Kerri Lee Walsh Jennings is a professional beach volleyball player from the United States who was born on August 15, 1978.
She has won three Olympic gold medals and one Olympic bronze medal during her career. As of the end of 2016, she holds the record for most beach volleyball tournament wins with 135.
April Beach volleyball player and three-time Olympian Elizabeth Ross was born in the United States on June 20, 1982.
She and her partner Jennifer Kessy took home silver in 2012, bronze in 2016 with Kerri Walsh Jennings, and gold in 2020 with Alix Klineman.
2009 World Beach Volleyball Champions Ross and Kessy. In 2010, she tied the knot with Bradley Keenan, a player for the men’s beach volleyball team.
They officially ended their marriage this year (2018). It was in the summer of 2022 that Ross and Josh Riley were engaged.
Kerri Walsh Jennings, April Ross End Partnership
Kerri Walsh Jennings, a five-time Olympian, is seeking for a new partner and a new beach volleyball tour.
After rejecting an exclusivity agreement with the AVP that would have kept her on the circuit through the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo.
To The Associated Press, Walsh Jennings said Thursday that the contract was “a death sentence for our sport” and that it lacked the vision to grow the game.
Her first public comments since leaving the biggest, wealthiest, and longest-running domestic circuit. She was critical of the eight-stop circuit, saying that the lack of expansion in prize money and competitions forces athletes to move back in with their families or work full-time.
The owner of AVP, Donald Sun, chose not to comment. After Walsh Jennings failed to sign in time.
For the upcoming season’s first tournament in Huntington Beach, California, he told the Associated Press, “I respect her decisions, and I wish her well.”
Walsh Jennings and April Ross, who won the bronze medal with her at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, have decided to end their partnership and withdraw from the AVP circuit.
After the London Olympics, Walsh Jennings and her partner Misty May-Treanor, who had won three consecutive gold medals, announced their retirement.
Kerri Walsh Jennings, April Ross Win Beach Volleyball Bronze
Devastated. I haven’t been able to fall asleep. She failed to win her target of a fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal, and she blamed herself, cried, and cursed.
Kerri Walsh Jennings, after suffering her first Olympic beach volleyball loss and falling behind by a set in the bronze-medal match.
Rallied on the sand of Copacabana to win three medals and become the sport’s all-time Olympic leader in gold, silver, and bronze.
A U.S. cheering section could be seen in the corner of the 12,000-seat arena built on the beach, which is considered the sport’s spiritual birthplace.
After hugging her opponents, Walsh Jennings clasped hands with several courtside volunteers.
Conclusion
Walsh Jennings’s poor passing was a factor in their loss to Brazil’s second-seeded team on Tuesday night and throughout the medal round.
On Wednesday, though, the three-time winner blocked for the final two points, sealing the deal and awarding him the bronze medal.
