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Swatch FIVB World Tour 2005
The Swatch FIVB World Tour 2005 was the official international beach volleyball tour for 2005. Grand Slam There were three Grand Slam tournaments. These events give a higher number of points and more money than the rest of the tournaments.2005 Swatch FIVB World Tour - tour calendar at FIVB, 2005 * Stavanger, ConocoPhillips Grand Slam, June 28 - July 3, 2005 *, |
Beach Volleyball
Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two or more players on a sand court divided by a net. Similar to indoor volleyball, the objective of the game is to send the ball over the net and to ground it on the opponent's side of the court. Each team also works in unison to prevent the opposing team from grounding the ball on their side of the court. Teams are allowed up to three touches to return the ball across the net, and individual players may not touch the ball twice consecutively except after a touch off an attempted block. Making a block touch leaves only two more touches before the ball must be hit over. The ball is put in play with a serve—a hit by the server from behind the rear court boundary over the net to the opponents. The receiving team typically uses their three touches to pass the ball, set it up for an attack, and then attack the ball by sending it back over the net. Meanwhile, the team on defense typically has a blocker at the net and a defender ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okka Rau
Okka Rau (born January 5, 1977 in Leer, Lower Saxony) is a former beach volleyball player from Germany. She won the gold medal at the 2003 European Championships in Alanya, partnering with Stephanie Pohl. She represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. Rau played volleyball with the club Hamburger SV in Hamburg, Germany (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal .... Playing partners * Stephanie Pohl * Mireya Kaup References External links * * Beijing 2008 Olympics Profile* 1977 births Living people People from Leer German women's beach volleyball players Beach volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Beach volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic beac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolina Solberg Salgado
Carolina Solberg Salgado (born August 6, 1987 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian beach volleyball player. Salgado is considered to be one of the sports up-and-coming stars, having made an impression on a number of local Brazilian tournaments and several overseas beach volleyball tours. She won a gold medal in the 2004 FIVB Under-18 World Championship and again in the Under-21 World Championship in 2005. Her elder sister Maria Clara Salgado is also a successful beach volleyball player, as was their mother, Isabel Isabel is a female name of Spanish origin. Isabelle is a name that is similar, but it is of French origin. It originates as the medieval Spanish form of '' Elisabeth'' (ultimately Hebrew ''Elisheva''), Arising in the 12th century, it became popul ..., in past years. Salgado is married to art director Fernando Young, co-winner of the 2013 Latin Grammy for Best Recording Package. Opposition to Jair Bolsonaro In 2020, Salgado was punished by the Brazilian Superior Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elaine Youngs
Elaine Youngs (born February 14, 1970 in Orange, California) is an American former professional volleyball player who competed both indoors and on the beach. Youngs attended UCLA, where as a freshman she started on a team that went undefeated through the regular season. They reached the semi-finals of the NCAA tournament, where they lost to Texas. The following year the Bruins reached the semi finals again, where they lost to a powerful squad from Nebraska. A knee injury caused her to miss the 1990 season. She was red-shirted, returning for the 1991 season to help the team to win the national title. The team reached the championship match again in 1992, losing to Stanford. Youngs led the Bruins to the Final Four in each of the four seasons that she played. She also earned All-American honors in each of those four years. Youngs also spent two seasons playing on the Bruins basketball team, averaging 5.7 points per game. She graduated in 1993 with a degree in history. Youngs wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Wacholder
Rachel (Wacholder) Scott (born 1975) is a model and professional beach volleyball player who won eight beach volleyball championships with three partners. Scott was named Best Defensive Player 2005 and Most Improved Player on the AVP Tour in 2005. By 2009, she had played in 168 beach volleyball events, 121 domestically and 47 internationally, and earned eight victories, 22 runner-up performances, and won over $750,000 in prize money. Early life Scott was born in Laguna Beach, California, and is Jewish. She attended Laguna Beach High School ('93). She was named California High School Volleyball Player of the Year in 1993. She then attended the University of Colorado and graduated with a degree in Communications."Rachel Wacholder Scott; United States" Beach Volleyball Database. She started four seasons on the vol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Tsiartsiani
Maria Tsiartsiani ( el, Μαρία Τσιαρτσανη; born 21 October 1980 in Thessaloniki) is a Greece, Greek Olympic beach volleyballer. She competed at the Beach volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 2008 Summer Olympics, partnering with Efthalia Koutroumanidou. at Sports Reference At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed with Vassiliki Arvaniti. References 1980 births Greek beach volleyball players Beach volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Beach volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic beach volleyball players of Greece Living people Greek sportswomen Sportspeople from Thessaloniki {{Greece-volleyball-bio-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Efthalia Koutroumanidou
Efthalia "Thaleia" Koutroumanidou ( el, Ευθάληαα "Θάλεια" Κουτρουμανίδου; born 7 October 1982 in Volos) is a Greek Olympic beach volleyballer at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Athens Olympics. She is partnered with Maria Tsiartsiani Maria Tsiartsiani ( el, Μαρία Τσιαρτσανη; born 21 October 1980 in Thessaloniki) is a Greece, Greek Olympic beach volleyballer. She competed at the Beach volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 2008 Summer O .... at Sports Reference References 1982 births[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leila Barros
Leila Gomes de Barros (born September 30, 1971) is a Brazilian politician and a former volleyball player. She often played as opposite hitter and attacker. She was a member of the Brazilian squad who had great success in the late 1990s and early 2000s (decade), winning the 1996 and 1998 editions of the volleyball Grand Prix and being rated the most valuable player (MVP) in each win. Volleyball career Barros started competing in volleyball at the age of fifteen. She switched to beach volleyball in July 2001, but returned to the indoor courts in 2003 to help the Brazil women's national volleyball team to qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. In the Volleyball Women's World Cups, Barros finished as runners-up in 1995 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup and 2003 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup, won third place in 1999 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup. She also got silver medals in the 1994 World Championships. In the Olympics, her Brazilian team was 3rd in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Talita Antunes
Talita Antunes da Rocha (born August 29, 1982) is a Brazilian beach volleyball player, playing as a blocker. She was FIVB rookie of the year in 2005, and World Tour Winner twice, in 2013 and 2015. Career Born in Aquidauana, Antunes caught the attention of Olympic Champion Jackie Silva at the age of 19. From the first time they played together, in Maceió in 2001, Jackie was impressed with Antunes' style and invited the young player to partner with her in 2002. The pair won the South American Championship in La Paz, Bolívia 2002. After Silva was injured, Talita continued the 2002 season with Renata Ribeiro as her new partner. They won the championships in the Challenger Banco do Brasil in Natal and they were runners-up in the games held in Rio and Recife. In 2003, she was again champion in Goiânia do Circuito Banco do Brasil, this time with a new partner, Tais Jesus. She also partnered with Giseli Gavio on the Italian Circuit, ranking fourth overall. In 2005, she resumed he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renata Ribiero
Renata is an Italian, Polish, Tatarian, Russian, Ukrainian, Germanian, Sweden, Spanish, Portuguese, Hungarian, Czech, and Lithuanian feminine given name. See Renatus. In Francophone countries there is a cognate name Renée. The following people named Renata have articles in Wikipedia: * Renata Adler (born 1938), American author, journalist and film critic * Renata Alt (born 1965), Slovenian born German politician * Renata Fast (born 1994), Canadian hockey player *Renata Jaworska (born 1979), Polish artist * Renata Kallosh (born 1943), Ukrainian-American theoretical physicist * Renata Salecl (born 1962), Slovene philosopher, sociologist and legal theorist * Renata Scotto (born 1934), Italian soprano and opera director * Renata Tebaldi (1922-2004), Italian soprano * Renata Voráčová Renata Voráčová (; born 6 October 1983) is a Czech professional tennis player. Voráčová has won 11 doubles titles on the WTA Tour and three on WTA 125 tournaments, as well as 15 singles a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerri Walsh
Kerri Lee Walsh Jennings (born August 15, 1978) is an American professional beach volleyball player, three-time Olympic gold medalist, and a one-time Olympic bronze medalist. She is the beach volleyball leader in career victories as of 2016 having won 135 international and domestic tournaments. Walsh Jennings and teammate Misty May-Treanor were the gold medalists in beach volleyball at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. They also won the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships in 2003, 2005 and 2007. The pair set various records throughout their partnership, including a win streak of 112 consecutive matches (19 consecutive tournament titles) in 20072008, breaking their own previous record of 89 consecutive match wins. They have been called "the greatest beach volleyball team of all time." Early years Walsh was born in Santa Clara, California, the daughter of Margery Lee (née Formico, Italian American) and Timothy Joseph Walsh. Walsh grew up in Scotts Valley, north of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Misty May-Treanor
Misty Elizabeth May-Treanor (; née May; born July 30, 1977) is a retired American professional beach volleyball player. She is a three-time Olympic gold medalist, and , was the most successful female beach volleyball player having won 112 tournaments in domestic and international competition. May-Treanor and teammate Kerri Walsh Jennings were gold medalists in beach volleyball at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. They also won the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships in 2003, 2005 and 2007. The pair set various records throughout their partnership, including a win streak of 112 consecutive matches (19 consecutive tournament titles) in 20072008, breaking their own previous record of 89 consecutive match wins. They have been called "the greatest beach volleyball team of all time." May-Treanor retired from competitive play on August 8, 2012, after she and Walsh Jennings won gold in the 2012 Summer Olympics. She was inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame in 2016. E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
