Elaina Oden is a former volleyball

Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

 player from the United States

United States

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, who won the bronze medal with the United States women's national volleyball team

United States women's national volleyball team

The United States women's national volleyball team represents the United States of America in international volleyball competitions and friendly games, and is governed by USA Volleyball.-Current Squad:...

 at the 1992 Summer Olympics

1992 Summer Olympics

The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...

 in Barcelona, Spain.

Oden attended Irvine High School in Irvine, California

Irvine, California

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, and was a standout in volleyball, basketball, soccer, softball, and track & field. As a senior, she was named the School's Athlete of the Year. Her sisters Kim and Beverly

Beverly Oden

Beverly Oden is a volleyball player from the United States. She played middle blocker for the U.S women's volleyball team in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia....

were also outstanding volleyball players.