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Janis Louise Kelly (born March 20, 1971, in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a retired volleyball player from Canada.
She competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she finished in 10th place with the Women's National Team. She competed at the 2002 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Germany. [1]
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.
Alejandrina Mireya Luis Hernández, often referred to as Mireya, is a Cuban former volleyball player and three-time Olympic gold medalist. She won gold medals at the 1992, 1996, and 2000 Olympics with the Cuban women's national volleyball team. She was the captain of the Cuban team from the late 1980s until her retirement.
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.
Tara Cross-Battle is a retired volleyball player from the United States who competed in four Summer Olympics overall, starting in 1992. Cross-Battle won the bronze medal with the United States women's national team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Her last Olympic appearance was at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
The women's beach volleyball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held from August 9 to August 21, at the Beach Volleyball Ground at Chaoyang Park.
Courtney Lynn Thompson is an American former professional volleyball player who played as a setter for the United States women's national volleyball team. She won the 2005 national championship while playing for the University of Washington, and she set an NCAA record in career assists per game. Thompson won gold with the national team at the 2014 World Championship, silver at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, and bronze at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
Taylor Mackenzie Wilson is a Canadian professional volleyball player. She has won seven Canadian national titles, including the women's volleyball championship in 2014.
Melissa Humaña-Paredes is a Canadian beach volleyball player, who is partnered with Brandie Wilkerson. The pair represented Canada at the 2024 Summer Olympics, winning the silver medal.
Fernanda Porto Venturini is a Brazilian former volleyball player and a four-time Olympian. She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where she won the bronze medal with the Brazilian women's national volleyball team. She is regarded as one of the best setters of all time.
Tabi Love is a Canadian volleyball player. She is a current member of the Canada women's national volleyball team. Love has been playing professionally since graduating from University of California, Los Angeles in December 2012. She has played for Criollas de Caguas, Budowlani Łódź, Azeryol Baku and Schweriner SC. She is currently playing in France for the ASPTT Mulhouse.
Sarah Lindsey Pavan is a Canadian beach volleyball and former indoor volleyball player. She was part of the Canada women's national volleyball team at the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Japan. With Melissa Humana-Paredes, she won the women's gold medal at the 2019 Beach Volleyball World Championships.
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.
Heather Bansley is a Canadian beach volleyball player, playing as a left-side defender. She has been named FIVB Best Defensive Player of the World Tour in 2015, 2016 and 2018.
Jamie Broder is a Canadian beach volleyball player. Broder has qualified to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics. They made it to the round of 16 however they paired up against the other Canadian team of Pavan and Bansley and lost in straight sets.
Nicole Carol McNamara is a Canadian beach volleyball player. Along with her twin sister, Megan McNamara, Nicole has competed in many beach volleyball events around the world. From the fall of 2015 until the spring of 2019, Megan competed collegiately for the UCLA Bruins, leading the team to its first Pac-12 and NCAA titles in the sport during the 2018 season, and a second NCAA championship in the 2019 season.
Yelena Ezau is a Kazakhstani female volleyball player who currently plays for the Kazakhstani domestic club Altay VC in domestic league matches.
Elena Pietrini is an Italian volleyball player who plays as a wing spiker for Dynamo Kazan and the Italian national team. She made her debut appearance at the Olympics representing Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Diana Patricia "Patty" Soto is a Peruvian volleyball player, and has captained the Peru women's national volleyball team.
Mai Okumura is a Japanese volleyball player. She plays for the Japan women's national volleyball team. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Women's volleyball,.
Maja Aleksić is a Serbian volleyball player who plays as a middle blocker. She is currently a member of Serbian women's national volleyball team.
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