Gabriel "Gabe" Bryan Gardner (born March 18, 1976, in

San Diego, California San Diego ( , ; ) is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast of Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a 2020 population of 1,386,932, it is the eighth most populous city in the United Stat ...

) is an American professional

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player. He is a two-time Olympian, having played at the

2004 Athens Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

and 2008 Beijing Olympics with the U.S. national team. Gardner graduated from San Clemente High School, where he went on to the

University of Southern California , mottoeng = "Let whoever earns the palm bear it" , religious_affiliation = Nonsectarian—historically Methodist , established = , accreditation = WSCUC , type = Private research university , academic_affiliations = , endowment = $8.1 ...

, playing for the USC Trojans volleyball team in 1996–97. He then transferred to Stanford University, where due to NCAA transfer rules he sat out the 1998 season before playing for the Cardinal in 1999. Gardner also played

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as a goalie in addition to being an accomplished volleyball player at the high school level.USC Olympians: 1904-2008
, USC Trojans Athletic Department, accessed August 26, 2008., GabeGardner.com, accessed August 26, 2008. He is married to Olympic bronze medalist Lauren McFall Gardner, who was the team captain of the 2004 Olympic synchronized swimming team.

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External links

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Official website for Gabe Gardner

Player profile at fenerbahce.org
1976 births Living people American men's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Stanford Cardinal men's volleyball players USC Trojans men's volleyball players Volleyball players from San Diego Fenerbahçe S.K. (men's volleyball) players Ural Ufa volleyball players Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in volleyball Volleyball players at the 2003 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for the United States {{US-volleyball-bio-stub