Events from the year 1969 in Canada.
Annie Martin is a Canadian beach volleyball player. She has represented her country at the 2004 and 2012 Summer Olympics. Her current playing partner is Marie-Andrée Lessard.
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.
John Child is a retired professional Canadian male beach volleyball player.
SWEAT is an OLN/TSN show hosted by Julie Zwillich that aired in 2003–2004.
These page shows the results of the inaugural Men's Beach Volleyball Tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. The Olympic Beach Volleyball competition took place in Atlanta Beach from July 23 to July 28 in a 10.000-seat stadium.
Volleyball in Canada dates back to the beginning of the 20th century. Today, the sport is played at various levels of competition throughout the country.
The Smart Woman Survival Guide is a Canadian situation comedy, filmed in Toronto, Ontario, that aired from September 4, 2006, to January 5, 2008. It aired on the W Network and CosmoTV. It was renewed for 26 further episodes before season one had finished shooting. The show was originally conceived as a two-act show that grew to four acts with a teaser and tag.
Laura Ludwig-Bowes is a German professional beach volleyball player, playing as a defender. Previously forming a pair with compatriot Kira Walkenhorst, she represents Hamburger SV and has won four European championships. She won the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She added another medal, Gold, at the 2016 World Tour Finals in Toronto. In 2017, she and Walkenhorst won the World Championship in Vienna.
Karell Peña Ventoza is a male beach volleyball player from Cuba who twice won the silver medal in the men's competition at the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit 2009 in the Cayman Islands) and Guatemala, partnering with Sergio González.
Sergio González is a beach volleyball player from Cuba, who won the golden medal in the men's competition at the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit 2009 in Boca Chica and silver in Guatemala, and Cayman Islands partnering Karell Peña.
Joshua "Josh" Binstock, nicknamed Binner, is a male two-time Olympian beach volleyball player from Canada. He competed in the 2012 Olympics in London and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. He also competed for Canada in volleyball in Israel in the 2001 Maccabiah Games, the 2005 Maccabiah Games, the 2009 Maccabiah Games, the 2013 Maccabiah Games, and the 2017 Maccabiah Games. In 2014, he and his partner were Canadian national champions, his third national championship.
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.
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.
Kristina Väljas May is a Canadian beach volleyball player. She qualified to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics. They advanced to the round of 16 until they were eliminated, finishing in a tie for ninth place.
Samuel Schachter is a Canadian Olympic beach volleyball player. In 2010 he won the FIVB World Junior (U-21) Championship with Garrett May. He and partner Josh Binstock were 2014 Canadian national champions, and represented Canada at the 2015 Pan American Games and the 2016 Summer Olympics. At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, he and Binstock earned silver medals. He is competing with partner Daniel Dearing at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the Men's tournament.
Brandie Wilkerson is a Canadian beach volleyball player who plays as a right-side blocker. She currently competes with partner Melissa Humaña-Paredes, with whom she won a silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Sarah Marie Sponcil is an American volleyball player for the Grand Rapids Rise of the Pro Volleyball Federation, best known for her beach volleyball career. Sarah competed for the USA Volleyball Beach National Team in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Sarah and partner Kelly Claes tied for 9th in their debut Olympics. At 24 and 25, Sponcil and Claes, respectively, were the youngest beach volleyball team to represent the USA since its inception as an Olympic sport in 1996.
Sergey Aleksandrovich Yermishin is a Russian volleyball coach and former player who had competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
