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Born | August 20, 1992 |
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Country | Brazil |
Carolina Horta (born 20 August 1992) [1] is a Brazilian beach volleyball player.
Horta won bronze medals at the Pan American Games in 2015, alongside Liliane Maestrini, [2] and 2019, alongside Angela Lavalle. [1] [3]
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.
Sara Goller is a former professional German beach volleyball player.
The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour was the worldwide professional beach volleyball tour for both men and women organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The World Tour was introduced 1989 for men and in 1992 for women being held yearly since then until 2021.
Anna Vozakova is a Russian beach volleyball player. She has competed alongside Anastasia Vasina at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London where they were defeated by the sisters Doris Schwaiger and Stefanie Schwaiger from Austria.
Karla Borger is a German beach volleyball player. She won a silver medal at the 2013 World Championships alongside her teammate Britta Büthe. In 2014 they won the German Championship. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, she competed in women's beach volleyball with teammate Britta Büthe. They were defeated by the Brazilian team of Larissa França and Talita Antunes in the round of 16. After Büthe quit professional beach volleyball in 2016, Borger teamed up with Margareta Kozuch until 2018. When Kozuch decided to play with Laura Ludwig, she formed a new team with Julia Sude and won the German Championship in 2019. The team qualified for participation in the Beach volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Liliane Maestrini is a Brazilian beach volleyball player.
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.
The volleyball tournaments at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo were played between 24 July and 8 August 2021. 24 volleyball teams and 48 beach volleyball teams participated in the tournament. The indoor volleyball competition took place at Ariake Arena in Ariake, and the beach volleyball tournament at Shiokaze Park, in the temporary Shiokaze Park Stadium.
Ágatha Bednarczuk Rippel, frequently referred to as just Ágatha, is a Brazilian international beach volleyball player, playing as a blocker. She won the gold medal at the 2015 World Championships, as well as a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics, alongside her teammate Bárbara Seixas.
Alexandra Jupiter is a French female former volleyball and beach volleyball player, playing as an outside hitter. She was part of the France women's national volleyball team.
The Beach Volleyball Major Series was an international series of beach volleyball tournaments from 2015 to 2020. The tournaments consisted of Tour Stops and formed part of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour. The series concluded with the FIVB World Tour Finals.
Cherif Younousse Samba is a Senegalese-born Olympic beach volleyball player competing for Qatar. In 2018, he alongside Ahmed Tijan clinched the gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games in Palembang, Indonesia.
The following were the events of Volleyball for the year 2017 throughout the world.
The United States national beach volleyball team participates in international beach volleyball competitions and is governed by USA Volleyball.
Pauline Manser is an Australian volleyball coach and former professional beach volleyball and indoor volleyball player.
Tania Gooley-Humphry is former professional beach volleyball and indoor volleyball player.
Sarah Straton is a former professional beach volleyball player who represented Australia at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
Linline Matauatu is a Vanuatuan beach volleyball player.
Anastasija Samoilova is a Latvian beach volleyball player. She represents Latvia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo 2020. Kravčenoka and partner Tina Graudiņa are the first Latvian women’s pair to qualify for the Olympics.