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Beach Volleyball At The 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's Tournament
This page shows the results of the inaugural Women's Beach Volleyball Tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, held from July 23 to July 27, 1996. There were a total number of eighteen participating couples. Results Winner’s Bracket, First-round *Kaize/Yudhani, Indonesia (No. 17-seeded team) def. Malowney/Oullette, Canada (16), 15-10 (44 minutes) *Prawerman/Lesage, France (18) def. Hernandez/Soto, Mexico (15) 15-11 (28) Winner’s Bracket, Second-round *Fenwick/Spring, Australia (9) def. Fujita/Takahashi, Japan (8), 15-10 (26) *Rodrigues/Samuel, Brazil (5) def. Solazzi/Turetta, Italy (12) 17-15 (57) *Fontana/Hanley, United States (4) def. Berntsen/Hestad, Norway (13) 15-4 (41) *Castro/Richardson, United States (3) def. Kadijk/Van de Ven, Netherlands (14) 15-8 (34) *Cook/Pottharst, Australia (6) def. Cooper/Glover, Great Britain (11) 15-4 (38) *Buhler/Müsch, Germany (7) def. Ishizaka/Nakano, Japan (10) 15-8 (36) *Silva/Pires, Brazil (1) def. Kaize/Yudhani, I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra Pires
Sandra Pires Tavares (born June 16, 1973, in Rio de Janeiro) is a female beach volleyball player from Brazil, who won the gold medal in the inaugural women's beach volleyball tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics, partnering Jackie Silva. She also represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, where she claimed the bronze medal, teaming up with Adriana Samuel. References Career profileat the Beach Volleyball Database The Beach Volleyball Database, also known as BVB Info, is an online website that tracks international beach volleyball players, tournaments and history, including results of continental and international tournaments.Alan KeckBeach Volleyball: Fan ... External links * 1973 births Living people Brazilian women's beach volleyball players Beach volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Beach volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Beach volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic beach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |