Nancy Reno
Encyclopedia
Nancy Reno is a retired female beach volleyball
player from the United States
, who won the bronze medal at the 1997 World Championships
in Los Angeles, California
, partnering Karolyn Kirby
. She finished in fifth place at the inaugural Olympic Beach Volleyball Competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics
alongside Holly McPeak
.
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 from the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, who won the bronze medal at the 1997 World Championships
1997 Beach Volleyball World Championships
The1997 Beach Volleyball World Championships, were held from September 10 to September 13, 1997 in Los Angeles, California . It was the first official edition of this event, after ten unofficial championships between 1987 and 1996....
in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
, partnering Karolyn Kirby
Karolyn Kirby
Karolyn Kirby is a retired female beach volleyball player from the United States, who won the bronze medal at the 1997 World Championships in Los Angeles, California, partnering Nancy Reno.-References:*...
. She finished in fifth place at the inaugural Olympic Beach Volleyball Competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....
alongside Holly McPeak
Holly McPeak
Holly McPeak is an American beach volleyball player.McPeak has 72 career beach volleyball titles and $1.4 million USD in career earnings, which are third and second respectively of any woman in the history of professional beach volleyball...
.