Nicole Therese Sanderson (born 1 April 1976 in
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...
) is an Australian beach volleyball player.
Sanderson started her career in indoor volleyball where played for
Pepperdine University
Pepperdine University () is a private research university affiliated with the Churches of Christ with its main campus in Los Angeles County, California. Pepperdine's main campus consists of 830 acres (340 ha) overlooking the Pacific Ocean and t ...
, in the United States.
In 1998 she competed for the first time in
FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour
The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour (known between 2003 and 2012 as the FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour for sponsorship reasons) was the worldwide professional beach volleyball tour for both men and women organized by the ' ( FIVB), the ...
where she took part until the
2006 season.
Her best World Tour result was a second place in
Osaka
is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2. ...
, Japan, alongside
Natalie Cook
Natalie Louise Cook (born 19 January 1975) is an Australian professional beach volleyball player and Olympic gold medallist. She became the first Australian woman to compete at five Olympic Games.
Early life
Cook was born in Townsville, Quee ...
in 2004.
That year they have been selected to represent Australia at the
2004 Summer Olympics
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, in
Athens
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. Cook had won the gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics (with
Kerri Pottharst) and they won a bronze medal at the
2003 Beach Volleyball World Championships in
Rio de Janeiro
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.
They finished the Olympics in fourth place after losing the bronze medal match to Americans
Holly McPeak
Holly McPeak (born May 15, 1969 in Manhattan Beach, California) is a retired American indoor and beach volleyball player. McPeak was three-times an Olympian in beach volleyball. In the professional circuit, she garnered 72 career beach volleyba ...
and
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 t ...
.
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1976 births
Living people
Australian women's beach volleyball players
Olympic beach volleyball players of Australia
Beach volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Perth, Western Australia