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Kerri Walsh Jennings: Olympian Spotlight (What To Know)

By Wendi Oliveros March 7, 2021 @WendiOliveros1

Kerri Walsh Jennings

 

It is hard to believe, but the Summer Olympics are just a little over 4 months away.

Preparing for the Olympics is difficult enough when there is a four year window between each, but the unexpected one year delay of the 2020 Summer Olympics due to the pandemic affected many.

Even the seasoned Olympians had to adjust, and one of the most seasoned is 42 year old Kerri Walsh Jennings competing in her 6th Olympics in beach volleyball.

 

Kerri Walsh Jennings: What You Need To Know

Misty May-Trainor and Kerri Walsh win the Gold Medal in 2012. @GettySport @TeamUSA pic.twitter.com/emf8DGeTvp

— Sports Photos (@sportsphotos) August 8, 2015

  1. Her first Olympics was in 2000, in Sydney, Australia.
    Beach volleyball was not a recognized Olympic sport at that time so she competed in indoor volleyball.
  2. Walsh Jennings has had four beach volleyball partners since 2001.
    Her most successful partnership was with Misty May-Treanor; the pair won three gold medals in 2004, 2008, and 2012.
  3. In 2016, Walsh Jennings had a new partner, April Ross; they earned a bronze medal.
  4. With her four medals, she is the most decorated beach volleyball player, male or female, in history.
  5. She is married to pro beach volleyball player Casey Jennings.
    They have three children; Walsh Jennings was five weeks pregnant when she earned gold in 2012.

 

3-time olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings goes head-to-head with one of her toughest opponents.. her son 🏐⁣
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(📹: caseytjennings, h/t volleyball world/Instagram) pic.twitter.com/cewlGBaPD9

— SportsEngine (@SportsEngine) July 14, 2020

 

Walsh Jennings 2021 Partner: Brooke Sweat

 

This time, Walsh Jennings will partner with 34 year old Brooke Sweat in Tokyo.

Ironically, Sweat injured her knee in May 2020 and required surgery.

Brooke Sweat (@BaSweat) welcomes the task of going after #Tokyo2020 with 🏐 legend @kerrileewalsh

"I'm going to be really excited, really fired up… to play free, fun, aggressive."

Get the full story 👉 https://t.co/unFSyI9zQs@FIVBVolleyball @TeamUSA @usavolleyball pic.twitter.com/cCASPH9PSd

— Olympic Channel (@olympicchannel) October 14, 2020

Had the Olympics gone as planned in 2020, Sweat would not have been able to compete.

Sweat talked about partnering with Kerri Walsh Jennings.

“Kerri is an absolute legend. … Playing with her in the beginning, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I put too much pressure on myself to be perfect but once I got to know her a little bit better… it’s just volleyball…I had to kind of switch my mindset to something like that, rather than thinking, ‘Don’t screw this up for her. She picked me. She knows what she’s got with me.’ And I think we can do really great things together.”

This will be Brooke Sweat’s second Olympics; she and her previous partner qualified for Rio in 2016 but had a disappointing showing.

Regarding her Rio experience, Sweat said:

“Rio was a heartbreak. And for the longest time, I just thought failure. But you look back at it and I had a torn rotator cuff playing in Rio; I had surgery like eight months before. So for me now, I can look back and it’s a complete opposite (perspective).”

 

The Preparation

 

Walsh Jennings has talked about training her mind, body, and spirit for the Olympics.

Her spirit has to be prepared for the long hours of match play, and her mind needs to be laser focused.

The physical training encompasses lots of practice time on the court as well as Pilates and weight training.

Obviously, it works for her; Walsh Jennings has spent half of her life competing in this sport and shows no signs of letting up with her sights set on a fourth gold medal.

 

The 2020 Summer Olympics take place between July 23 and August 8, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.

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