Jonathan Edward "Jon" Root (born July 10, 1964) is an American former

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

player. He was a member of the

United States men's national volleyball team The United States men's national volleyball team represents the country in international competitions and friendly matches. The team is governed by USA Volleyball. The team has won five Olympic medals, including three gold. History As the birth ...

that won the gold medal at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

in Seoul, South Korea. Root also helped the national team win the gold medal at the

1987 Pan American Games The 1987 Pan American Games, officially known as the X Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event held in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, on August 7–23, 1987. Over 4,300 athletes from 38 countries in the Americas c ...

College

Root played college volleyball for

Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...

, where he was a three-time AVCA All-American. He graduated from Stanford in 1986. In 2002, Root was inducted into the Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame.

Coaching

Root has coached the Red Rock Volleyball Club in

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Awards

* Three-time AVCA All-American * Pan American Games gold medal 1987 * Olympic gold medal 1988 * Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame 2002

References

External links

Olympedia Profile: Jon Root

Jonathan Edward Root at Olympics.com
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Root, Jon 1964 births Living people American men's volleyball players Stanford Cardinal men's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in volleyball Place of birth missing (living people) Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Pan American Games medalists in volleyball Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games