Kerri Lee Walsh Jennings is an American professional beach volleyball player, three-time Olympic gold medalist, and a one-time Olympic bronze medalist. She is the beach volleyball leader in career victories as of 2016 having won 135 international and domestic tournaments.
Misty Elizabeth May-Treanor is a retired American 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.
Ana Paula Rodrigues Connelly Henkel, more commonly known as Ana Paula, is a retired female volleyball player and journalist from Brazil who represented her native country at four Summer Olympics: in volleyball in 1992 and 1996, and in beach volleyball in 2004 and 2008. With Brazil women's national volleyball team, she won three World Grand Prix editions and got medals in various tournaments, including the 1996 Olympics in the United States and the 1994 FIVB World Championship in Japan. On the beach, she won the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour in 2003 and 2008.
Heather Cox is an American sportscaster who is a sports reporter for NBC. As Heather Schoeny, she played college volleyball at University of the Pacific.
Foluke Atinuke Gunderson is an indoor volleyball player who plays as a middle blocker for Japanese club Hisamitsu Springs. Born in Canada, she represents the United States internationally. Gunderson won gold with the national team at the 2010 FIVB World Grand Prix, 2014 World Championship, the Rimini Volleyball Nations League, and the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, silver at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, and bronze at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Her 2020 Olympics win allowed her to complete the trifecta of winning an Olympic bronze, silver, and gold medal.
Adriana Samuel Ramos is a Brazilian volleyball and beach volleyball player who won the silver medal in the inaugural women's beach volleyball tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics, partnering with Mônica Rodrigues.
Regla Maritza Bell MacKenzie, more commonly known as Regla Bell, is a former volleyball player from Cuba who won the gold medal three times at the Olympic Games from 1992–2000, and the FIVB World Championship in 1994 and 1998 with the Cuban women's national volleyball team. She was a left-handed striker.
Hélia Rogério de Souza, nicknamed Fofão, is a retired Brazilian female volleyball player who competed for her country's national team in five consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. She won a gold medal in 2008 and twice won a bronze medal, in 1996 and 2000. She also claimed the gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games.
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.
Liz Masakayan is a former indoor and beach volleyball player, and is currently a coach. She participated in the 1988 Summer Olympics with the United States women's national volleyball team, and as a beach volleyball player won a total of 47 tournaments in her career.
Brazil competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's twenty-first appearance at the Summer Olympics, having missed the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. The Brazilian Olympic Committee sent a total of 258 athletes to the Games, 136 men and 122 women, to compete in 24 sports. Brazil left London with a total of 17 Olympic medals, winning their third largest number of medals at a single games.
Destinee Dante Hooker is an American indoor volleyball player. She is a 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) opposite attacker. Hooker was a member of the United States women's national volleyball team. She starred in both volleyball and track and field at the University of Texas.
Tandara Alves Caixeta is a Brazilian professional volleyball player. She plays for the Brazil women's national volleyball team and for Sesc-Rio in the Brazilian Superliga. She competed for Brazil in the 2012 Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal. She is 1.84 m tall. She is the daughter of Evaldo Caixeta, a former amateur player with Banco do Brasil Athletic Association. At the age of nine, after trying many different sports, she saw a TV advert and decided to go to a volleyball trial.
Juciely Cristina da Silva is a Brazilian volleyball player. She is part of the Brazil women's national volleyball team. With her club Rio de Janeiro Vôlei Clube she competed at the 2013, 2015 and 2016 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship.
Roberta Silva Ratzke is a Brazilian volleyball player. She is part of the Brazil women's national volleyball team. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in the Women's tournament, winning a silver medal.
Ana Beatriz Silva Correia is a Brazilian female volleyball player, playing as a middle blocker. She was part of the Brazil women's national volleyball team.
Priscila Oliveira Heldes is a Brazilian female volleyball player, playing as a setter. She was part of the Brazil women's national volleyball team.
Isabela da Silveira Paquardi is a retired Brazilian female volleyball player, playing as an outside hitter. She was part of the Brazil women's national volleyball team.
Fernanda Kuchenbecker is a retired Brazilian female volleyball player, playing as an outside hitter. She was part of the Brazil women's national volleyball team.
Killara Mattos dos Santos is a retired Brazilian female volleyball player, playing as a libero. She was part of the Brazil women's national volleyball team.
