Beach volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters

Volleyball at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Indoor
Tournament   men   women
Rosters   men   women
Beach
Tournament men women
Rosters   men   women

This article shows all participating team squads at the women's beach volleyball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Contents

Australia

Team Cook-Barnett

# Name Date of birth Height Spike Block
1 Natalie Cook January 19, 1975(1975-01-19) (age 33) 181 cm (5 ft 11 in) 305 300
2 Tamsin Barnett March 10, 1980(1980-03-10) (age 28) 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) - -

Austria

Team Schwaiger-Schwaiger

# Name Date of birth Height Spike Block
1 Doris Schwaiger February 28, 1985(1985-02-28) (age 23) 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) - -
2 Stefanie Schwaiger August 7, 1986(1986-08-07) (age 21) 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) - -

Belgium

Team Van Breedam-Mouha

# Name Date of birth Height Spike Block
1 Liesbet Van Breedam January 27, 1979(1979-01-27) (age 29) 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) - -
2 Liesbeth Mouha January 7, 1983(1983-01-07) (age 25) 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) - -

Brazil

Team Larissa-Ana Paula

# Name Date of birth Height Spike Block
1 Larissa França April 14, 1982(1982-04-14) (age 26) 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) - -
2 Ana Paula Connelly February 13, 1972(1972-02-13) (age 36) 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) - -

Team Talita-Renata

# Name Date of birth Height Spike Block
1 Talita Antunes August 29, 1982(1982-08-29) (age 25) 181 cm (5 ft 11 in) - -
2 Renata Ribeiro December 7, 1981(1981-12-07) (age 26) 176 cm (5 ft 9 in) - -

China

Team Tian-Wang

# Name Date of birth Height Spike Block
1 Tian Jia February 9, 1981(1981-02-09) (age 27) 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) - -
2 Wang Jie December 4, 1985(1985-12-04) (age 22)* 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) - -

*The FIVB website profile[1] has age 22, the Beach Volleyball Database profile[2] has age 24

Team Xue-Zhang

# Name Date of birth Height Spike Block
1 Xue Chen February 18, 1989(1989-02-18) (age 19) 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) - -
2 Zhang Xi April 19, 1985(1985-04-19) (age 23) 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) - -

Cuba

Team F. Grasset-L. Peraza

# Name Date of birth Height Spike Block
1 Dalixia Fernandez Grasset November 26, 1977(1977-11-26) (age 30) 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) 335 237
2 Tamara Larrea Peraza November 25, 1973(1973-11-25) (age 34) 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) - -

Team Esteves Ribalta-M. Crespo

# Name Date of birth Height Spike Block
1 Imara Esteves Ribalta April 15, 1978(1978-04-15) (age 30) 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) - -
2 Milagros Crespo February 4, 1979(1979-02-04) (age 29) 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) 320 226

Georgia

Team Saka-Rtvelo

# Name Date of birth Height Spike Block
1 Cristine "Saka" Santanna May 27, 1979(1979-05-27) (age 29) 181 cm (5 ft 11 in) - -
2 Andrezza "Rtvelo" Martins August 2, 1977(1977-08-02) (age 31) 171 cm (5 ft 7 in) - -

Germany

Team Goller-Ludwig

# Name Date of birth Height Spike Block
1 Sara Goller May 21, 1984(1984-05-21) (age 24) 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) - -
2 Laura Ludwig January 13, 1986(1986-01-13) (age 22) 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) - -

Team Pohl-Rau

# Name Date of birth Height Spike Block
1 Stephanie Pohl May 7, 1978(1978-05-07) (age 30) 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) - -
2 Okka Rau January 5, 1977(1977-01-05) (age 31) 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) - -

Greece

Team Karantasiou-Arvaniti

# Name Date of birth Height Spike Block
1 Vasso Karadassiou January 6, 1973(1973-01-06) (age 35) 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) 305 295
2 Vassiliki Arvaniti March 17, 1985(1985-03-17) (age 23) 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) - -

Team Koutroumanidou-Tsiartsiani

# Name Date of birth Height Spike Block
1 Efthalia Koutroumanidou October 7, 1982(1982-10-07) (age 25) 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) - -
2 Maria Tsiartsiani October 21, 1980(1980-10-21) (age 27) 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) - -

Japan

Team Teru Saiki-Kusuhara

# Name Date of birth Height Spike Block
1 Mika Teru Saiki September 25, 1971(1971-09-25) (age 36) 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) - -
2 Chiaki Kusuhara November 1, 1975(1975-11-01) (age 32) 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) - -

Mexico

Team Candelas-García

# Name Date of birth Height Spike Block
1 Bibiana Candelas December 2, 1983(1983-12-02) (age 24) 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) - -
2 Mayra García May 16, 1972(1972-05-16) (age 36) 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) 285 270

Netherlands

Team Kadijk-Mooren

# Name Date of birth Height Spike Block
1 Rebekka Kadijk June 16, 1979(1979-06-16) (age 29) 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) - -
2 Merel Mooren September 22, 1982(1982-09-22) (age 25) 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) - -

Norway

Team Håkedal-Tørlen

# Name Date of birth Height Spike Block
1 Nila Håkedal June 13, 1979(1979-06-13) (age 29) 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) - -
2 Ingrid Tørlen July 21, 1979(1979-07-21) (age 29) 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) - -

Team Maaseide-Glesnes

# Name Date of birth Height Spike Block
1 Kathrine Maaseide December 18, 1976(1976-12-18) (age 31) 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) - -
2 Susanne Glesnes December 1, 1974(1974-12-01) (age 33) 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) - -

Russia

Team Uryadova-Shiryaeva

# Name Date of birth Height Spike Block
1 Natalya Uryadova March 15, 1977(1977-03-15) (age 31) 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) - -
2 Alexandra Shiryaeva February 9, 1983(1983-02-09) (age 25) 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) - -

South Africa

Team Augoustides-Nel

# Name Date of birth Height Spike Block
1 Judith Augoustides April 10, 1975(1975-04-10) (age 33) 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) - -
2 Vita Nel December 11, 1975(1975-12-11) (age 32) 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) - -

Switzerland

Team Kuhn-Schwer

# Name Date of birth Height Spike Block
1 Simone Kuhn September 2, 1980(1980-09-02) (age 27) 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) 305 294
2 Lea Schwer January 13, 1982(1982-01-13) (age 26) 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) - -

United States

Team Walsh-May-Treanor

# Name Date of birth Height Spike Block
1 Kerri Walsh August 15, 1978(1978-08-15) (age 30) 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) - -
2 Misty May-Treanor July 30, 1977(1977-07-30) (age 31) 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) - -

Team Branagh-Youngs

# Name Date of birth Height Spike Block
1 Nicole Branagh January 31, 1979(1979-01-31) (age 29) 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) - -
2 Elaine Youngs February 14, 1970(1970-02-14) (age 38) 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) - -

See also

Beach volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters

References

  1. ^ Athlete's biography - Wang Jie, FIVB
  2. ^ Profile - Jie Wang, Beach Volleyball Database