They went on the win the final against fellow American team Jennifer Kessy and April Ross, , , taking their third consecutive gold medal in beach volleyball. Kerri Walsh-Jennings was born on August 15, , in Santa Clara, California, into an athletic family: Her father played minor league baseball, and her mother was a two-time Most Valuable Player in volleyball at Santa Clara University. She graduated from Stanford in with a degree in American studies, and a reputation as one of the best all-around volleyball players in collegiate history.
As a team, the duo is generally considered to be the best in the history of the sport, proving virtually unstoppable for more than a decade. On the heels of all this success, Walsh-Jennings and May-Treanor, in the midst of an game win streak, headed to the Athens Olympics. They overpowered the competition, eventually winning the gold, defeating Brazil in the finals. After Athens, Walsh-Jennings and May-Treanor continued to dominate the field and, four years later, headed to China for the Beijing Games, again winning the gold.
Also in , the duo broke their own records by winning matches in a row and 19 consecutive tournaments. The duo followed with a fourth-place finish in Sayna, China, a gold medal at the Beijing Grand Slam, and a second place finish at the World Championship. Finishing the season, Walsh-Jennings had tallied 42 first-place finishes internationally during her beach career. After a strong season, the pair reunited again for the Summer Olympic Games, held in London.
They dominated the early rounds, defeating Australia, the Czech Republic and Austria, and defeating the Netherlands and Italy in the quarter-finals.
They went on to beat China in the semi-finals round, as well as the final against fellow American team Jennifer Kessy and April Ross, , , winning their third consecutive gold medal in beach volleyball. Casey Jennings and Kerri Walsh Jennings have been married since Casey Jennings and Kerri Walsh Jennings have been married since and both are professional volleyball players.
While Walsh Jennings is in Rio , where she and April Ross won bronze, Jennings is taking care of their three children. Jennings has also found success at the international level, but has not played in the Olympics. Walsh Jennings then asked him to go to a rehab program, which he did. He was married to Hilary Clark from June to November After seeing sports psychologist Michael Gervais, Walsh Jennings and Jennings repaired their marriage. Read More From Heavy. Casey Jennings in a AVP event.
During his career , Jennings has played with over 20 different partners. His most frequent partner was Matt Fuerbringer, who he played with from and again in You know, growth is beautiful. Now the couple has three children, and Jennings has run the household in Southern California when Walsh Jennings has traveled overseas for competition with her new teammate, April Ross. May-Treanor retired after the Games. With Jennings at home, his famous wife was able to qualify for the Rio Games and put herself in position to join retired basketball star Lisa Leslie as the only American women to win team gold medals at four consecutive Olympics.
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