Nicole Sanderson

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Nicole Sanderson
Personal information
Full nameNicole Therese Sanderson
NationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Born (1976-04-01) 1 April 1976 (age 46)
Perth, Western Australia
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Honours
Women's beach volleyball
Representing Australia
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2003 Rio de Janeiro Beach

Nicole Therese Sanderson (born 1 April 1976 in Perth, Western Australia) is an Australian beach volleyball player. [1]

Sanderson started her career in indoor volleyball where played for Pepperdine University, in the United States. [2] In 1998 she competed for the first time in FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour where she took part until the 2006 season.

Her best World Tour result was a second place in Osaka, Japan, alongside Natalie Cook in 2004. [3] That year they have been selected to represent Australia at the 2004 Summer Olympics, in Athens. [4] Cook had won the gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics (with Kerri Pottharst) and they won a bronze medal at the 2003 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Rio de Janeiro. [3] They finished the Olympics in fourth place [5] after losing the bronze medal match to Americans Holly McPeak and Elaine Youngs. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nicole Sanderson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "Nicole Therese Sanderson – Bio Bits". Beach Volleyball Database. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Aussies Regroup for SWATCH-FIVB World Tour". FIVB. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "Australia Beach Volleyball at the 2004 Athina Summer Games". Sports Reference LCC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Nicole Hannan". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  6. ↑ "Women's beach volleyball: Americans snare Olympic gold and bronze". People's Daily . Retrieved 1 May 2014.
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