Tamsin Barnett
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Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
) is an Australian volleyball player. Barnett was on the Australian indoor squad
Australia at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Australia was the host nation for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.-Medalists:-Archery:...
at the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
. At the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
, Barnett partnered with Natalie Cook
Natalie Cook
Natalie Louise Cook OAM is an Australian professional beach volleyball player and Olympic gold medallist.-Early life:...
in beach volleyball
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....
. Barnett and Cook also partner on the Swatch FIVB World Tour
Swatch FIVB World Tour
The Swatch FIVB Beach Volley World Tour is an intercontinental beach volleyball tour....
, and in 2007 Barnett was named the World Tour's most improved player
Swatch FIVB World Tour 2007
The Swatch FIVB World Tour 2007 is an international beach volleyball competition.The tour consists of 12 tournaments with both genders and 10 separate gender tournaments....
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