Nicole Branagh

American volleyball player

Nicole Branagh

Branagh serving at the 2009 AVP San Francisco Open finals

Personal information
Nationality|  United States
Born| Nicole Christine Branagh
(1979-01-31) January 31, 1979 (age 45)
Orinda, California, U.S.
Hometown| Torrance, California, U.S.
Height| 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[1]
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
| Years | Teammate

|

2010, 2012, 2017 | Kerri Walsh
Previous teammates
| Years | Teammate

|

2005, 2011
2006–2009
2006
| Angie Akers
Elaine Youngs
Holly McPeak

Medal record

Women's volleyball
Representing the  United States
World Tour
| 2008 Barcelona | Beach
| 2008 Dubai | Beach
| 2010 Phuket | Beach
| 2007 Phuket | Beach
| 2008 Moscow | Beach
| 2008 Phuket | Beach
| 2009 Klagenfurt | Beach
| 2007 St. Petersburg | Beach
| 2007 Brazil | Beach
| 2008 Seoul | Beach
| 2008 Paris | Beach
| 2008 Sanya | Beach
| 2009 Gstaad | Beach
| 2010 Stavanger | Beach
Pan American Games
|  2003 Santo Domingo | Team

Nicole Christine Branagh (born January 31, 1979, in Orinda, California)[1] is an American volleyball player. She has represented the United States in international competition as a member of both the indoor and beach national teams. With partner Elaine Youngs, Branagh competed in the beach volleyball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics, finishing fifth. She currently plays beach volleyball professionally as a right-side defender.[1]

## Career

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Branagh played collegiately at the University of Minnesota.[2] She was twice named to the All-America Second Team as an outside hitter.[3] She also was the Big Ten's co-Player of the Year in her senior season.[4] Following graduation, she played for the United States women's national volleyball team from 2001 to 2003,[4] finishing her national career after the 2003 Pan American Games, where she won a bronze medal[5] and was the top scorer.

After spending the 2004 season as a volunteer assistant coach at Cal State Fullerton,[4] Branagh began playing beach volleyball on the AVP Pro Tour and the FIVB World Tour. She has won 17 AVP events and 3 FIVB World Tour events over the course of her career.[6] She was named the AVP Rookie of the Year in 2005 and the Most Improved Player in 2006 and 2008.[7] She partnered with Holly McPeak for much of the 2006 season, before teaming up with Elaine Youngs for the remainder of the 2006 season and up until the 2009 season.[8][9] Branagh and Youngs competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics where they came in fifth.[9][5]

## Personal life

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Branagh lives in Southern California with her wife and two children.[10]

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Team Details: Branagh/Walsh USA". United States Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on February 16, 2019. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
2. ^ "Gophers in the Pros: Nicole Branagh". University of Minnesota Athletics. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
3. ^ "American Volleyball Coaches Association Division I All-America History (through 2017 season): Minnesota (21/32)" (PDF). American Volleyball Coaches Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 16, 2019. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
4. ^ a b c "2004 Volleyball: Nicole Branagh". Cal State Fullerton Titans. Archived from the original on October 1, 2011. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
5. ^ a b "Nicole Branagh". www.teamusa.com. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
6. ^ "Nicole Branagh: Victories". Beach Volleyball Database. Archived from the original on February 16, 2019. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
7. ^ "AVP Pro Tour Athlete Nicole Branagh". AVP Beach Volleyball. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
8. ^ "Nicole Branagh: 2004–07". Beach Volleyball Database. Archived from the original on February 16, 2019. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
9. ^ a b "Nicole Branagh: 2008–13". Beach Volleyball Database. Archived from the original on February 16, 2019. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
10. ^ "Nicole Branagh". United States Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on February 16, 2019. Retrieved February 16, 2019.

## External links

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* Nicole Branagh at the Association of Volleyball Professionals
* Nicole Branagh at the Beach Volleyball Major Series
* Nicole Branagh at the FIVB beach volleyball database
* Nicole Branagh at the Beach Volleyball Database
* Nicole Branagh at Team USA (archive November 29, 2022)
* Nicole Branagh at Olympics.com
* Nicole Branagh at Olympedia

Awards

Preceded by

Laura Ludwig (GER)
Tamsin Barnett (AUS)

|  Women's FIVB World Tour "Most Improved"
2008  | Succeeded by

Marleen van Iersel (NED)

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2008 USA Olympic Volleyball Team (men's beach, women's beach and men's indoor - gold medals, women's indoor - silver medal)

Qualification|

* Men's indoor
* Women's indoor

Men's indoor|

* Lloy Ball
* Sean Rooney
* David Lee
* Richard Lambourne
* Reid Priddy
* Ryan Millar
* Riley Salmon
* Tom Hoff
* Clay Stanley
* Kevin Hansen
* Gabriel Gardner
* Scott Touzinsky

Women's indoor|

* Ogonna Nnamani
* Danielle Scott-Arruda
* Tayyiba Haneef-Park
* Lindsey Berg
* Stacy Sykora
* Nicole Davis
* Heather Bown
* Jennifer Joines
* Kim Glass
* Robyn Ah Mow-Santos
* Kim Willoughby
* Logan Tom

Men's beach|

* Phil Dalhausser
* Todd Rogers
* Jake Gibb
* Sean Rosenthal

Women's beach|

* Nicole Branagh
* Elaine Youngs
* Misty May-Treanor
* Kerri Walsh Jennings

Coaches|

* Hugh McCutcheon
* Lang Ping

*[GER]: Germany
*[AUS]: Australia
*[NED]: Netherlands
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