Nicole Sanderson

Nicole Therese Sanderson (born 1 April 1976 in Perth, Western Australia) is an Australian beach volleyball player.[1]

Nicole Sanderson
Personal information
Full nameNicole Therese Sanderson
Nationality Australia
Born (1976-04-01) 1 April 1976
Perth, Western Australia
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Honours
Women's beach volleyball
Representing Australia
World Championships
2003 Rio de Janeiro Beach

Sanderson started her career in indoor volleyball where played for Pepperdine University, in the United States.[2] In 1998 she competed for the first time in FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour where she took part until the 2006 season.

Her best World Tour result was a second place in Osaka, Japan, alongside Natalie Cook in 2004.[3] That year they have been selected to represent Australia at the 2004 Summer Olympics, in Athens.[4] Cook had won the gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics (with Kerri Pottharst) and they won a bronze medal at the 2003 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Rio de Janeiro.[3] They finished the Olympics in fourth place[5] after losing the bronze medal match to Americans Holly McPeak and Elaine Youngs.[6]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nicole Sanderson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  2. "Nicole Therese Sanderson – Bio Bits". Beach Volleyball Database. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  3. "Aussies Regroup for SWATCH-FIVB World Tour". FIVB. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  4. "Australia Beach Volleyball at the 2004 Athina Summer Games". Sports Reference LCC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  5. "Nicole Hannan". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  6. "Women's beach volleyball: Americans snare Olympic gold and bronze". People's Daily. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
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