You'll get the latest updates on this topic in your browser notifications. Credit: Ana Brandt Photography. All rights reserved. She is best known for her success while doubles partners with Kerri Walsh Jennings. The two are often regarded as the most successful beach volleyball team in history. May-Treanor has made appearances at four different Olympic Summer games.
She won gold medals at three of those Olympic games. Her first appearance was in the Olympic games in Sydney. She competed in beach volleyball and tied for fifth with then partner Holly McPeak. However, after teaming up with Kerri Walsh Jennings in , she went undefeated at the Olympics and won three gold medals each year after.
She retired from professional volleyball after the Olympic games when she was 35 years old. Misty wanted to focus more on her family and personal goals. However, she continues to be involved with the sport. She has been coaching college level volleyball players since Misty May-Treanor is considered to be one of the greatest beach volleyball players of all time.
She started volleyball when she was eight years old and continued to build her skills. In high school, she led her team to two indoor volleyball championships. In , a year before graduating high school, she was named the best volleyball player in the US. May attended Concordia University Irvine for her master's degree. She earned a master's degree in Coaching and Athletic Administration; her degree was conferred 4 May in Irvine, California.
May played her first professional match on the AVP tour in May while still a college senior. After graduating from Long Beach State in , she joined the U. Women's National Volleyball Team. After a few months she quit the national team to focus on beach volleyball, teaming with Holly McPeak. The season saw the team of May and McPeak find success, both in domestic and international competitions.
With three FIVB tournament wins and no finishes lower than 5th, the pair qualified for one of the two US Olympic berths, a goal McPeak was looking for when she first partnered with May. At the Summer Olympics the pair won in the opening round and in the round of 16, but then lost in the quarterfinals, earning them a 5th place at the Sydney games.
After completing the season with McPeak, May's volleyball destiny unfolded after she teamed up with a new partner, Kerri Walsh. Rather than play on the newly reformed AVP tour, the duo spent the and seasons gaining valuable experience competing on the international FIVB tour.
They won their first FIVB tour championship in They received "Team of the Year" honors after having an undefeated season, going 39—0 in match victories with eight tournament wins. For nearly the entire period from their initial partnering in , to their respective hiatuses in late , May-Treanor and Walsh dominated both the AVP and FIVB beach volleyball tours. Before the start of the Olympics, they were riding a win streak of matches and 18 tournaments that began in June For the season, with Walsh taking a break from competition for the birth of her second son, May-Treanor teamed up with Branagh.
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She is from United States. We have estimated Misty May-Treanor's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets. On August 21, May-Treanor and Walsh repeated as Olympic gold medalists, defeating the first-seeded Chinese team in two games. They are the only beach volleyball team to repeat as gold medalists. As of July , she serves as the Director of Volleyball at Long Beach City College where she coaches the women's indoor and beach volleyball teams.
The LBCC indoor and beach teams thrived under her leadership. In the season, the Vikings went and won their first conference title in 16 years, also qualifying for the state playoffs where they made it to the second round. For beach, they were successful in their inaugural year, making it to the state finals and having one of the teams win the state title. In the season, the indoor team went and again lost in the second round of playoffs. May began dating baseball player Matt Treanor in January The two wed in November of that year.
She and her husband reside in Coral Springs, Florida. They also own a home in Long Beach, California. In November , she gave birth to twin daughters.
May attended Concordia University Irvine for her master's degree. She earned a master's degree in Coaching and Athletic Administration; her degree was conferred on May 4, in Irvine, California. May-Treanor retired from competitive play on August 8, after she and Walsh Jennings finished first in the Summer Olympics. She was inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame in
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