympic sport since 1996. The United States is the only country to win medals in every edition.
Raúl Mesa is a male beach volleyball player from Spain who won the gold medal at the 2005 European Championships in Moscow, Russia, partnering with Pablo Herrera. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Alexandra Alexandrovna Shiryayeva is a 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m), 165 lb (75 kg), female beach volleyball player from Russia. She claimed the gold medal at the 2006 European Championships in The Hague, Netherlands, partnering with Natalya Uryadova.
Xue Chen is a Chinese beach volleyball player, measuring 191 centimetres in height. Her hometown is Fuzhou, but she trains in Sanya, Hainan. She has also trained in California under coach Dane Selznick. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics with Wang Xinxin.
Tarjei Skarlund is a male beach volleyball player from Norway. With teammate Jørre Kjemperud, he represented Norway in beach volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.
Mārtiņš Pļaviņš is a Latvian beach volleyball player.
Aleksandrs Samoilovs is a beach volleyball player from Latvia.
Sean Michael Rosenthal is an American beach volleyball player, playing as a defender. He is best known for his high leaping ability, which has earned him the nickname of "Superman". Rosenthal has an entourage called "Rosie's Raiders", which is composed of close friends of his who enjoy going to his various tournaments to support him. He and his former partner, Jake Gibb, represented the United States at the 2008 Olympic Games and 2012 Olympic Games in beach volleyball.
Cristine "Saka" Santanna is a Georgian beach volleyball player of Brazil birth. She was partnered with Andrezza "Rtvelo" Martins in the 2008 Summer Olympics. Their nicknames mean Georgia in Georgian (Sakartvelo). Santanna and Martins' most notable win came when they defeated a Russian opponent in the 2008 Olympics just days after a war between Georgia and Russia started.
Renato "Geor" Gomes is a Brazilian beach volleyball player representing Georgia.
April Elizabeth Ross is an American beach volleyball player and three-time Olympic medalist. She won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics with Jennifer Kessy, a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics with Kerri Walsh Jennings, and a gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics with Alix Klineman. Ross and Kessy were also the 2009 Beach Volleyball World Champions.
Kira Katharina Walkenhorst is a retired German beach volleyball player who played as a blocker. She has an older brother Alexander Walkenhorst who is a professional beach volleyball player and a younger sister Pia Walkenhorst who also plays beach volleyball.
Levan Akhvlediani is a Georgian sports official who served as the president of the Georgian Volleyball Federation from 2001 to 2013.
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