PRESENTATION
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Beach volleyball back in Beijing |
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Beach volleyball returned to Beijing for the first time since the 2008 Olympic Games
in 2011 and the SWATCH World Tour will again revisit the Chinese
capital in 2012, with the women's event scheduled for May 7-12. US
pair Misty-May Treanor and Kerri Walsh clinched their first gold
medal since reuniting at the beginning of the 2011 season at last
year's event, leaving German giant killers Katrin Holtwick and Ilka
Semmler in second and USA's Jen Kessy and April Ross in third. Prior to the 2008 Games Beijing
had only hosted a a FIVB Challenger Event in 2007, won by Brazil's
Vivian Cunha and Angela Viera. Beijing is China's largest city and
is situated on the North coast of the country. It is recognized as
the political, educational and cultural center of China and few
cities in the world besides Beijing have served as the hub of an
area the size of China for so long. The beach volleyball tournament
will take place at the Chaoyang Park Beach Volleyball, the same
venue that played host to the Olympics three years ago. Below to the left are Olympic Gold medallists USA's
Kerri Walsh (left) and Misty May-Treanor at the last beach
volleyball event to be held in Beijing.
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PAST CHINESE WOMEN’S PODIUM PLACEMENTS
Total Medals -
USA 18,
Brazil 16,
China 10, Australia 4, Germany
3,
Netherlands 1, Norway 1, Switzerland 1 |
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CHINA & BEACH VOLLEYBALL -
China has been the
site of SWATCH FIVB World Tour events for the past 14 years, including
the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. The 2012 Beijing stop marks the
ninth year that
China has hosted a women’s SWATCH stop and 15th-straight season of
staging a women’s event. The Chinese women's team of Zhang and Xue have captured
gold twice in 2006 and 2010 along with bronze in 2008. |
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Site |
Year |
Gold Medal |
Silver Medal |
Bronze Medal |
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Dalian |
1998 |
Shelda Bede/Adriana
Behar, BRA |
Lisa Arce/Holly
McPeak, USA |
Pauline Manser/Kerri
Pottharst, AUS |
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Dalian |
1999 |
Shelda/Adriana, BRA |
Annett Davis/Jenny
J. Jordan, USA |
Arce/Barbra Fontana, USA |
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Dalian |
2000 |
Liz Masakayan/Elaine
Youngs, USA |
Misty May-Treanor/McPeak,
USA |
Ron Chi/Zi Xiong,
CHN |
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Maoming |
2001 |
Shelda/Adriana, BRA |
Tatiana
Minello/Sandra Pires, BRA |
Natalie
Cook/Kerri Pottharst, AUS |
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Maoming |
2002 |
May-Treanor/Kerri
Walsh, USA |
McPeak/Youngs, USA |
Cook/Pottharst,
AUS |
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Lianyungang |
2003 |
Rebekka Kadijk/Marrit
Leenstra, NED |
Suzanne Lahme/Danja
Musch, GER |
Cook/Nicole
Sanderson, AUS |
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Shanghai |
2004 |
McPeak/Youngs, USA |
Davis/Johnson
Jordan, USA |
Shelda/Adriana,
BRA |
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Shanghai |
2005 |
Juliana
F. Silva/Larissa Franca, BRA |
Shelda/Adriana, BRA |
Ana
Paula Connelly/Shaylyn Bede, BRA |
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Shanghai |
2006 |
Chen Xue/Xi Zhang,
CHN |
Jia Tian/Jie Wang,
CHN |
Juliana/Larissa,
BRA |
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Shanghai |
2007 |
Tian/Wang, CHN |
Nila Ann Hakedal/Ingrid
Torlen, NOR |
Talita
Antunes/Renata Ribeiro, BRA |
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Shanghai |
2008 |
Talita/Renata, BRA |
Juliana/Larissa, BRA |
Xue/Zhang, CHN |
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Beijing |
2008 |
May-Treanor/Walsh,
USA |
Tian/Wang, CHN |
Xue/Zhang, CHN |
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Sanya |
2008 |
Jen Boss/April Ross, USA |
Ying Huang/Xi Zhang, CHN |
Nicole Branagh/Tyra Turner, USA |
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Shanghai |
2009 |
Talita/Maria Antonelli, BRA |
Wang/Man Zuo, CHN |
Maria Clara Salgado/Carolina Salgado,
BRA |
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Sanya |
2009 |
Simone Kuhn/Nadine Zumkehr, SUI |
Kessy/Ross, USA |
Angie Akers/Turner, USA |
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Shanghai |
2010 |
Kessy/Ross, USA |
Larissa/Juliana, BRA |
Antonelli/Talita, BRA |
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Sanya |
2010 |
Xue/Zhang, CHN |
Goller/Ludwig, GER |
Kessy/Ross,
USA |
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Beijing |
2011 |
May-Treanor/Walsh USA |
Holtwick/Semmler GER |
Kessy/Ross USA |
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