Monday, October 22, 2012

Female Beach Volleyball - Denise Johns, Great Britain volleyball player

Denise Johns (born December 9, 1978) is a professional beach volleyball player. She was born in Luxembourg, grew up in the USA, but competes for Great Britain.

Born December 9, 1978 in Ettelbruck in Luxembourg, her father Martin Johns is English, and she has one sister. Her family moved from Luxembourg to Ohio when she was 4 years old. She grew up in Copley, Ohio, and started playing volleyball at the age of 10. She attended Copley High School, where she excelled at swimming, track and volleyball.

She obtained a bachelor degree in architecture from University of Cincinnati, where she concentrated on rowing rather than volleyball.

She graduated in 2002, and moved to Atlanta, playing amateur beach volleyball on the east coast of America. After success in those tournaments she moved to San Diego, California where she played on the AVP tour for four years.

Johns lives in a 175-year old cottage in Midsomer Norton, Somerset, with her husband, Jody Gooding, also a member of the Great Britain team. She still does some work as an architect in addition to her volleyball. Johns and Gooding were married on 4 September 2011 in a ceremony held on the beach in Folly Beach, South Carolina.






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