Michael Brüning (born November 11, 1969) is a male
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 from the
United States who won the gold medal at the
NORCECA Circuit 2009 at
Cayman Islands
The Cayman Islands () is a self-governing British Overseas Territory—the largest by population in the western Caribbean Sea. The territory comprises the three islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman, which are located to the ...
playing with
Jason Wight
Jason Wight (born July 21, 1979 in West Springfield, Virginia) is a male beach volleyball player from the United States who won the gold medal at the NORCECA Circuit 2009 at Cayman Islands
The Cayman Islands () is a self-governing British ...
.
Michael was born in
Tucson, Arizona. He is legally
deaf, and he had participated in four
Deaflympics
The Deaflympics also known as Deaflympiad (previously called World Games for the Deaf, and International Games for the Deaf) are a periodic series of multi-sport events sanctioned by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at which Deaf athlet ...
Games. In the 1993 edition, his team won the silver medal indoors and in 2005, he won the silver medal in beach volleyball, playing with Scott Majorino.
Awards
National Team
*
NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit Cayman Islands 2009 Gold Medal
*
NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit Boca Chica 2009 Silver Medal
Deaflympics Games
* XVII Edition at
Sofia,
Bulgaria (1993) – Indoor Volleyball – Silver Medal
* XX Edition at
Melbourne,
Australia
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(2005) – Beach Volleyball – Silver Medal
* XXI Edition at
Taipei,
Taiwan (2009) – Beach Volleyball – Silver Medal
References
External links
*
Mike Brüning at AVP
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1969 births
Living people
American men's beach volleyball players