Elaine Youngs

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Elaine Youngs
Youngs in 2010
Personal information
Full nameElaine Clara Marie Hermenia Youngs
NicknameE.Y.
NationalityAmerican
Born (1970-02-14) February 14, 1970 (age 54)
Orange, California, U.S.
HometownLake Forest, California, U.S.
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Beach volleyball information
Years Teammate
2011
2010
2006–2009
2005–2006
2002–2004
2001
1999–2000
1998
1997		 Rachel Scott
Misty May-Treanor
Nicole Branagh
Rachel Wacholder
Holly McPeak
Barbra Fontana
Liz Masakayan
Nancy Reno
Liz Masakayan
Indoor volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Number15 (national team)
Medal record
Women's beach volleyball
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens
Beach
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Marseille Beach
Women's volleyball
Representing the  United States
Goodwill Games
Silver medal – second place 1994 Saint Petersburg Indoor

Elaine Youngs (born February 14, 1970, in Orange, California) is an American former professional volleyball player who competed both indoors and on the beach.[1]

Youngs attended

points
per game. She graduated in 1993 with a degree in history.

Youngs was on the USA Volleyball indoor team and won a silver medal at the 1994 Goodwill Games.[2] She also played in the 1996 Olympics, where the women placed seventh.[3]

Nicknamed "EY", Youngs beach career started in 1997, winning third place in her first pro beach volleyball tournament. In 1997 and then 1999–2000 Youngs partnered with

Jennifer Kessy Boss and Youngs replaced Wacholder with Nicole Branagh for the 2007 AVP season. On September 8, 2007 Youngs won the Goddess of the Beach tournament for the first time in Las Vegas, Nevada. Branagh and Youngs achieved fifth place in the 2008 Beijing Olympics
and continued playing together in the 2009 season. In 2010, Nicole Branagh partnered with Misty May-Treanor, replacing Kerri Walsh. Youngs retired from professional volleyball at the end of the 2010 season.

In 2002 Youngs was chosen as the MVP of the Association of Volleyball Professionals. In 2004 she teamed with Holly McPeak to win the bronze medal at the Summer Olympics in Athens. In her career Youngs won 51 professional beach volleyball tournaments. On October 6, 2006 she was inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame.[5]

Personal life

Youngs currently works as a realtor in Durango, Colorado.[6] During the winter, she enjoys "everything outdoors," including snowboarding, snowshoeing, hiking, camping and cross-country skiing.

References

  1. ^ NBC Olympics athlete bio: Elaine Youngs Archived July 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Krastev, Todor. "Women Volleyball Goodwill Games 1994 Sankt Petersburg (RUS) - 07-.08 Winner Soviet Union". Todor66.com. Archived from the original on April 29, 2023. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
  3. ^ Team USA Elaine Youngs BIO "[1]". Updated 2009.
  4. ^ AVP Elaine Youngs BIO (2009) ""AVP - the Players - Elaine Youngs". Archived from the original on April 30, 2009. Retrieved May 23, 2009." Beach Volleyball Database
  5. ^ "Elaine Youngs Inducted Into UCLA Athletics Hall Of Fame". uclabruins.com. October 3, 2006. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011.
  6. ^ "Elaine "EY" Youngs". Porch Light Real Estate Group. Retrieved July 16, 2021.

External links

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