Kevin Wong
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Kevin Kahn Wong is a professional beach volleyball
player who currently competes on the AVP
tour. In 2000, he placed fifth paired with Rob Heidger at the Sydney Olympics. Wong was named to People Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" issue in 2000. He currently lives in Hawaii
. He is 6'7" and played his college volleyball at UCLA. His brother Scott Wong, an assistant women's volleyball coach at the University of Hawai'i, also played on the AVP tour.
Wong graduated from Punahou School
. At UCLA, he helped the school to win the 1993 and 1995 NCAA Championships
and was a three-time All-American. He received his degree in economics in 1995.
He will be honored by the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California
in "Celebrating Chinese Americans in Sports", May, 2009.
successfully ended the 2010 season by capturing gold at the Swatch FIVB World Tour
by beating the Brazilian duo of Benjamin Insfran
and Bruno Schmidt
at The Hague
, Netherlands.
Beach volleyball
Beach volleyball, or sand volleyball, is an Olympic team sport played by two teams of two players on a sand court divided by a net.Like volleyball, the object of the game is to send the ball over the net in order to ground it on the opponent’s court, and to prevent the same effort by the opponent....
player who currently competes on the AVP
AVP
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tour. In 2000, he placed fifth paired with Rob Heidger at the Sydney Olympics. Wong was named to People Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" issue in 2000. He currently lives in Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
. He is 6'7" and played his college volleyball at UCLA. His brother Scott Wong, an assistant women's volleyball coach at the University of Hawai'i, also played on the AVP tour.
Wong graduated from Punahou School
Punahou School
Punahou School, once known as Oahu College, is a private, co-educational, college preparatory school located in Honolulu CDP, City and County of Honolulu in the U.S. State of Hawaii...
. At UCLA, he helped the school to win the 1993 and 1995 NCAA Championships
NCAA Men's Volleyball Championship
The NCAA Men's Volleyball Championship is the tournament that determines the national championship of American college volleyball.The "Final Four" is a term used exclusively by NCAA Basketball but is commonly used to describe the Men's Volleyball Championship...
and was a three-time All-American. He received his degree in economics in 1995.
He will be honored by the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California
Chinese Historical Society of Southern California
Chinese Historical Society of Southern California is located in Los Angeles Chinatown, at 415 Bernard Street. Its Chinatown Heritage & Visitors Center is open to the public...
in "Celebrating Chinese Americans in Sports", May, 2009.
Career
Kevin Wong along with partner Casey JenningsCasey Jennings
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successfully ended the 2010 season by capturing gold at the Swatch FIVB World Tour
Swatch FIVB World Tour
The Swatch FIVB Beach Volley World Tour is an intercontinental beach volleyball tour....
by beating the Brazilian duo of Benjamin Insfran
Benjamin Insfran
Benjamin Insfran is a beach volleyball player from Brazil. Insfran and partner Márcio Araújo won the bronze medal at the 2003 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and represented their native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.-References:*...
and Bruno Schmidt
Bruno Schmidt
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at The Hague
The Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
, Netherlands.