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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Olympic Beach Volleyball Players of France, Christian Penigaud, Anabelle Prawerman, Jean-Philippe Jodard, Cécile Rigaux. Excerpt: Christian Penigaud (born February 27, 1964 in Poitiers) is a retired beach volleyball player from France, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996. He became the first official European champion in men's beach volleyball, when he won the title in 1993 alongside Jean-Philippe Jodard. ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=18410107 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The men's beach volleyball event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, was held at the Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre located at the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex. The 24 competing teams were split equally into six pools of four, and each team played each of the other teams in their pool a best of three set match (so that the number of pool matches, P, played by each team was 3). The teams in each pool were ranked first through fourth based on the number of matches won, W. In the event of a two-way tie, the winning team in the head-to-head match finished ahead. In a three-team tie, the total number of points each team won and lost during all matches involving only the three tied teams were added up, and the bottom-ranked team of the three was decided by the points for to points against ratio; the other two teams were then ranked according to the outcome of the head-to-head match. The top two teams from each pool and the four best third placed teams (based on: first, matches won; second (in the event of a tie), set ratio SF/SA; and third (if there is still a tie), points ratio PF/PA) progressed through to the round of sixteen (single elimination tournament). Two points (Pts) were awarded for each match win (W) and one point was given for each loss (L).In individual matches, all winners are shown in bold.In group tables advancing teams are highlighted. Pool A Results Pool B Results Pool C Results Pool D Results Pool E Results The Greek pair of Pavlos Beligratis and Athanasios Michalopoulos had to withdraw from their final group game after Beligratis incurred an injury, this gave their opponents Mariano Baracetti and Martin Conde a 21-0, 21-0 straight sets victory. Pool F Results Teams below are highlighted in medal winning colou... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=910548 ... Read more

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Chapters: Natalie Andrès, Matt Zbyszewski, Mark Heese, Annie Martin, Josh Binstock, Conrad Leinemann, Wanda Guenette, Jody Holden, Guylaine Dumont. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 30. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Natalie Andrès (born February 14, 1973 in Montréal, Québec) is a French-Canadian athlete. Although she is primarily known as a former member of the Canadian Snowboard Team, she was an avid volleyball player. She played for the Concordia Stingers in 1994-1995. In 1990, Andrès younger brother Serge inspired Natalie to try snowboarding. She began competing in provincial races and finished 2 in Québec at the end of the 1990-1991 season. In March 1991, she competed in her first international race at in the prestigious Burton US Open in , VT after winning the pre-qualification races to take the only available wildcard spot in the womens giant slalom (GS) and slalom (SL) events. At the time she started boarding, there were very few women involved in the sport, and Andrès became actively involved in promoting the sport. She joined the Board of Surf des Neiges Québec (Québec Snowboarding Association) and was their Director of Marketing between 1993 and 1995. She commissioned her brother to create the associations first logo, which he did pro-bono, developed its first media kit, actively promoted the sport in the province and was able to double sponsorship revenues to help grow the associations grass roots and competitive programs. In November 1993, Surf des Neiges Québec participated in the Super Salon de Sport et Plein Air (now known as 'Le Salon National du Grand Air), which showcased the sport to over 70,000 visitors through live snowboarding demonstrations performed of a slope of snow that was created in the Montreal Olympic Stadiums stands.Andrès moved to Whistler, BC a...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=23460935 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Rosa Medrano, Margarita Suero, Francisco Abreu López, Bethania Almánzar, Dahiana Burgos, Yewddys Pérez, Germán Recio, Yhonastan Fabian, William Sánchez, Ana Ligia Fabian, Charlin Vargas, Cinthia Piñeiro, Yudelka Bonilla, Amaury Martínez, Roberto de Jesús, Gina Del Rosario, Ezequiel Castillo, Iris Santos, Ysaires Restituyo, Yndys Novas, Ginnette Del Rosario, Judith Arias. Excerpt:Amaury Martínez Medal record Amaury Eduardo Martínez Aguilera is a male volleyball player from the Dominican Republic , who participated with the men's national team at the 2007 NORCECA Championship in Anaheim , United States . He played as libero. Clubs Individual Awards References (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Ana Ligia Fabian Medal record Ana Ligia Fabian Hernández (born November 7, 1988 in Santo Domingo ) is a female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic , who participated with the at the 2007 Junior World Championship in Thailand . She competed as Wing Spiker wearing the #4 jersey. She participated with Ingrid Carmona at the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit in 2007 and 2009 with Ysaires Restituyo , finishing in 11th and 9th position. Clubs References (URLs online) item 1. "U-20 World Championship DOM Team Roster at FIVB". item 2. "2007 NORCECA Circuit Participation". item 3. url{http://www.femexvoleibol.n... ... Read more

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Chapters: Martha Revuelta, Diana Estrada, Bibiana Candelas, Vanessa Virgen, Mayra García, Paulette Cruz, Hilda Gaxiola, Mayra Huerta, Laura Almaral. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Martha Revuelta Jiménez (born September 6, 1986 in Mexico City) is a female beach volleyball and volleyball player from Mexico, who played during the Swatch FIVB World Tour 2005 playing with Teresa Galindo. Participating at the 2003 SWATCH-FIVB U-18 World Championships in Pattaya Thailand, and partneting Diana Estrada, they finished in the 4th place, after losing the bronze medal match 21-19, 17-21, 15-7 from Frederike Fischer-Sandra Piasecki, from Germany. She also represented her home country at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games partering Vanessa Virgen and winning the silver medal.. That year she was the volleyball female recipient of the "Luchador Olmeca" Award. At the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit 2008 she won the gold medal at the Guadalajara Tournament. She also played indoor volleyball, playing in the 2003, 2007, 2008 and 2009 versions of the Pan-American Cup. She also took part at the tournament during the 2007 Pan American Games and 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games. ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=24693162 ... Read more

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Chapters: 1994 Winter Olympics, 1952 Winter Olympics, 2009 Beach Volleyball World Championships, 1999 World Women's Handball Championship, 2008 European Men's Handball Championship, 2007 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships, 2002 Uefa European Under-19 Football Championship, 1952 Issf World Shooting Championships, Biathlon World Championships 2000, Biathlon World Championships 1999, Bislett Games, 2002 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Biathlon World Championships 1990, 1946 European Athletics Championships, 1999 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, 2000 Men's World Floorball Championships, Fis Nordic World Ski Championships 1997, Fis Nordic World Ski Championships 1982, Biathlon World Championships 1986, Uefa Women's Euro 1997, 1954 World Figure Skating Championships, 1993 Fila Wrestling World Championships, Fis Nordic World Ski Championships 1966, 1994 Winter Paralympics, 1958 World Ice Hockey Championships, Biathlon World Championships 1965, 1989 Iaaf World Cross Country Championships, 1934 World Figure Skating Championships, Biathlon World Championships 1977, 2006 European Karate Championships, Ekstremsportveko, European Sprint Swimming Championships 1994, 1985 Fila Wrestling World Championships, 1927 World Figure Skating Championships, 1981 Fila Wrestling World Championships, Biathlon World Championships 2002, 1923 World Figure Skating Championships, 1924 World Figure Skating Championships, 1994 Iaaf World Half Marathon Championships, 1961 World Shotgun and Running Target Championships, 1980 Winter Paralympics, Fis Nordic World Ski Championships 1930, 1993 Uci Road World Championships, 1988 European Badminton Championships, 1993 World Women's Handball Championship, Nordic Games, 1987 European Competition for Women's Football, the Arctic Challenge, Oslo Marathon, Norway Cup. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 250. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's bo...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=18246956 ... Read more

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Chapters: Swatch Fivb World Tour 2006, Volleyball at the 2006 Asian Games - Men's Beach Volleyball, 2006 Nestea European Championship Final, Nestea European Championship Tour 2006, Volleyball at the 2006 Asian Games - Women's Beach Volleyball, Beach Volleyball at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games, 2006 Norceca Men's Beach Volleyball Continental Championship. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 31. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Swatch FIVB World Tour 2006 was the 2006 official international beach volleyball tour. There were four Grand Slam tournaments. These events give a higher number of points and more money than the rest of the tournaments. ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=18395409 ... Read more

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Chapters: 1995 in Beach Volleyball, 1995 Fivb Men's World Cup, 1995 Ncaa Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament, Fivb World League 1995, 1995 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship, 1995 Women's European Volleyball Championship, 1995 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship, 1995 Men's European Volleyball Championship, 1995 Fivb Women's World Cup, Volleyball at the 1995 Pan American Games, 1995 European Beach Volleyball Championships, Fivb World Grand Prix 1995, 1995 Men's South American Volleyball Championship. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 55. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt:The 1995 European Beach Volleybal Championships were held in August, 1995 in Saint-Quay-Portrieux , France . It was the third official edition of the men's event, which started in 1993, while the women competed for the second time.Men's competition RANK: FINAL RANKING Women's competition RANK: FINAL RANKING References (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at 1995 Asian Championship The 1995 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was the 8th edition of the Asian Championship , which took place from September 11 to September 23, 1995 in Seoul , South Korea .Preliminary round Quarter-finals Pool E Matches: Sets: Set points Date: Score: Set 1: Set 2: Set 3: Set 4: Set 5: Total Pool F Matches: Sets: Set points Date: Score: Set 1: Set 2: Set 3: Set 4: Set 5: Total Final round Championship Matches: Sets: Set points item Rank: Team: Pts: W: L: W: L: Ratio: W: L: Ratio item Japan : 6 : 3: 0: item China : 5 : 2: 1: item South Korea : 4 : 1: 2: 4: 6: 0.667: item 4: Iran : ... ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Ricardo Santos, Emanuel Rego, Larissa França, Adriana Behar, Shelda Bede, Talita Antunes, Jackie Silva, Sandra Pires, Ana Paula Connelly, Renata Ribeiro, Márcio Araújo, Franco Neto, Fábio Luiz Magalhães, Zé Marco de Melo, Adriana Samuel, Roberto Lopes, José Loiola, Mônica Rodrigues, Benjamin Insfran. Excerpt:Medal record Adriana Brandão Behar (born February 14, 1969 in Rio de Janeiro ) is one of the most outstanding volleyball players of her generation. 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. References (URLs online) Sporting positions A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Medal record Adriana Samuel Ramos (born April 12, 1966 in Rezende) is a Brazilian volleyball player, who won the silver medal in the inaugural women's beach volleyball tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics, partnering Monica Rodrigues . She also represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia , where she claimed the bronze medal, teaming up with Sandra Pires . References (URLs online) Sporti... ... Read more

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Chapters: 2005 Beach Volleyball World Championships, Swatch Fivb World Tour 2005, 2005 Nestea European Championship Final, Nestea European Championship Tour 2005. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 33. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: These page shows the results of the Beach Volleybal World Championships, held from June 21 to June 26, 2005 in Berlin, Germany. It was the fifth official edition of this event, after ten unofficial championships (1987-1996) all held in Rio de Janeiro. ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=11326402 ... Read more

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Chapters: 2007 Norceca Beach Volleyball Circuit. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 22. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The 2007 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit at Puerto Rico was held May 18 - 20 2007 in Carolina, Puerto Rico. It was the third leg of the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit 2007. ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=22376177 ... Read more

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Sportsponsoring erzählt Geschichten ? Geschichten rund um Marken und Unternehmen ? die bei Menschen positive Gefühle auslösen und sich in den Köpfen verankern. Als "below-the-line"-Instrument rückt Sportsponsoring zunehmend in den Vordergrund des werbewirtschaftlichen Interesses. Es stellt sich nun jedoch die Frage, ob Sportsponsoring mehr akzeptiert wird als Werbung im Vergleichsmedium Fernsehen. Wie wird Werbung wahrgenommen und wie wird mit Emotionen gearbeitet? Die Autorin Andrea Pöchtrager beschäftigt sich in folgender Arbeit zunächst mit gesellschaftlichen Veränderungen im Hinblick auf Werbung. Basierend auf Werbewirkungstheorien und Ansätze aus der Werbeforschung, nimmt die Autorin eine Abgrenzung zwischen Fernsehwerbung und Sportsponsoring vor.Eine empirische Studie, durchgeführt am Beach Volleyball Grand Slam in Kärnten/Klagenfurt gibt Aufschluss darüber, ob Sportsponsoring eine Kommunikationsmethode ist, die am Puls der Zeit schlägt und daher von Unternehmen eingesetzt werden sollte, um den Konsumenten Lifestyle und positive Erlebnisse zu vermitteln. Ein Grundlagenwerk zum Thema Sportsponsoring und emotionaler Markenbindung. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Catalan Beach Volleyball Players, Olympic Beach Volleyball Players of Spain, Javier Bosma, Raúl Mesa, Pablo Herrera, Fabio Díez. Excerpt: Francisco Javier Bosma Mínguez (born 6 November 1969 in Roses, Girona) is a former Spanish beach volleyball player, who won the silver medal in the men's beach volleyball tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens together with Pablo Herrera. Bosma also competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics, finishing 5th. Javier Bosma started playing beach volleyball in 1994. He has had six operations in his right leg. He stopped playing beach volleyball at the end of 2006. ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=4780474 ... Read more

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The book: "Sands of Time" The History of BEACH VOLLEYBALL, Volume #1: 1895-1969is the first book that has been devoted primarily to the history of BEACH VOLLEYBALL! There are 272 pages of beach volleyball stories and anecdotes, along with tournament results. The book includes nearly 500 photographs of the events, venues and players of BEACH VOLLEYBALL.

In the first chapter, pages 1-28, cover the first 50 years ofvolleyball. Most of this information relates to the indoor game. Theindoor game was the "motivation" for the game of "BEACH VOLLEYBALL."In order to document the history of BEACH VOLLEYBALL, it was importantto illustrate its original "roots."

The remaining 244 pages cover BEACH VOLLEYBALL, beginning with the second chapter, revealing the "Birth" of BEACH VOLLEYBALL and illustrating how the indoor game contributedto the "conception" ofthe beach game.

You are then guided up to and through beach volleyball's "Golden" years" of the 1950's in thethird chapter. The fourth chapter covers the 1960's, referred to as the "Adolescent" years of BEACH VOLLEYBALL.

Some of the most amazing beach volleyball stories and events are described along with the nearly 500 PHOTOGRAPHS of the people and events involved. ... Read more

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Chapters: 2009 Norceca Beach Volleyball Circuit. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The 2009 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit at Manzanillo was held October 2 through October 4, 2009, in Manzanillo, Mexico. It was the sixth leg of the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit 2009. The tournament was dedicated to the memory of Alejandro Salinas de la Garza, the late president of the Mexican National Volleyball Federation. Results on October 4, 2009 ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=24598429 ... Read more

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Chapters: Olympic Beach Volleyball Players of Angola, Olympic Beach Volleyball Players of Argentina, Olympic Beach Volleyball Players of Australia, Olympic Beach Volleyball Players of Austria, Olympic Beach Volleyball Players of Belgium, Olympic Beach Volleyball Players of Brazil, Olympic Beach Volleyball Players of Canada, Olympic Beach Volleyball Players of China, Olympic Beach Volleyball Players of Cuba, Olympic Beach Volleyball Players of Estonia, Olympic Beach Volleyball Players of France, Olympic Beach Volleyball Players of Georgia (Country), Olympic Beach Volleyball Players of Germany, Olympic Beach Volleyball Players of Greece, Olympic Beach Volleyball Players of Italy, Olympic Beach Volleyball Players of Japan, Olympic Beach Volleyball Players of Latvia, Olympic Beach Volleyball Players of Mexico, Olympic Beach Volleyball Players of Norway, Olympic Beach Volleyball Players of Portugal, Olympic Beach Volleyball Players of Puerto Rico, Olympic Beach Volleyball Players of Russia, Olympic Beach Volleyball Players of South Africa, Olympic Beach Volleyball Players of Spain, Olympic Beach Volleyball Players of Sweden, Olympic Beach Volleyball Players of Switzerland, Olympic Beach Volleyball Players of the Czech Republic, Olympic Beach Volleyball Players of the Netherlands, Olympic Beach Volleyball Players of the United States, Misty May-Treanor, Kerri Walsh, Karch Kiraly, Todd Rogers, Phil Dalhausser, Raúl Papaleo, Jørre Kjemperud, Elaine Youngs, Ricardo Santos, Emanuel Rego, Larissa França, Adriana Behar, Rebekka Kadijk, Mike Whitmarsh, Jake Gibb, Natalie Cook, Bibiana Candelas, Holly Mcpeak, Dax Holdren, Marrit Leenstra, Vegard Høidalen, Stein Metzger, Xue Chen, Kerri Pottharst, Rivo Vesik, Kristjan Kais, Merel Mooren, Dain Blanton, Iver Horrem, Mayra García, Summer Lochowicz, Nicole Branagh, Shelda Bede, Sinjin Smith, Paul Laciga, Talita Antunes, Martin Laciga, Jackie Silva, Jan Kvalheim, Sandra Pires, Sean Rosenthal, J...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=928737 ... Read more

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Chapters: Christian Francois, Sean Morrison, Kevin Rivers, Nolan Tash, David Thomas, Jason Dennis, Kevin Edwards, Colin Charles. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 23. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Cristian Francois (born 1985-10-02) is a male beach volleyball and volleyball player from Trinidad and Tobago. He played in the men's competition at the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit 2007 in Guatemala City, partenering Sean Morrison and during the 2009 season playing with Kevin Rivers He won the 2008 National Beach Volleyball Championship playing with Kevin Rivers and the Bronze medal at the Sizzlin Sand Beach Volleyball Tour 2008 in Antigua . In Indoor volleyball, he participated in the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games and Pan-American Cup 2008 with his National team. ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=24236432 ... Read more

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Chapters: Xue Chen, Wang Jie, Tian Jia, Wang Fei, Zhang Xi, Xu Linyin, Wang Lu, You Wenhui, Wu Penggen. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Xue Chen (Chinese: ; pinyin: Xu Chén; born February 18, 1989 in Fuzhou, Fujian) is a Chinese female beach volleyball player, measuring 6'3" or 191 cm in height. Her hometown is Fuzhou, Fujian, but she trains in Sanya, Hainan. She has also trained in California under coach Dane Selznick. She began playing basketball as a child, but disliked the physical contact of that sport. She then played indoor volleyball from the age of 10 to 13 before settling into beach volleyball. She began training for her sports career in 2000 at the Fu Zhou Sports Training School. In 2002, she attended the Athletic Sports College of Fu Zhou and became a member of the Chinese National Beach Volleyball team. Xue then made her SWATCH-FIVB World Tour debut in 2005, playing in two events with You Wenhui and winning the FIVB Top Rookie award for 2006. Early 2006 Xue became the youngest player to ever win a major event, when on May 28th 2006 the 17 year old won the $400,000 China Shanghai Jinshan Open. Later in 2006, Xue and Zhang Xi won the gold medal in the women's team competition at the 2006 Asian Games. The pair also won the bronze medal in women's beach volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Near the end of 2009 Xue and Zhang Xi won the Asian Beach Volleyball Championships in Haikou, Hainan. Xue Chen is also very popular because of her good looks, and is many consider her to be the hottest beach volleyball player. ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=18416693 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Soa Nováková-Dosoudilová (born October 6, 1975 in Olomouc) is a female beach volleyball player from the Czech Republic, who twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics: 2000 and 2004. Partnering Eva Celbová she claimed the gold medal at the 1998 European Championships. ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=18304726 ... Read more