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| Nationality | Norwegian | |||||||||||||
| Born | 24 February 1969 Bergen, Norway | |||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Beach volleyball | |||||||||||||
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Merita Berntsen (born 24 February 1969) is a Norwegian beach volleyball player, born in Bergen. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, with teammate Ragni Hestad. [1]
Natalie Louise Cook is an Australian professional beach volleyball player and Olympic gold medallist. She became the first Australian woman to compete at five Olympic Games.
Volleyball competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from 9 to 24 August 2008. Indoor volleyball events were held at Capital Indoor Stadium and Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium. Beach volleyball competitions were held from 9 to 22 August 2008 at the Beach Volleyball Ground at Chaoyang Park.
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 Mônica Rodrigues.
Emanuel Fernando Sheffer Rego is a male beach volleyball player from Brazil, who competed in five consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. He won the gold medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, partnering Ricardo Santos. He famously offered his medal to his compatriot Vanderlei de Lima – who won a bronze in the men's marathon after being attacked by Neil Horan – a year later, though it was politely declined.
Danielle Racquel Scott-Arruda is an American-Brazilian indoor volleyball player. She has played at the 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 and the 2012 Summer Olympics, breaking a U.S. female volleyball athlete record for Olympic appearances. She's currently playing professionally for Brazilian league Banana Boat/Praia Clube. Scott-Arruda carried the flag for her native country at the opening ceremony of the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Xue Chen is a Chinese female 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 Olympics with X. Wang in Tokyo held in 2021.
Xu Linyin is a Chinese professional beach volleyball player.
Events in the year 1969 in Norway.
Stefanie Schwaiger is a female beach volleyball player from Austria.
Imara Esteves Ribalta is a Cuban olympic beach volleyballer at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She is partnered with Milagros Crespo.
Katsuhiro Shiratori is a beach volleyball player from Japan.
The volleyball tournaments at the 2012 Olympic Games in London were played between 28 July and 12 August.
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.
Elsa Baquerizo McMillan is a Spanish beach volleyball player. As of 2012, she plays with Liliana Fernández. The pair participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics tournament and were eliminated in the round of 16 by the Italians Greta Cicolari and Marta Menegatti. They again competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics, losing in the last 16 to the Russian pair of Birlova and Ukolova.
Events from the year 1974 in Sweden
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.
Anders Berntsen Mol is a Norwegian beach volleyball player. He won the gold medal at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.
Christian Sandlie Sørum is a Norwegian beach volleyball player. He won the gold medal at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.
Ragni Hestad is a Norwegian beach volleyball player, born in Bergen. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, with team mate Merita Berntsen.
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