Freedom Chiya (born 11 July 1979) is a South African 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. He competed for South Africa at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

with teammate Grant Goldschmidt. He was born in

Cape Town Cape Town ( af, Kaapstad; , xh, iKapa) is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. It is the legislative capital of the country, the oldest city in the country, and the second largest ...

, South Africa.

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1979 births Living people Sportspeople from Cape Town South African beach volleyball players Men's beach volleyball players Beach volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic beach volleyball players for South Africa African Games gold medalists for South Africa African Games medalists in beach volleyball Competitors at the 2011 All-Africa Games {{SouthAfrica-volleyball-bio-stub