Female Beach Volleyball - Misty May-Treanor, American beach volleyball player

Misty Erie May-Treanor (born July 30, 1977) is an American professional volleyball player. She has won more tournaments than any other female player with 107 career wins.

May-Treanor and teammate Kerri Walsh were the gold medalists in beach volleyball at both the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. They have been called "the greatest beach volleyball team of all

Misty E. May was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1977. She grew up playing beach volleyball at the Santa Monica Pier with her parents, Butch and Barbara. At age eight, she played her first volleyball tournament with her father, and played other sports like soccer and tennis, as well as participating in dance. She attended primary school at Brightwood Elementary School in Monterey Park. She also suffered from an eating disorder in her younger years.

Female Beach Volleyball - April Ross, American beach volleyball player

April Elizabeth Ross (born June 20, 1982) is an American professional beach volleyball player.

Ross was born in Costa Mesa, California on June 20, 1982 to Glen and the late Margie Ross. She has a sister, Amy.

Ross grew up in Newport Beach, California where she attended Newport Harbor High School. At NHHS, in addition to lettering in track, she was a star indoor volleyball player, eventually becoming the nation's top recruit for her graduating class. She won the Gatorade National Player of the Year award as a senior and was the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Player of the Year in 1998 and 1999. In her senior season, she notched 624 kills and 526 digs. She played club volleyball for Orange County Volleyball Club for five years. She also played on the U.S. Junior National Team. She is 6ft1in tall.

Female Beach Volleyball - Kerri Walsh, American beach volleyball player

Kerri Lee Walsh-Jennings (born August 15, 1978) is an American professional beach volleyball player.

Walsh-Jennings and teammate Misty May-Treanor were the gold medalists in beach volleyball at both the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. They have been called "the greatest beach volleyball team of all time."

Female Beach Volleyball - Shelda Bede, Brazilian beach volleyball player

Shelda Kelly Bruno Bede (born January 1, 1973 in Fortaleza) is a beach volleyball player from Brazil who won silver medals in beach volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Female Beach Volleyball - Ana Paula Connelly, Brazilian beach volleyball player

Ana Paula Rodrigues Connelly (born 13 February 1972 in Lavras, Minas Gerais) is a beach volleyball player from Brazil, who represented her native country at four Summer Olympics: in volleyball in 1992 and 1996, and in beach volleyball in 2004 and 2008. At her second Olympic appearance she was a member of the team that won the bronze medal in the women's competition. She later started a career in beach volleyball.

Female Beach Volleyball - Adriana Behar, Brazilian female volleyball player

Adriana Brandão Behar (born February 14, 1969, in Rio de Janeiro) is one of the most outstanding volleyball players of her generation.

Behar is Jewish. She moved to beach volleyball in 1993, after playing in the Brazilian women's national indoor volleyball squad. Pairing with Shelda Bede, she has won more than 30 international tournaments of beach volleyball as well as two Olympic medals.

Female Beach Volleyball - Juliana Felisberta, Brazilian female beach volleyball player

Juliana Felisberta Silva (born July 22, 1983 in Santos, Brazil) is a female beach volleyball player from Brazil, who won the silver medal in the women's beach team competition at the 2005 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Berlin, Germany and the 2009 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Stavanger, Norway, partnering Larissa França. At the 2011 Beach Volleyball World Championships they won the gold medal.

Female Beach Volleyball - Laura Ludwig, German beach volleyball player

Laura Ludwig (born 13 January 1986 in Berlin) is a professional German beach volleyball player. Currently forming a pair with compatriot Sara Goller, she represents Hertha BSC.

Initially paired with Jana Köhler, Ludwig won the U18 European Championship and later the U18 World Championship in Pattava Beach (Thailand). After surviving a stroke which nearly ended her career, she bounced back after changing to her current partner, Sara Goller. Together, Ludwig and Goller became 2006 German champions, won the U23 European Championships in St. Pölten and ended fourth in the women's European Championships the same year in Den Haag. They continued their line of success in 2007, defending the German title and winning the Silver medal in the European Championships in Valencia. Ludwig and Goller ended the 2007 season as leaders in the German women's ranking and are placed 7th overall.

Female Beach Volleyball - Sara Goller, German beach volleyball player

Sara Goller (born 21 May 1984 in Starnberg) is a professional German beach volleyball player. Currently forming a pair with compatriot Laura Ludwig, she represents Hertha BSC.

Initially paired with Frederike Romberg, Goller won the U20 European Championships in Salzburg before changing to her current partner, Laura Ludwig. Together, Goller and Ludwig became 2006 German champions, won the U23 European Championships in St. Pölten and ended fourth in the women's European Championships the same year in Den Haag. They continued their line of success in 2007, defending the German title and winning the silver medal in the European Championships in Valencia. Goller and Ludwig ended the 2007 season as leaders in the German women's ranking and are placed 7th overall.