Misty May-Treanor

Misty E. May - Treanor (born May ) ( born July 30, 1977 in Los Angeles ) is a former American beach volleyball player. Together with her ​​partner Kerri Walsh won the gold medal at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Beijing 2008 and London 2012. It is one of the most successful beach volleyball player world.

Life

Her parents Butch and Barbara were both volleyball players and they played in her childhood and youth at the Santa Monica Pier beach volleyball. Her father was a player of the U.S. team at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico. She visited in Costa Mesa from 1991 to 1995, the High School, where she played volleyball and already had nationwide success at this time, among other things, she was chosen by USA Today as the best young player of the USA .. She completed training in movement sciences, and is Fitness trainer.

May- Treanor is married to the MLB baseball player Matt Treanor since November 2004 and lives alternately in Coral Springs or Long Beach.

Career

May- Treanor played with great success college volleyball at California State University, Long Beach and won several awards in the NCAA. So she was elected to the NCAA Player of the Year in 1997 and 1998.

Even as she played volleyball in college, she began in 1999 with Holly McPeak as a partner on the AVP Tour with the professional beach volleyball. She was appointed to the U.S. national volleyball team in 1999, but decided to only play beach volleyball. She is quoted as saying: "Volleyball is no longer fun. " Instead, they wanted to win an Olympic medal together with McPeak. Although they only got in late with her partner in the preparation, the couple could with three wins on the FIVB tour and consistently good rankings for the 2000 Olympic Games qualifying in Sydney, where he was fifth.

After this success, the duo and May- Treanor Kerri Walsh parted formed, along with a new team. The two dominated from this point in both the FIVB tour and in the AVP, where they finished the season undefeated in 2003 with a total of 39 victories. In 2004, Misty May- Treanor could then meet for the first time the dream of an Olympic medal, she won with Walsh the gold medal in Athens.

May- Treanor and Walsh again won the gold medal as the defending champion at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. You were achieved in their nineteenth tournament win in a row, it was the last tournament victory in a series of 112 games that the two remained unbeaten.

May- Treanor took part in the end of 2008 the ABC television show Dancing with the Stars Dancing with Maxim Tschmerkowski and withdrew after the third appearance of the show, as they drew upon while training for the Jive an Achilles tendon injury. She was operated on 7 October 2008.

2010 Misty May Treanor managed on the side of Nicole Branagh made ​​a comeback in the World Tour. Best position of May-Treanor/Branagh was a third place at the Grand Slam in Stavanger.

At the World Tour 2011 Misty May Treanor started again on the side of Kerri Walsh with the aim of participating in the 2012 Olympic Games in London. After a second place in April at the Brasilia Open, Misty May- Treanor injured in the semifinals of the Sanya Open in late April at the knee. An impressive comeback from May-Treanor/Walsh there was early June after winning the Grand Slam in Beijing, and then in Rome in the World Championship was achieved. At the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London both won for the third time in a row the gold medal. After that ended May- Treanor her beach volleyball career.

Achievements

All successes achieved May- Treanor together with Kerri Walsh.

Olympic games

  • 2004 Olympic Champion (Athens)
  • 2008 Olympic Champion ( Beijing)
  • Olympic champion in 2012 ( London)

AVP

  • AVP Team of the Year (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 )
  • AVP Crocs Cup Champion ( 2006, 2007, 2008)
  • AVP Most Valuable Player (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 )
  • AVP Best Offensive Player ( 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
  • AVP Best Defensive Player ( 2006, 2007, 2008)

FIVB

  • FIVB World Cup 2003 ( Rio de Janeiro ), 2005 (Berlin ) and 2007 ( Gstaad)
  • FIVB Most Outstanding (2005)
  • FIVB Sports Person of the Year (2007, 2008)
  • FIVB Best Setter (2005)
  • FIVB Best Offensive Player (2005, 2007, 2008 )
  • FIVB Best Defensive Player (2007, 2008)
  • FIVB Tour Champion (2002)
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