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Chapters: Natalie Cook, Kerri Pottharst, Summer Lochowicz, Joshua Slack, Julien Prosser, Lee Zahner, Tamsin Barnett, Andrew Schacht. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 23. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Natalie Louise Cook OAM (born 19 January 1975) is an Australian professional beach volleyball player and Olympic gold medallist. Cook was born in Townsville, Queensland. She was the dux of her school, Corinda State High (located in the western suburbs of Brisbane). Subsequently, Natalie enrolled to study medicine. At the same time, she took up volleyball, captaining the Australian Indoor Junior Team in 1992. In 1993, she began playing beach volleyball, before giving up her medical studies and going professional the following year. She partnered with Kerri Pottharst, and together, they represented Australia at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, winning a bronze medal - the very first time that beach volleyball had been an Olympic sport. In the same year, the pair won a silver medal at the world championships, and came first in the World Tour Event in Japan. Cook and Pottharst split for a few years afterwards, but reunited in time for the Sydney Olympics in 2000. Before the games, they finished third in the World Tour Events in France and Portugal. At the games themselves, the pair dominated the competition, ultimately winning the gold medal. In the aftermath of their Olympic win, the pair were awarded the Order of Australia, Australia's highest honor. Cook and Pottharst were included in the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball's Team of the Decade. After the Olympics, Pottharst retired, and Cook found a new partner in Nicole Sanderson. They won a bronze medal at the 2003 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, and by the end of the 2003 world tour, were ranked fourth in...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=914909 ... Read more

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This 8 1/2" x 11" perfect-bound book has 592 pages ofBeach Volleyball stories and anecdotes, including some of the mostnoteworthy event in the history of the game. Volume #2 "takes-off"where Volume #1 "left-off" continuing with the stories, events andtournament results from 1970 through 1989. The book includes 1200classic and rare, some never before seen, photo's of the events,venues, characters, players and legends of Beach Volleyball.

This book has the most comprehensive Beach Volleyball tournament results ever compiled. Volume #2 of "Sands of Time" moves on from the "Adolescent Years" of the 1960's into the "Spirited Years" of the 1970's and through the "Transitional Years" of the 1980's. ... Read more

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Chapters: Misty May-Treanor, Kerri Walsh, Raúl Papaleo, Jørre Kjemperud, Elaine Youngs, Ricardo Santos, Emanuel Rego, Adriana Behar, Rebekka Kadijk, Natalie Cook, Holly Mcpeak, Dax Holdren, Marrit Leenstra, Vegard Høidalen, Stein Metzger, Kerri Pottharst, Dain Blanton, Iver Horrem, Mayra García, Summer Lochowicz, Shelda Bede, Paul Laciga, Martin Laciga, Sandra Pires, Jonas Reckermann, Vasso Karantasiou, Tian Jia, Jeff Nygaard, Ana Paula Connelly, Bjørn Maaseide, Márcio Araújo, Vassiliki Arvaniti, Wang Fei, Mark Heese, Annie Martin, Okka Rau, Soňa Nováková, Nila Håkedal, Martín Conde, Florian Gosch, Eva Celbová, Lucilla Perrotta, Javier Bosma, Dalixia Fernández, Mariano Baracetti, Joshua Slack, Hilda Gaxiola, Markus Dieckmann, Tamara Larrea, Stephanie Pohl, Danja Müsch, Daniela Gattelli, Patrick Heuscher, Nicole Schnyder-Benoit, Christoph Dieckmann, Kathrine Maaseide, Julien Prosser, Simone Kuhn, Ingrid Tørlen, John Child, Pablo Herrera, Ramón Hernández, Susanne Glesnes, Stefan Kobel, Francisco Álvarez, Wang Lu, Andreas Scheuerpflug, Juan Rossell, You Wenhui, Miguel Maia, Guylaine Dumont, Benjamin Insfran, Peter Gartmayer, Andrew Schacht, Chiaki Kusuhara, João Brenha, Athanasios Michalopoulos, Björn Berg, Simon Dahl. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 194. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Misty Erie May-Treanor (born July 30, 1977) is an American professional volleyball player and actress. She has won more tournaments than any other female player with 105 career wins. May-Treanor and teammate Kerri Walsh were the gold medalists in beach volleyball at both the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. They have been called "the greatest beach volleyball team of all time." Born Misty E. May in Los Angeles, California in 1977(32). She grew up playing beach volleyball at the Santa Monica Pier with h...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=928737 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Swatch FIVB World Tour 2007 is an international beach volleyball competition. The tour consists of 12 tournaments with both genders and 10 separate gender tournaments. One of the tournaments, was the 2007 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Gstaad, Switzerland. The top eight finishes that a team has from January 1, 2007 to July 20, 2008, on the Swatch FIVB World Tour (2007 and 2008), SWATCH FIVB World Championships (2007) and on FIVB recognised Continental Championship Finals, counts towards Olympic qualification for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. The top 24 teams of each gender will compete in the Beijing Games. There can be a maximum of two teams per country. There were four Grand Slam tournaments. These events give a higher number of points and more money than the rest of the tournaments. For each tournament, there is selected one MOP (Most Outstanding Player) ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=18314203 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Olympic Beach Volleyball Players of Puerto Rico, Yarleen Santiago, Raúl Papaleo, Dariam Acevedo, Orlando Irizarry, Roberto Rodríguez, Ramón Hernández. Excerpt: Yarleen Santiago Pagán (born January 18, 1978 in Trujillo Alto) is a female beach volleyball player from Puerto Rico who won the gold medal at the NORCECA Circuit 2009 at Montelimar, Nicaragua playing with Dariam Acevedo. At home, she was runner-up of the beach professional circuit Circuito de Voleibol Playero Profesional, playing with Sheila Conley. In 2009, playing with Dariam Acevedo, she won the championship. She studied and played at University of Arkansas as outside hitter. There, she earned between 1997 - 1999, AVCA All District/All region, All Southestern Conference (SEC) Team and SEC All-Tournament Team every year. She also were dig leader among her team every season during 1997-1999. She earned the Freshman of the year award in 1997. She retired from the national team in 2007 after being representing her home country in many events. At the 2006 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup, she won the Best Defense Award. She actually played professionally in 2009 with Gigantes de Carolina from Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino. ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=25037340 ... Read more

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Chapters: Volleyball Variations, Beach Volleyball, Newcomb Ball, Volleyball Jargon, Footvolley, Volleyball Hall of Fame, Double, Fivb World Rankings, Wallyball, Water Volleyball, Bossaball, William G. Morgan, Triple Double, Paralympic Volleyball, Pieter Joon, Technical Time-Out, Pepper. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 107. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Volleyball is an Olympic team sport in which two teams of 6 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. This article focuses on competitive indoor volleyball; numerous other variations of volleyball have developed, most notably the Olympic spin-off sport beach volleyball. The complete rules are extensive. But simply, play proceeds as follows: A player on one of the teams begins a rally by serving the ball (tossing or releasing it and then hitting it with a hand or arm), from behind the back boundary line of the court, over the net, and into the receiving team's court. The receiving team must not let the ball be grounded within their court. They may touch the ball as many as three times. Typically, the first two touches are to set up for an attack, an attempt to direct the ball back over the net in such a way that the serving team is unable to prevent it from being grounded in their court. The rally continues, with each team allowed as many as three consecutive touches, until either (1): a team makes a kill, grounding the ball on the opponent's court and winning the rally; or (2): a team commits a fault and loses the rally. The team that wins the rally is awarded a point, and serves the ball to start the next rally. A few of the most common faults include: The ball is usually played with the hands or arms, but players can legally strike or push...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=32558 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's Beach Volleyball, Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's Beach Volleyball, Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's Volleyball Team Squads, Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's Volleyball Team Squads, Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's Volleyball, Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's Volleyball, Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Excerpt:12th Volleyball Olympic Tournament Beijing 2008 4th Beach Volleyball Olympic Tournament Beijing 2008 2008 United States Olympic men's volleyball team at the September 3, 2008 taping of season-opening September 8 Oprah Winfrey Show at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion Volleyball competitions (beach and indoor ) at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 9, 2008 to August 24, 2008. Indoor volleyball events were held at Capital Indoor Stadium and Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium . Beach volleyball competitions were held from August 9, 2008 to August 22, 2008, at the Beach Volleyball Ground at Chaoyang Park . The 2008 Summer Olympics Volleyball competitions brought the introduction of the new ball with a new moulding design making it more softened compared to the Mikasa MVP200. Medal table Rank : Nation: Gold: Silver: Bronze: Total Medal summary Event: Gold: Silver: Bronze item Men's volleyball details : United States (USA) Lloy Ball Sean Rooney David Lee Richard Lambourne William Priddy Ryan Millar Riley Salmon Thomas Hoff Clayton Stanley Kevin Hansen Gabriel Gardner Scott Touzinsky : Brazil (BRA) Bruno Rezende Marcelo Elgarten Andre Heller Samuel Fuchs Gilberto Godoy Filho Murilo Endres Andre Nascimento Sergio Santos Anderson Rodrigues Gustavo Endres Rodrigo Santana Dante Amaral : Russia (RUS) Alexander Korneev Semen Poltavs... ... Read more

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Chapters: Wang Jie, Tian Jia, Zhang Xi, Wang Lu, You Wenhui, Li Hua, Gu Hongyu, Wu Penggen. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Wang Jie (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Wáng Jié; born 4 December 1983 in Urumqi, Xinjiang) is a female Chinese professional beach volleyball player. Wang has partnered with Tian Jia since the start of the 2006 season and are currently fifth in the world rankings. She won four titles with Tian, most recently in Hong Kong in 2007. The other two came in back-to-back events in Austria and Poland in 2006, and in Shanghai in 2007. A very consistent tandem, the duo has made 15 podium finishes in addition to those four victories, finishing runner-up seven times in 2007 and eight overall, finishing atop the FIVB standings in 2007. Wang Jie had originally partnered with Linjun Ji upon entering the FIVB circuit in 2003, but made only three top-10 finishes, highlighted by a fifth-place finish in her debut in Greece in 2003, and did not return to beach volleyball until partnering with Tian. She competed at the beach volleyball event at the 2008 Summer Olympics with playing partner Tian Jia. They were undefeated up to the finals where they lost against Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh of the United States, winning the silver medal. Swatch ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=18669547 ... Read more

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Chapters: 2004 European Beach Volleyball Championships, 2008 Nestea European Championship Final, 2007 Nestea European Championship Final, 2005 Nestea European Championship Final, 2006 Nestea European Championship Final, 2003 European Beach Volleyball Championships, 1999 European Beach Volleyball Championships, 2000 European Beach Volleyball Championships, 2001 European Beach Volleyball Championships, 2002 European Beach Volleyball Championships, 1998 European Beach Volleyball Championships, 1996 European Beach Volleyball Championships, 1995 European Beach Volleyball Championships, 1997 European Beach Volleyball Championships, 1994 European Beach Volleyball Championships, 1993 European Beach Volleyball Championships. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 63. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: These page shows the results of the 2004 European Beach Volleybal Championships, held from June 9 to June 13, 2004 in Timmendorfer Strand, Germany. It was the twelfth official edition of the men's event, which started in 1993, while the women competed for the eleventh time. ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=18298556 ... Read more

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Chapters: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's Beach Volleyball, Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's Beach Volleyball, Beach Volleyball at the Summer Olympics, Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's Beach Volleyball, Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's Beach Volleyball, Beach Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's Team Squads, Beach Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's Team Squads, Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's Beach Volleyball, Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's Beach Volleyball, Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's Beach Volleyball, Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's Beach Volleyball, Chaoyang Park Beach Volleyball Ground. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 97. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The women's beach volleyball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held from August 9 to August 21, at the Beach Volleyball Ground at Chaoyang Park. Each of the 24 pairs in the tournament was placed in one of six groups of four teams apiece, and played a round-robin within that pool. The top two teams in each pool advanced to the Round of 16. The six third-place teams were ranked against each other, with ties being broken by the ratio of points won to lost. The best two advanced to the Round of 16, while the other four played two matches (#3 vs. #6 and #4 vs. #5) with the winners of those two matches advancing as well. The losers of those matches, along with the fourth-place teams in each group, were eliminated. The 16 teams that advanced to the elimination rounds played a single-elimination tournament with a bronze medal match between the semifinal losers. The top eight finishes that a team has from January 1, 2007 to July 20, 2008, on the Swatch FIVB World...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=18539638 ... Read more

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Chapters: Beach Volleyball Players at the 1996 Summer Olympics, Beach Volleyball Players at the 2000 Summer Olympics, Beach Volleyball Players at the 2004 Summer Olympics, Beach Volleyball Players at the 2008 Summer Olympics, Misty May-Treanor, Beach Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's Team Squads, Beach Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's Team Squads, Kerri Walsh, Karch Kiraly, Todd Rogers, Phil Dalhausser, Raúl Papaleo, Jørre Kjemperud, Elaine Youngs, Ricardo Santos, Emanuel Rego, Larissa França, Adriana Behar, Rebekka Kadijk, Mike Whitmarsh, Jake Gibb, Natalie Cook, Bibiana Candelas, Holly Mcpeak, Dax Holdren, Marrit Leenstra, Vegard Høidalen, Stein Metzger, Xue Chen, Kerri Pottharst, Rivo Vesik, Kristjan Kais, Merel Mooren, Dain Blanton, Iver Horrem, Mayra García, Summer Lochowicz, Nicole Branagh, Shelda Bede, Sinjin Smith, Paul Laciga, Talita Antunes, Martin Laciga, Jackie Silva, Jan Kvalheim, Sandra Pires, Sean Rosenthal, Jonas Reckermann, Julius Brink, Vasso Karantasiou, Wang Jie, Eric Fonoimoana, Richard Schuil, Milagros Crespo, Igor Kolodinsky, Tian Jia, Jeff Nygaard, Ana Paula Connelly, Dmitri Barsouk, Bjørn Maaseide, Renata Ribeiro, Laura Ludwig, Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Sara Goller, Márcio Araújo, Vassiliki Arvaniti, Wang Fei, Franco Neto, Reinder Nummerdor, Fábio Luiz Magalhães, Mark Heese, Mārtiņš Pļaviņš, Zhang Xi, Annie Martin, David Klemperer, Lea Schwer, Kentaro Asahi, Okka Rau, Soňa Nováková, Nila Håkedal, Martín Conde, Eric Koreng, Kent Steffes, Zé Marco de Melo, Florian Gosch, Adriana Samuel, Eva Celbová, Lucilla Perrotta, Tarjei Skarlund, Xu Linyin, Jörg Ahmann, Javier Bosma, Dalixia Fernández, Mariano Baracetti, Joshua Slack, Alexandra Shiryayeva, Mika Saiki, Hilda Gaxiola, Markus Dieckmann, Annamaria Solazzi, Tamara Larrea, Esteban Martínez, Roberto Lopes, Andrezza Martins, Stephanie Pohl, Sascha Heyer, Beate Bühler, Laura Bruschini, Andrea Ghiurghi, José Loiola, Mônica Rodrigues,...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=928737 ... Read more

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Chapters: Angolan Athletes, Angolan Basketball Coaches, Angolan Basketball Players, Angolan Beach Volleyball Players, Angolan Boxers, Angolan Canoeists, Angolan Football Managers, Angolan Footballers, Angolan Handball Players, Angolan Racecar Drivers, Angolan Sportspeople in Doping Cases, Angolan Sportspeople Stubs, Angolan Swimmers, Manucho, Rui Marques, Francisco Santos, Blaise Matuidi, Ricardo Teixeira, Mantorras, Flávio Amado, José Quitongo, Johnson Monteiro Pinto Macaba, Luís Oliveira Gonçalves, Akwá, José Carlos Fernandes Vidigal, Mateus Galiano Da Costa, Vata Matanu Garcia, Zé Kalanga, Freddy, Aderito Waldemar Alves Carvalho, André Macanga, Nando Rafael, Édson Nobre, Guilherme Afonso, Fernando Peyroteo, Joaquim Gomes, João Ricardo, Marco Abreu, Sebastião Gilberto, Titi Buengo, Olimpio Cipriano, Edgar Bartolomeu, Victor Muzadi, Paulo Figueiredo, António Mendonça, Jordão, Marco Airosa, Luís Delgado, Jerson Monteiro, Jose Armando Sayovo, Jacinto João, Pedro Kamata, Joaquim Silva, Wilson Constatino Novo Estrela, Yamba Asha, Norberto Mulenessa Maurito, Jamba, Love, Kali, Antonio Correia, Eldon Maquemba, Emanuel Neto, João Mawete, Rui Paulo Silva Júnior, Abdel Aziz Moussa, João N'tyamba, Carlos Almeida, Herlander Coimbra, Lamá, Locó, Mabi de Almeida, Gerson Monteiro, Luis Costa, José Pedro Alberto, Djalma Campos, Eduardo Mingas, António Lebo Lebo, Mário Hipólito, Wilson Edgar Pereira Alegre, Fernando Agostinho Da Costa, Edmar Victoriano, Hélder Graça Neto, Carlos Morais, Divaldo Mbunga, Fernando Fernandes, Miloy, Elzira Tavares, Ricardo Job Estêvão, Angelo Victoriano, Nassecela Mauricio, Teresa Nzola Meso Ba, Miguel Lutonda, Armando Costa, Domingos Bonifacio, Soki N'zinga, Jean-Jacques Conceição, Milton Barros, Felizardo Ambrosio, Diangi Matusiwa, Alberto Carvalho, Manuel Alexandre Jamuana, Adolfo Quimbamba, Filipe Abraao, Jacinto Pereira, Luís Magalhães, Ilda Bengue, Antonia Moreira, José Carlos Guimarães, Nair Almeida, ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=14658265 ... Read more

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Chapters: Jonas Reckermann, Julius Brink, Laura Ludwig, Sara Goller, David Klemperer, Okka Rau, Eric Koreng, Jörg Ahmann, Markus Dieckmann, Stephanie Pohl, Danja Müsch, Axel Hager, Christoph Dieckmann, Jana Vollmer, Andreas Scheuerpflug, Kjell Schneider. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 40. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Jonas Reckermann (born May 26, 1979 in Rheine) is a professional beach volleyball player from Germany, who represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There he ended up in ninth place in the overall-rankings. Partnering Markus Dieckmann he twice won the gold medal at the European Beach Volleyball Championships, in 2002 and 2004.2009 he and his current partner Julius Brink won four FIVB competitions (three consecutive Grand Slams) and the German Masters of the CEV European Championship Tour. This includes the 2009 FIVB World Championship, held June 26 til July 5 in Stavanger, beating top seeded Harley/Alison in the final and former FIVB world champions and gold medalist of the 2008 Summer Olympics Rogers/Dalhausser in the semi final. They are the first German and European team ever to win a world championship title and are currently top seeded at the FIVB World Tour. ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=18301263 ... Read more

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Chapters: Jørre Kjemperud, Vegard Høidalen, Iver Horrem, Jan Kvalheim, Bjørn Maaseide, Nila Håkedal, Tarjei Skarlund, Kathrine Maaseide, Ingrid Tørlen, Susanne Glesnes. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 28. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Jørre Kjemperud (born 31 August 1968 in Vikersund, Norway) is a beach volleyball player from Norway. Kjemperud started playing volleyball when he was 17 18 years old. He has played 20 matches on the men's national team. While playing indoor volleyball, he used beach volleyball as a preparation for the indoor season, but after a while, beach volleyball became his main sport. He always wears his cap backwards. Kjemperud won the bronze medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2001 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Klagenfurt, Austria, partnering Vegard Høidalen. Kjemperud/Høidalen teamed up in 1995, and split up in 2004. They did not spend much time together outside practice and matches, and the team was known for being temperamental on court. Kjemperud/Høidalen represented Norway at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and both times they ended up in 9th place. Kjemperud teamed up with Hoidalen again in 2008. Logo:Team Kjemperud/SkarlundHis best placement on the world tour with teammate Tarjei Skarlund, is a 4th place in 2007, and a 5th place in 2006, 2007 and 2008. Kjemperud/Skarlund teamed up in 2005. Kjemperud and Skarlund represented Norway at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The team split up after the Olympics, where they ended up in 19th place. ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=16968491 ... Read more

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Chapters: Jamaica at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, Canjet Flight 918, 2009 Norceca Beach Volleyball Circuit, 2008-09 National Premier League. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 22. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt:Flag of JamaicaJamaica competed at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics from 1523 August. A team of 46 athletes was announced in preparation for the competition. Selected athletes achieved one of the competition's qualifying standards. The squad had a number of medal hopes for the sprinting events, including Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell, and Michael Frater in the men's and Veronica Campbell-Brown, Kerron Stewart, and Shelly-Ann Fraser in the women's. Olympic gold medallist Melaine Walker competed in the 400 metres hurdles and 2007 World Championship silver medallists Maurice Smith, Shericka Williams, and Novlene Williams-Mills also feature. The Jamaican team suffered a number of setbacks before the event: five of the selected athletes (Yohan Blake, Allodin Fothergill, Lansford Spence, Marvin Anderson and Sheri-Ann Brooks) tested positive for the stimulant methylxanthine, although it is unclear whether they will be banned from competition. In a separate incident, the Jamaica Amateur Athletic Association threatened the five athletes in Stephen Francis' Maximising Velocity Power Track Club with deselection after they failed to attend a mandatory training camp in Berlin. The athletes (Asafa Powell, Shelly-Ann Fraser, Melaine Walker, Brigitte Foster-Hylton and Shericka Williams) were eventually cleared for competition following the personal intervention of IAAF president Lamine Diack. Field and combined events ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=23893744 ... Read more

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Chapters: Paul Laciga, Martin Laciga, Lea Schwer, Sascha Heyer, Jan Schnider, Patrick Heuscher, Nicole Schnyder-Benoit, Simone Kuhn, Stefan Kobel, Markus Egger. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 28. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Paul Laciga (born November 24, 1970 in Bern) is a beach volleyball player from Switzerland, who won the silver medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2005 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Berlin, Germany, partnering Sascha Heyer. He represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 (Sydney, Australia). Laciga and his younger brother Martin (born 1975) teamed from 1995 through 2004 to place fifth in two Olympics (Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004) while competing together in four FIVB World Championships (1997, 1999, 2001 and 2003) and the 1998 Goodwill Games in New York. The Swiss brothers won six international gold medals (five SWATCH titles and a 1997 FIVB Challenge crown in the Czech Republic). Laciga earned FIVB World Championship silver medals with his brother in 1997 in Marseille, France, and with Sascha Heyer in 2005 at Berlin. Sandwiched between bronze (1997 Italy) and silver medal finishes (2001 Italy, and 2002 Switzerland), the Lacigas captured three-straight European continental championships (1998 Greece, 1999 Majorca and 2000 Spain). ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=11327115 ... Read more

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Chapters: Natalie Cook, Kerri Pottharst, Summer Lochowicz, Joshua Slack, Julien Prosser, Lee Zahner, Tamsin Barnett, Andrew Schacht. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 23. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Natalie Louise Cook OAM (born 19 January 1975) is an Australian professional beach volleyball player and Olympic gold medallist. Cook was born in Townsville, Queensland. She was the dux of her school, Corinda State High (located in the western suburbs of Brisbane). Subsequently, Natalie enrolled to study medicine. At the same time, she took up volleyball, captaining the Australian Indoor Junior Team in 1992. In 1993, she began playing beach volleyball, before giving up her medical studies and going professional the following year. She partnered with Kerri Pottharst, and together, they represented Australia at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, winning a bronze medal - the very first time that beach volleyball had been an Olympic sport. In the same year, the pair won a silver medal at the world championships, and came first in the World Tour Event in Japan. Cook and Pottharst split for a few years afterwards, but reunited in time for the Sydney Olympics in 2000. Before the games, they finished third in the World Tour Events in France and Portugal. At the games themselves, the pair dominated the competition, ultimately winning the gold medal. In the aftermath of their Olympic win, the pair were awarded the Order of Australia, Australia's highest honor. Cook and Pottharst were included in the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball's Team of the Decade. After the Olympics, Pottharst retired, and Cook found a new partner in Nicole Sanderson. They won a bronze medal at the 2003 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, and by the end of the 2003 world tour, were ranked fourth in...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=914909 ... Read more

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Chapters: Association of Volleyball Professionals, Fivb Beach Volleyball World Rankings, Beach Volleyball Uniform Controversy, Beach Volleyball Database. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 33. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Beach volleyball, or sand volleyball, is an Olympic team sport played on sand. Like other variations of volleyball, two teams, separated by a high net, try to score points against the other by grounding a ball on the other team's court. Competitive beach volleyball teams usually consist of two players, though recreational variations can contain up to six players. Originating in Southern California, beach volleyball now receives worldwide popularity, even in countries without traditional beaches, like Switzerland. Though popularized in Southern California, the first recorded beach volleyball games took place on the beaches of Waikiki in Honolulu, Hawaii at the Outrigger Canoe Club. Originally designed to give bored surfers something to do when the surf was down, the game quickly developed into more organized six-man matches. The most famous early player was legendary waterman, Duke Kahanamoku. In 1920, construction of new jetties in Santa Monica, California created a large sandy area for public enjoyment, planting the seed for beach volleyball development in that region. The first permanent nets began to appear, and recreational games were soon being played on public parts of the beach, as well as in private beach clubs. 11 such beach clubs appeared in the Santa Monica area, beginning in late 1922. The first inter-club competitions were staged in 1924, marking the first beach volleyball tournaments to be played in California. Most of these early beach volleyball matches were played with teams of at least six players per side, much like indoor volleyball. The conc...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=224587 ... Read more

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Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Apollon Limassol, Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's beach volleyball, Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's volleyball team squads, Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's volleyball team squads, AEK Larnaca, Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Women's volleyball team squads, Volleyball at the 2006 Asian Games - Women's volleyball, Pezoporikos Larnaca, EPA Larnaca FC, Polish Women's-Volleyball League, Muszynianka Muszyna, Pałac Bydgoszcz, AZS AWF Poznań,. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Apollon Limassol (Greek: ) is a Greek Cypriot sports club, based in Limassol. It has football, basketball and volleyball teams. Also is one of the most profesional and traditional big teams in the island. The history of a Legend... At the end of season 1953, a team of young men they placed as objective and as dream the foundation of association with aims national, athletic and the elevation the educative and social level of young persons that would become members. On 14 April 1954 and then from general assembly of enough members of populism ethnology of Associations and New Guilds with leader mr Christaki Pavlide becomes proposal for the foundation of athletic association called "Athletic Musical Group APOLLON LIMASSOL' ". The assembly approved the proposal and thus from that 14 month in the year 1954 "APOLLON was birth"! The first administrative council of our team was constituted from their: Charalambo Lymbouride (Secretary), Andreas Psyllide (Cashier), Antonaki Fourla (Adviser), Meli Charalampous (Adviser), Andreas Theoharous (Adviser) Andreas Aggelopoulo (Adviser) and Kostas Panayiotou (Adviser). The first football team was created under the directives of Antonaki Fourla giving a lot of fights in the countryside. This had ...http://booksllc.net/?l=en ... Read more