Kerri Lee Walsh Jennings is an American professional beach volleyball player, three-time Olympic gold medalist, and a one-time Olympic bronze medalist. She is the beach volleyball leader in career victories as of 2016 having won 135 international and domestic tournaments.
Walsh-Jennings after winning the FIVB Moscow Grand Slam in 2011
Walsh (right) at Grand Slam Moscow, 2012
U.S. President George W. Bush visits Walsh Jennings and May-Treanor while at the 2008 Olympics.
Walsh with April Ross and John Kerry
Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two players each on a sand court divided by a net. Similar to indoor volleyball, the objective of the game is to send the ball over the net and to ground it on the opponent's side of the court. Each team also works in unison to prevent the opposing team from grounding the ball on their side of the court.
The blocker (left) attempts to stop the opposing team's attack over the net.
Beach volleyball players at the Outrigger Canoe Club in Hawaii, ca. 1915
Public beach volleyball courts in Santa Monica, where the modern two-man version originated.
A beach volleyball game between members of President Harry S. Truman's vacation party at Key West, Florida in 1950