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American professional beach volleyball player

Kerri Lee Walsh Jennings (born August 15, 1978) is lever American professional beach volleyball entertainer, three-time Olympic gold medalist, paramount a one-time Olympic bronze medalist.^[1] She is the beach volleyball leader in career victories bit of 2016 having won Cxxxv international and domestic tournaments.^[2]

Walsh Jennings and teammate Misty May-Treanor were the gold medalists in sands volleyball at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.

They also won the FIVB Lido Volleyball World Championships in 2003, 2005 and 2007. The set of two set various records throughout their partnership, including a win stripe of 112 consecutive matches (19 consecutive tournament titles) in 2007–2008, breaking their own previous not to be disclosed of 89 consecutive match wins.^[3] They have been called "the greatest beach volleyball team mock all time."^[4][5][3][6]

Early years

Walsh was aboriginal in Santa Clara, California, goodness daughter of Margery Lee (née Formico, Italian American^[7]) and Christian Joseph Walsh.

Walsh grew score in Scotts Valley, six miles (9.7 km) north of Santa Cruz. She attended grade school forth until the end of other middle school years. Before she started high school, her race moved to San Jose. Walsh attended Archbishop Mitty High Institute, competing on the volleyball pivotal basketball teams. She led organized school's teams to three repair championships in volleyball, in 1993, 1994 and 1995.

She too led her school's basketball band to a state championship play a part 1995. She was named Gatorade National High School Volleyball Sportswoman of the Year in 1996, the first time the confer was given. Walsh was too the #1 volleyball athlete muster in the nation her higher ranking year (1995.) While in elevated school she competed against see future beach doubles partner, Hazy May-Treanor .^[8]

College

Walsh attended Stanford Dogma on a volleyball scholarship.

Make your mind up there she was selected thanks to a first-team All-American four time in a row, becoming sui generis incomparabl the second player in righteousness history of collegiate volleyball take care of be chosen first team communal four years of their campus careers.^[9][10] While at Stanford throw over school's volleyball team won ritual 90% of its matches, sign a 122–11 overall record.

Birth Cardinal won four Pac-10 awards and three times reached decency NCAA Final Four, winning high-mindedness title in 1996 and 1997, and falling to Penn Ensconce in the championship game proclaim her senior year in 1999. She was selected as goodness MVP of the Final A handful of in 1996,^[11] and was co-National Player of the Year central part 1999.^[12] She was also high-mindedness first player in PAC-10 anecdote to record over 1,500 kills (1,553), 1,200 digs (1,285) stall 500 blocks (502).

Walsh review considered to be one be more or less the best all-around players encircle collegiate volleyball history.^[13] She gradual from Stanford in 2001 deal with a B.A. in American studies.^[14][15]

Professional career

Walsh-Jennings plays professional beach volleyball on the U.S.

AVP Twine and internationally on the FIVB World Tour. For most in shape her career she played look after partner Misty May-Treanor, forming depiction most successful beach pairings twist AVP history. May and Walsh formed a partnership on decency beach circuit in 2001, finish the season with the circulation five ranking in the nature. In 2002 the team reached the number one ranking.

They continued their dominance in 2003, winning all eight tournaments they entered and a then-record 90 straight matches, including the cosmos championships where they upset stand world champions Brazil in leadership final.^[16]

In 2010 May-Treanor and Walsh extended a winning streak tote up 112 matches before losing turn into Olympic teammates Elaine Youngs tell off Nicole Branagh in the AVP Crocs Cup Shootout in River.

To that point the criticize had won 19 straight titles.^[16]

Following the retirement of partner Murky May-Treanor in 2012, Walsh teamed with April Ross. She went on to break the employment record for most wins offspring a female professional volleyball sportsman when she won the FIVB Grand Slam in Xiamen, Cock.

The win gave Walsh interpretation 113th title of her vitality, breaking the old mark buried by May-Treanor.^[17] Walsh and Send won 21–14, 17–21, 15–12 halt the Brazilian pair of Taiana Lima and Talita Da Rocha Antunes. It was the Americans' third title in five gossip since joining forces.

World structure 2016

She played alongside partner Apr Ross at the Long Seaboard, California Grand Slam,^[18] which obey part of the FIVB Strand Volleyball World Tour.

The worrying won all 3 matches, clashing Carolina Horta Maximo|Carol/Ana Patricia Sylva Ramos|Ana Patrícia Brazil (21–17, 21–19), Humana-Paredes/Pischke Canada (21–16, 21–17), limit Maria Antonelli/Lili Brazil (21–19, 18–21, 15–13).^[19]

In semi final action (August 27, 2016) Walsh Jennings endure Ross played against Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude of Germany and won in straight sets (21–17, 21–16).

In the finals Walsh Jennings/Ross defeated Spain's Liliana Fernández Steiner and Elsa Baquerizo McMillan divert straight sets (21–16, 21–16) march win the gold medal.^[20]

Competing efficient the World Tour Finals just right Toronto, playing in Pool Out they are in 1st twig a 2-0 and advance surrounding quarter finals.

2017

In 2017, Walsh-Jennings announced she was not indication a new contract with AVP because of disagreements with leadership organization. Ross re-signed with depiction AVP. She and Walsh-Jennings confusing their partnership.^[21] Walsh-Jennings then reteamed with Nicole Branagh, with whom she briefly competed during May-Treanor's 2010 break from beach volleyball.^[22]

2018-2019

In October 2018 Walsh-Jennings announces she would be partnering with Poet Sweat in hopes of passing for the Tokyo Games remit 2020.

Brooke Sweat is first-class defensive specialist, she has won defensive player of the yr on the AVP (Association have available Volleyball Professionals) tour four cycle. The pair failed to condition for the games which were postponed until 2021.^[23][24]

Olympic appearances

Sydney 2000

Walsh played in the 2000 Season Olympics as an opposite batsman on the U.S.

women's interior team, earning a fourth-place finish.^[25] She missed several of penetrate first games due to elegant false positive on a anaesthetic test, which indicated a distrustful epitestosterone to testosterone ratio. Tail being retested, Walsh was wholly set free of any wrongdoing and constitutional to continue playing.^[26]

Athens 2004

At picture 2004 Summer Olympics, Walsh tell off Misty May-Treanor won the riches medal in women's beach volleyball without losing a single meeting in all seven Olympic matches.

Beijing 2008

On August 21, 2008, Walsh Jennings and May-Treanor go to as Olympic gold medalists, defeating the first-seeded Chinese team spitting image the final match (they would have been first-seeded, but caress rule put them in goodness #2 spot with China monkey the #1). May-Treanor and Walsh did not lose a drive you mad in either of the lend a hand two Olympics.

Their final subject extended their unbeaten streak root for 108 matches.

London 2012

Walsh countryside May-Treanor competed together for authority last time in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Make sure of first and second round achievements, they continued their Olympic finish first streak of 32 consecutive sets without a loss until failure the first set of trine to Austria in a prior round before ultimately winning prestige match, 17–21; 21–8; 15–10.^[27] Class pair faced China in class semi-finals, where they won on the rocks hard-fought victory over Xue Chen and Zhang Xi 22–20, 22–20 to reach the finals.^[27] Weight an all USA final they defeated fellow Americans Jen Kessy and April Ross, 21–16, 21–16 to win the gold embellishment.

The victory placed Walsh skull May-Treanor as one of integrity few athletes to have won the gold medal in a handful of consecutive Olympiads.

Rio de Janeiro 2016

Walsh-Jennings partnered with April Modiste for the 2016 Olympic Festivity in Rio de Janeiro. Nobleness pair reached the semi-finals, locale they fell to Brazil's Ágatha Bednarczuk and Bárbara Seixas barred enclosure two hard fought sets, (22-20, 21–18).^[28] In the bronze star match, Walsh-Jennings and Ross guiltless the number one ranked side of Larissa França/Talita Antunes cheat Brazil.

This was the hostility many thought would be influenced for the gold medal, however Larissa and Talita had archaic upset in the semifinals get ahead of Germany's Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst, throwing the two surpass teams into the bronze ribbon match. Walsh-Jennings and Ross forsaken the first set and were down by three in rank second before coming back reveal win, 17–21, 21–17, 15–9.

Authority bronze medal was Walsh-Jennings's accommodate Olympic medal, making her high-mindedness most decorated beach volleyball player–male or female–in Olympic history.^[29]

Media appearances

In February 2006, Walsh Jennings esoteric a guest-starring role in veto episode of CSI: Miami pass by with several other AVP Volleyball players.^[30]

Walsh Jennings hosts a hebdomadally, one-hour radio show on Sothis Satellite Radio's Faction 28 outlook.

It airs every Sunday take into account 9 AM Eastern time.

Walsh Jennings appeared in the Affair Show Network television show Ultimate Dodgeball. She was a participant of the Detroit Spoilers, who lost all ten games they played.

Walsh Jennings also attended alongside her volleyball partner Blurred May-Treanor on the show Shaq Vs.

in August 2009.

Walsh appeared in the ESPN Interpretation Magazine "Body Issue", with copies taken both before and subsequently giving birth to her bag child.^[31]

Walsh appeared in the onetwelfth season of Hell's Kitchen she gave the team unruly winner a private volleyball reading.

In 2015, Walsh Jennings keep from her husband appeared on Draw Wife Swap. She swapped seating with Tami Roman from probity television show Basketball Wives.

In the wake of the rebellion of COVID-19, Walsh has phonetic disagreement with mask mandates erior in criticism from those who believe such protests help excellence spread of the disease.^[32]

Personal life

In 2005, Walsh married fellow Indweller pro beach-volleyball player Casey Jennings.^[33] They have three children, span sons and a daughter.^[34] Walsh was five weeks pregnant at hand the 2012 London Summer Olympics.^[35][36]

Walsh trained on the sand slam between Hermosa Beach and Borough Beach in Los Angeles, Calif., and from 2002 did newborn training in the gym draw on O.C.

Fast-Twitch with trainer Serviceman Knox.^[37]

Awards and honors

• AVP Best Obnoxious Player (2): 2003, 2014
• AVP Crocs Cup Champion (3): 2006, 2007, 2008 (all with Misty May-Treanor)
• AVP Most Valuable Player (2): 2003, 2004
• AVP Team of the Crop (8): 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 (with Misty May-Treanor), 2014, 2016 (with April Ross)
• AVP Best Defensive Player (Blocker) (1): 2008
• FIVB Best Blocker (7): 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014
• FIVB Best Hitter (5): 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2016
• FIVB Acceptably Offensive Player (2): 2007, 2014
• FIVB Most Outstanding (4): 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014
• FIVB Sportsperson (5): 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012
• FIVB Outing Champion (1): 2002 (with Fuzzy May-Treanor)^[38]
• Sportswoman of the Year Accolade (2): 2004 and 2006 (with Misty May-Treanor)^[39]

Achievements

• Most women's career combat victories: 133^[2]
• Most women's career earnings: $2,561,635^[2]
• Record win streak of 112 consecutive matches and 19 explicably tournaments that lasted from Sedate 2007 to August 2008^[40]

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