Annett Davis

Annett Davis ( born September 22, 1973 in Long Beach ( California)) is an American beach volleyball player.

Career

Davis came to UCLA to play volleyball. In 1997 she played her first international beach tournaments with Jenny Johnson Jordan, who were sporting their permanent partner. The Open tournament in Dalian in 1998, which she denied with Barbra Fontana, was the only appearance with another fellow player. In the 1999 World Cup Davis / Jordan documents only in the finale the Brazilians Adriana Behar and Bede Shelda. Then they won the Espinho Open. After winning next year's tournament in Marseille, they qualified with the world's second best result for the Olympic Games in Sydney. There they occupied after a quarterfinal defeat by the Japanese duo Takahashi / Saiki fifth. Because of her first pregnancy, she had to make 2001 a sporting break.

In 2002, she returned to the AVP Tour and reached for all stations at least the semifinals. The following year, Davis / Jordan came in four Grand Slams in the top 5 at the World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, they missed by a 0-2 against the Aussies Cook / Sanderson a medal. Although they were in Shanghai, Stavanger and Marseille in 2004, respectively in the final, she missed qualifying for the Olympic tournament in Athens. In Huntington Beach had its hundredth appearance together and were thereby playing together the longest duo in the USA. In 2005, she gave birth to her second child. In the following years she only played on the AVP Tour, where she managed numerous other top rankings with Jordan.

Family

Davis ' father, Cleveland Buckner played basketball in the NBA. Her husband, Byron was a professional swimmer.