Misty May-Treanor biography
Misty May-Treanor, née Misty May, (born July 30, 1977, Los Angeles, California, U.S.), American seaside volleyball participant who, along with her accomplice, Kerri Walsh Jennings, gained Olympic gold medals within the occasion in 2004, 2008, and 2012.
May grew up in California and performed indoor volleyball at California State University, Long Beach, the place she led her crew to the 1998 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) title in her senior 12 months. She then performed for the U.S. nationwide indoor crew on the Pan Am Games, after which she determined to strive her hand at seaside volleyball as an alternative. She teamed with Holly McPeak on the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, ending fifth after shedding within the quarterfinals.
In 2001 May shaped her seaside volleyball partnership with Kerri Walsh, who had competed in indoor volleyball on the Sydney Olympics. They completed with the quantity 5 rating on this planet earlier than reaching primary in 2002. They received even higher in 2003, profitable a then-record 90 straight matches and all eight tournaments wherein they performed, together with the world championships, the place they upset the defending Brazilian champions within the ultimate. That success carried over to the 2004 Athens Olympics, wherein they grew to become the primary American feminine tandem to win gold in seaside volleyball. Following the Athens Games, they captured two extra world titles, in 2005 and 2007. Meanwhile, in November 2004 May wed Major League Baseball participant Matt Treanor, and in December 2005 Walsh married volleyball participant Casey Jennings.
In 2008 May-Treanor and Walsh Jennings competed within the Beijing Olympics. In the ultimate match on August 21, May-Treanor and Walsh Jennings ignored a gradual downpour and drenched bathing fits to beat Wang Jie and Tian Jia of China 21–18, 21–18 to proceed their four-year reign over ladies’s seaside volleyball. The match was the pair’s 108th consecutive victory and their 14th straight Olympics win (they didn't lose a set both in Beijing or in Athens on the 2004 Olympics).
In their first post-Olympic match, May-Treanor and Walsh Jennings prolonged their profitable streak to 112 matches, nevertheless it got here to an finish on August 31 with a 21–19, 10–21, 25–23 loss to Olympic teammates Elaine Youngs and Nicole Branagh within the Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) Crocs Cup Shootout in Mason, Ohio. The defeat additionally ended the pair’s streak of 19 straight titles—fairly an accomplishment for a crew that had began enjoying collectively solely in 2001.
After the Beijing Olympics May-Treanor competed on the tv present Dancing with the Stars. An damage she incurred whereas rehearsing, nonetheless, required surgical procedure on her Achilles tendon. She subsequently returned to seaside volleyball, and on the 2012 London Olympics May-Treanor and Walsh Jennings gained a 3rd straight Olympic gold medal. May-Treanor subsequently retired from aggressive play. She remained concerned within the sport, nonetheless, and in 2016 she grew to become director of volleyball operations at Long Beach City College.