Misty May-Treanor: The Most Successful Female Beach Volleyball Player

Volleyball is a fun game that was invented in 1895. Volleyball soon became popular and is now the second most popular sport. In 1964 the volleyball became a sport at the Olympics. There are two types of volleyball indoor and beach. Indoor volleyball there are teams of six and in beach volleyball there are pair, so teams are with two people. Many people play volleyball and there are many professional volleyball players and teams in America. One of the most successful players is Misty May-Treanor. Misty May-Treanor is the most successful female beach volleyball player in America.

As a rule to be the most successful female beach volleyball player the player needs to win a least one gold medal at the Olympics and be in the top three at the FIVB World Championships. Misty May has gone to the Olympics four time in her career: 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012. She won three gold medals and placed for fifth when she went to the Olympics. It is not easy to get gold in the Olympics and she got gold three times. Misty went to the FIVB World Champion three times: 2005, 2007, 2009. She won first place all three times. It is very hard to make it to the World Championships. For Misty to make it to the World Championship and then win first every time is a very hard task. She was a very successful athlete during her career if she made it to the Olympics and the World

Misty May-Treanor set the record for the most matches and tournaments won in a row. Sets are small games to 21 points. Teams play to win three out of five sets to win the match. At tournaments teams play against three other teams to get into a bracket. There are three different brackets gold, silver, and bronze. Misty won 112 matches in a row and won 19 tournaments all placing in the gold bracket and winning first. This was a record that was hard to break. Records are made by the most successful athletes, Misty May-Treanor was one of