Medal record
Competitor for  United States
Women's Volleyball
Olympic Games
Gold	Athens 2004	Beach Volleyball
World Championships
Gold	Rio de Janeiro 2003	Beach Volleyball
Gold	Berlin 2005	Beach Volleyball
Gold	Gstaad 2007	Beach Volleyball

Kerri Lee Walsh (born August 15, 1978) is an American beach volleyball player. Walsh was born in the U.S. state of California to Tim and Margie Walsh, and grew up in Saratoga, California. As a high school student, she played on the varsity team at Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose. Walsh continued on to Stanford University, where she won national titles in 1996 and 1997 and was a four-year first-team All-American, Freshman of the Year and Final Four MVP in 1996 and co-National Player of the Year in 1999. She graduated from Stanford in 1999 with a degree in American Studies. She has played both indoor and beach volleyball. On July 23, 2006 Kerri Walsh topped $1 million in career earnings with a win (with her partner Misty May) at AVP McDonald's Chicago Open presented by Nautica. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Indoor volleyball events have been contested at the Summer Olympic Games since 1964. ... The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ... The ceremony for the lighting of the flame is arranged as a pagan pageant, with priestesses dancing. ... The Womens Beach volleyball event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, were held at the Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre located at the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex. ... These page shows the results of the IV Beach Volleybal World Championships, held from October 7 to October 12, 2003 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ... These page shows the results of the Beach Volleybal World Championships, held from June 21 to June 26, 2005 in Berlin, Germany. ... is the 227th day of the year (228th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... Beach volleyball is not popular sport in which two teams, positioned on either side of a net, hit a ball back and forth over the net, usually using the hands or arms. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  Politics Portal      A U.S. state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... Saratoga (IPA: ) is a city in Santa Clara County, California, USA. It is located on the west side of the Santa Clara Valley, in the San Francisco Bay Area. ... In the United States and Canada, varsity sports teams are the principal athletic teams representing a college, university, or high school or other secondary school. ... Archbishop Mitty High School, in San Jose, California, USA, named for the late Archbishop John Joseph Mitty, the fourth Archbishop of San Francisco, was the first Diocesan Catholic high school in the Santa Clara Valley. ... Nickname: Location of San Jose within Santa Clara County, California. ... Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University (or simply Stanford), is a private university located approximately 37 miles (60 kilometers) southeast of San Francisco and approximately 20 miles northwest of San José in Stanford, California. ... American studies or American civilization is an interdisciplinary field dealing with the study of the United States. ... Beach volleyball is not popular sport in which two teams, positioned on either side of a net, hit a ball back and forth over the net, usually using the hands or arms. ... Misty May Playing Beach Volleyball Misty May-Treanor is a professional volleyball player in the United States. ...

In the 2000 Summer Olympics, she played indoor volleyball, where the United States team finished in fourth place. In the 2004 Summer Olympics, Walsh and Misty May won the gold medal for women's beach volleyball for the American team. Winning an unprecedented ninety-one matches and 16 tournaments in a row, Walsh and May captured the gold without ever losing a game. Currently Walsh is ranked as the best female volleyball player in the world, and as of 2005 the Kerri Walsh-Misty May duo appear to be almost unstoppable on both the AVP and FIVB Beach Volleyball tours. Further into the future, she is likely to participate in the 2008 Beijing Olympics as a strong seed to win a second gold medal. As beach volleyball is a sport where athletes can perform effectively well into their 30's, such a prediction is within reason. The 2000 Summer Olympics or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were the Summer Olympic Games held in 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... The ceremony for the lighting of the flame is arranged as a pagan pageant, with priestesses dancing. ... Misty May Playing Beach Volleyball Misty May-Treanor is a professional volleyball player in the United States. ... The Womens Beach volleyball event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, were held at the Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre located at the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex. ... Flag of the United States The United States was represented at the 2004 Summer Olympics by the United States Olympic Committee (abbreviated USOC). ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Beyond winning dozens of tournaments, Kerri is an extremely valuable marketing image for the sport. Her friendly and personable demeanor, great sportsmanship, and imposing presence on the court have done much to fuel the popularity of beach volleyball in the 2000s. She has appeared in several television commercials, and has been a guest on a number of popular talk shows as a result. In February 2006, Kerri Walsh had a guest starring role in an episode of CSI: Miami along with several other AVP Volleyball players. The 2000s are the current decade, spanning from 2000 to 2009. ... CSI: Miami is a spinoff of the popular CBS network series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. ... AVP is an acronym referring to: Alien vs. ...

Walsh has also emerged over time as being a somewhat unlikely sex symbol, as in spite of her fitness and bikini-clad attire, such a label has in the past mostly been used about women of a less lanky stature. At 6 ft, 2 inches (1.91 m) tall, she easily towers over most men, sometimes to a striking degree. In addition, the circulation of numerous photographs of her in close physical contact with Misty May have only added to her allure. She often inspires comparison with fellow 6'-3" beach volleyball player Gabrielle Reece for her status as a sex symbol, though she has had a much more successful volleyball career. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... bikini briefs, from Roman London. ... Gabrielle Reece (born January 6, 1970) is a professional volleyball player and former fashion model. ...

Kerri currently resides in Redondo Beach, California, and she is married to men's beach volleyball player Casey Jennings, who has won four AVP titles. Jennings and Walsh met in 2000, the very same day Misty May "auditioned" Walsh to be her partner. Kerri and Casey dated for four years, and were recently married on December 4, 2005, at the La Quinta Resort in Palm Springs, California. [1] Casey proposed to her on the island of Molokai in 2004. [2] Location of Redondo Beach in California Coordinates: Country United States of America State California County Los Angeles Incorporated (city) 1892-04-29 [2]  - Mayor Michael A. Gin [1] Area    - City 16. ... Casey Jennings is a professional beach volleyball player. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... December 4th redirects here. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Palm Springs is a famed Riverside County, California, desert resort city, approximately 110 miles east of Los Angeles. ...

Walsh also hosts a weekly, one-hour radio show on Sirius Satellite Radio's Faction 28 station. It airs every Sunday morning at 9 AM Eastern time. Walsh is one of many athletes to have a show on Faction 28. Other athletes with shows include Lance Armstrong, Tony Hawk and Bode Miller. Sirius Satellite Radio NASDAQ: SIRI is one of two satellite radio (SDARS) services operating in the United States and Canada, along with XM Satellite Radio. ... Lance Armstrong (born Lance Edward Gunderson on September 18, 1971) is a retired American professional road racing cyclist. ... Tony Hawk and Lhotse Merriam This article is about the American skateboarder. ... Samuel Bode Miller (born October 12, 1977), best known as Bode Miller (pronounced Bo-dee, in IPA ), is an American alpine skier. ...

Athens 2004 participation

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See also

• List of famous tall women

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External links

• Official website of Kerri Walsh
• Kerri Walsh's U.S. Olympic Team bio
• Misty and Kerri.com - Fan web site for Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor.
• [3] - Web page for Walsh's Sirius radio show.