goldi-sox the stars
A lot of people play it and it is very fun! Also Misty May and Keri Walsh play as beach volleyball gold medalist Olympians. Also it is gonna become the sport that the most percentage of girls play for a sport!
The Americans won one medal at the 2004 Games in Athens and that was the gold in women's beach volleyball. Brazil won gold in men's beach volleyball, China won gold in regular women's volleyball and Brazil won gold in regular men's volleyball.
Karch Kiraly. Karch won gold in indoor volleyball at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Games and in beach volleyball at the 1996 Summer Games.
Karch Kiraly is the only volleyball player to win 3 gold medals, and he is also the only player to win Olympic medals in both indoor and outdoor volleyball
"Shivanthi Gold Cup" is associated to "Volleyball".
Misty May Treanor and Kerri Walsh took home the gold in women's beach volleyball in the Beijing 2008 Olympics.
As of the 2008 Games, Australia has won one gold medal in beach volleyball and no gold medals in indoor volleyball. The gold came in 2000 by the women's team of Natalie Cook and Kerri Pottharst. Australia has also won a bronze medal in beach volleyball. That came in 1996 by the team of Natalie Cook and Kerri Pottharst in the women's event. Australia's indoor volleyball team has never medalled at the Olympics.
The country winning the gold medal in the Women's Beach Volleyball Tournament at the Rio 2016 Olympics was Germany.
Russia
Volleyball debuted at the 1964 Summer Games in Tokyo. The Soviet Union won the men's gold medal and Japan won the women's gold medal.
The gold medal in the Women's Beach Volleyball Tournament at the Rio 2016 Olympics went to Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst.