Ben O'Dea (born 6 May 1992) is a New Zealand

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 ...

player. Ben and his brother

Sam O'Dea Sam O'Dea (born 24 November 1990) is a New Zealand beach volleyball player. Sam and his brother Ben O'Dea represented New Zealand at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, where they won the bronze medal in the Beach volleyball at the 2018 Commonwealth G ...

represented New Zealand at the

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, where they won the bronze medal in the men's pair competition. They were the nation's first men's

team to compete at the Games. The pair also won the bronze medal at the

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Open in

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on the

2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour The 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour was the global elite professional beach volleyball circuit organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) for the 2017 beach volleyball season. The 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour ...

. O'Dea is the grandson of

Bob O'Dea Robert John O'Dea (27 January 1930 – 16 July 1986) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A flanker, O'Dea represented Thames Valley at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, on their 1953–54 ...

, who played rugby union for the New Zealand national team, the

All Blacks The New Zealand national rugby union team, commonly known as the All Blacks ( mi, Ōpango), represents New Zealand in men's international rugby union, which is considered the country's national sport. The team won the Rugby World Cup in 1987 ...

, in the 1950s.

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