The Toronto Varsity Blues are the intercollegiate sports program at the University of Toronto. Its 43 athletic teams regularly participate in competitions held by Ontario University Athletics and U Sports. The Varsity Blues trace their founding to 1877, with the formation of the men's football team. Since 1908, Varsity Blues athletes have won numerous medals in Olympic and Paralympic Games and have also long competed in International University Sports Federation championships, Commonwealth Games, and Pan American Games.
Aldis Imants Bērziņš is a Latvian-American former volleyball player who was a member of the United States national team that won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He also won a gold medal at the 1985 FIVB World Cup in Japan, where he was selected as the best digger.
Michał Jerzy Winiarski is a Polish professional volleyball coach and former player. Winiarski was a member of the Poland national team from 2004 to 2014, a participant in the Olympic Games, 2014 World Champion, and the 2012 World League winner. He currently serves as head coach for the Germany national team and the Polish PlusLiga team, Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie.
Bartosz Kwolek is a Polish professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie and the Poland national team.
Mateusz Bieniek is a Polish professional volleyball player who plays as a middle blocker for Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie and the Poland national team. He took part in 2 Olympic Games and won the 2018 World Champion title.
Luke Perry is an Australian professional volleyball player who plays as a libero for Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie and the Australia national team.
Thibault Rossard is a French professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie and the France national team.
Miguel Tavares Rodrigues is a Portuguese professional volleyball player who plays as a setter for Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie and the Portugal national team.
Trévor Gérard Jean-Claude Clévenot is a French professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie and the France national team. Clévenot won a gold medal in the men's tournament at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 and is a two–time World League winner.
Warta Zawiercie, officially known for sponsorship reasons as Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie, is a professional men's volleyball club based in Zawiercie in southern Poland, founded in 1972 and reestablished in 2011. Since the 2017–18 season, Warta Zawiercie has been playing in PlusLiga, the highest level league of Polish volleyball.
Orlando Samuels, also known as Orlando Samuell, is a Cuban former volleyball player and coach. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1972 Summer Olympics. As well as competing at the Olympics, he won medals with the Cuban team at the Pan American Games, including a bronze medal in 1967, and gold medals in 1971 and 1975.
Mark Lebedew is an Australian professional volleyball coach.
Michal Masný is a Slovak professional volleyball coach and former player, a former member of the Slovakia national team. He currently serves as head coach for BKS Visła Bydgoszcz.
Michał Kozłowski is a Polish professional volleyball player who plays as a setter for Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie.
Karol Butryn is a Polish professional volleyball player who plays as an opposite spiker for Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie and the Poland national team.
Canada is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France from July 26 to August 11, 2024. Since Canada's debut in 1900, Canadian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of the country's support for United States-led boycott.
Eric Loeppky is a Canadian volleyball player and member of the Canadian national team.
Quinn Pelland is a Canadian female volleyball player. She was part of the Canada women's national volleyball team and competed at the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments.
Shainah Joseph is a Canadian female volleyball player who currently plays for the Orlando Valkyries of the Pro Volleyball Federation. She is a member of the Canada women's national volleyball team and competed at the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments.
Danny Demyanenko is a Canadian volleyball player. He is a member of the Canadian national team and competed for Canada at the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Men's Olympic Qualification Tournaments as they qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
