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Athlete
Kerri Walsh Jennings
Famoose for
Winning three Olympic beach volleyball golds with Misty May-Treanor.
Three Olympic golds · Three world titles
- Born
- 15 August 1978
- Birthplace
- Santa Clara, United States
More people
Kerri Walsh Jennings
Kerri Walsh Jennings is an American volleyball player whose blocking anchored a celebrated beach partnership.
Early life
California
Grew up playing school volleyball.
Stanford
Won national college championships.
Career
- 2000
Indoor Olympics
Played for the US indoor team.
- 2000s
Beach partnership
Teamed with Misty May-Treanor.
- 2010s
Later partnerships
Continued after May-Treanor’s retirement.
Achievements
Three Olympic golds
Won three consecutive titles with May-Treanor.
Three world titles
Won three world championships together.
Olympic bronze
Won with April Ross.
Beyond volleyball
Family sport
Married fellow beach player Casey Jennings.
Development
Co-founded a beach-volleyball event organisation.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Photo: Aleksey Toritsyn. CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
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