Who was the first U.S. volleyball player to win three Olympic gold medals?
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He (Karch) is also the only player to have a Gold in indoor and beach volleyball.
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Indoor volleyball became an Olympic sport in 1964. Beach volleyball became an Olympic sport in 1996.\n\n-- Men's Olympic Gold Medal Winners -- \nTokyo 1964 - gold: USSR\nMexico 1968 - gold: USSR\nMunich 1972 - indoor: Japan\nMontreal 1976 - indoor: Poland\nMoscow 1980 - indoor: USSR\nLA 1984 - indoor: USA\nSeoul 1988 - indoor: USA\nBarcelona 1992 - indoor: Brazil\nAtlanta 1996 - indoor: Netherlands; beach: USA (Kiraly & Steffes)\nSydney 2000 - indoor: Yugoslavia; beach: USA (Blanton & Fonoimoana)\nAthens 2004 - indoor: Brazil; beach: Brazil (Rego & Santos)
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Wang Zhizhi from China did it.  He accomplished this before joining the Dallas Mavericks when he was on the Chinese National Team.  It is well documented.  The first and only triple-triple in the history of basketball.\n\nAlthough he is no longer in the NBA, he is truly the greatest player of all time (yes, surpassing Michael Jordan, Wilt and others).
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Her name is Kerri Walsh and she is the greatest two on two volleyball player in the world with her famous partner Misty May.  Good question.
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As a pro Cus D Amato, as an amateur I don't know.  He was very talented even at a young age when he won the Olympic gold medal in 1952 Helsinki Olympics.
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Chioma Ajunwa As the only Nigerian athlete to win an individual Olympic gold medal (born on December 25, 1970 in Umuihiokwu Mbaise, Imo State) is a former athlete from Nigeria, who previously played Football for the Nigerian women's team. She is the first Nigerian to win an Olympic gold medal as well as the African woman to win an Olympic gold in a field event. She won the Women's Long jump at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, with a jump of 7.03m. In the qualifying rounds she had set an African record with 7.12m. She was also an officer in the Nigeria Police Force at the time.
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Its almost impossible to get them unless you track them down via NBC...the broadcaster of the Olympic games. USA volleyball will not be able to give them to you.
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Volleyball was my favorite sport when I was in high school now that am in the "real world" my favorite sport is sleeping.
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Oscar Swahn of Sweden was a shooter who competed at three Olympic games, and won several medals. When the 1912 Summer Olympics came to his native country Sweden, he was a member of the single shot running deer team, which won the gold medal. He also won bronze again at the individual double shot running deer event, but he came fifth in the individual single shot event, which was won by his son Alfred Swahn. At 64 years, he became the oldest golden medalist ever, which he still remains up to today.
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William Morgan invented volleyball in 1895 at the Holyoke, Massachusetts, YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) where he served as Director of Physical Education. Morgan originally called his new game of Volleyball, Mintonette. The name Volleyball came about after a demonstration game of the sport, when a spectator commented that the game involved much "volleying" and game was renamed Volleyball.\nWilliam Morgan was born in the state of New York and studied at Springfield College, Massachusetts. Ironically at Springfield, Morgan met James Naismith who invented basketball in 1891. Morgan was motivated by Naismith's game of basketball designed for younger students to invent a game suitable for the older members of the YMCA. William Morgan's basis for the new game of Volleyball was the then popular and similar German game of Faustball and a few other sports including: tennis (the net), basketball, baseball and handball.
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There are a lot of firsts but 1st gold medal winner ever is James Connolly, other examples are as such\nWyomia Tyus was the first person to win the Olympic gold medal twice in the 100m 1964 Games in Tokyo\n\nEagan, "Eddie" (Edward P. F.)\nBobsledding, Boxing,was also the only athlete ever to win gold medals at both the Summer and the Winter Olympics.in 1920 as a light heavyweight,In 1932 four-man bobsled team \n\nand it goes on. I'm full of useless trivia when it comes to the Olympics, especially track & field.
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If you mean from the city's standpoint, I would say either the LA Olympics of 1984 (which were the first to ever turn a profit) or the 1992 Barcelona games.\n\nFrom a USA perspective of what made our country feel good, I would say the 1980 lake placid winter games. Eric Heiden's 5 gold medals in speed skating and the miracle on ice with USA hockey beating the soviets was a proud moment in an America which was bogged down in malaise.
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Jeff Larson\n\nhttp://www.chaffeybreeze.com/media/storage/paper257/news/2005/07/12/Sports/Fastest.Swimmer.In.The.Nation-961662.shtml?norewrite200606080604&sourcedomain=www.chaffeybreeze.com
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the us came in second with 25 medals. 9 gold 9 silver and 7 bronze medals. \n\nthe meadilists are... \n\ngold medals... alpine skiing- ted ligity, julia mancusco\nshort track- apolo anton ohno snowboarding-shaun white, hannah teter  speedskating- joey cheek, shani davis,chad hedrick\n\nsilver medals... bobsled- fleming/rohbock figure skating- belbin/agosto, sasha cohen snowboarding- danny cass, gretchen bleiler, lindsay jacobellis speed skating- joey cheek, shani davis, chad hedrick \n\nbronze medals... curling- team usa freestyle skiing- toby dawson ice hockey- women ice hockey team usa short track- kepka, smith, izykowski, ohno snowboarding-rosey fletcher speedskating-chad hedrick. \n\nhope you like it!
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Jim Thorpe -- scored 25 TDs and won the national championship.  Also won 2 gold medals that year.
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Greatest male athlete of all time - Jim Thorpe. Jim Thorpe is the only person in history to win gold medals in the pentathlon and the decathlon in the same Olympics. He was one of the greatest football players of all time (the only player to be named to both the Pioneer Era and Modern Era All-Star teams), a major league baseball player, a scratch golfer, an excellent tennis player, a competition class surfer, a top swimmer and a professional basketball player (pre-NBA). And he did it without steroids.
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The US was dominant in swimming in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, winning a total of 41 medals - 18 Gold, 13 Silver,10 Bronze\n\nMEN 10 Gold, 9 Silver, 6 Bronze\n100m Free  Gold-Mark Spitz  Silver-Jerry Heidenreich \n200m Free  Gold-Mark Spitz  Silver-Steven Genter \n400m Free  Gold-Brad Cooper Silver-Steven Genter Bronze-Tom McBreen   \n1500m Free Gold-Mike Burton Bronze-Douglas Northway\n100m Back  Silver-Mike Stamm  Bronze-John Murphy\n200m Back  Silver-Mike Stamm  Bronze-Mitchell Ivey \n100m Brst  Silver-Tom Bruce Bronze-John Hencken  \n200m Brst  Gold-John Hencken  \n100m Fly   Gold-Mark Spitz  Bronze-Jerry Heidenreich \n200m Fly   Gold-Mark Spitz Silver-Gary Hall Bronze-Robin Backhaus   \n200m I.M.  Silver-Alexander McKee  Bronze-Steven Furniss  \n400m I.M.  Silver-Alexander McKee\n4x100m Free  Gold-USA (Dave Edgar, John Murphy, Jerry Heidenreich,Mark Spitz)\n4x200m Free  Gold-USA (John Kinsella, Fred Tyler, Steve Genter,Mark Spitz)\n4x100m Mdly  Gold-USA (Mike Stamm, Tom Bruce, Mark Spitz, Jerry Heidenreich) \n\nWOMEN 8 Gold, 4 Silver, 4 Bronze\n100m Free  Gold-Sandra Neilson  Silver-Shirley Babashoff\n200m Free  Silver-Shirley Babashoff  Bronze-Keena Rothhammer   \n800m Free  Gold-Keena Rothhammer\n100m Back  Gold-Melissa Belote  Bronze-Susan Atwood  \n200m Back  Gold-Melissa Belote Silver-Susan Atwood  \n100m Brst  Gold-Cathy Carr\n200m Brst  Silver-Dana Schoenfield \n 200m Fly  Gold-Karen Moe Silver-Lynn Colella  Bronze-Ellie Daniel\n200m I.M. Bronze-Lynn Vidali  \n4x100m Free  Gold-USA (Sandra Neilson, Jennifer Kemp, Jane Barkman,Shirley Babashoff)\n4x100m Mdly  Gold-USA (Melissa Belote, Cathy Carr, Deena Deardurff, Sandra Neilson)