April Ross
April Ross, a beach volleyball star American She is one of a small number of women who won medals in several Olympics. Alix Kallineman will compete with April Ross in Tokyo in order to claim her third gold medal over the coming days. Ross's objective is her first Olympic gold medal. As she is 39 this may be her last chance get it done. But she is confident that most prestigious prizes are within reach. Ross said on NBC Boston that he believes that if the team plays their highest, or play an excellent game, they will be able to win gold. So I'm going to take an extra bit of luck also. Ross was born in 1982 in Costa Mesa California where she lived with her parents as well as a her sister. Ross was a competitive athlete in a variety of athletics while she was at Newport Harbor High School. Apart from indoor volleyball, she took part in track and basketball as professional athletes. As a finalist in her sport, she clearly stood out. According to her bio, she was an outside blocker as well as a middle hitter in the volleyball court throughout her high-school career. Her achievements were acknowledged with her being named the 1999 Gatorade's Circle of Champions' National Players of the Year. In 2000, she was awarded an Orange County Athlete of the of the year for volleyball. Ross and Klineman started their partnership in 2017, but Ross has been a prominent athlete on the beach for a long time before. The American has been a major winner in events twice, with various partners. The other has become an icon of the world of volleyball. From 2007 until 2013, she was working by Jennifer Kessy, who is currently her coach. Kessy as well as Ross proved to be an impressive force on the world circuit, winning their first world title in 2009. In 2012, the pair took silver in London's Olympics. Misty Maytreanor's iconic team together with Kerri Jennings won the gold. Ross Jennings was Walsh Jennings partner in fate when Maytreanor retired. In 2016, the pair won bronze in the Rio Olympics for beach volleyball. Ross played for the USC Trojans in high school after she finished in high school. Her time at USC was awe-inspiring. In 2000, as a freshman she fought her way to Pac-10 and NCAA The Freshman of the Year awards and was an All-American. In addition, she helped her Trojans to reach the Final Four. In her sophomore year, she was devastated by a personal loss, yet she managed to be a second All-American. Through her final two years playing for the Trojans the team, she played a key role in helping succeed in winning consecutive championships. Individually she had cemented herself as a legendary player receiving in 2003 and 2004 the Honda Sports Award as the most outstanding female college volleyball player. Ross went on to study international relations at USC. Margie Ross never saw her daughter achieve the heights of the field in volleyball. Ross's mom Margie passed away in 2001, when Ross was still at the age of a USC sophomore. It was discovered that she had breast cancer. She is deeply in love with her mother who died. Margie is an ever-present source of inspiration to her both on and off the beach.






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