Beach volleyball from the 2016 Rio Olympics signed by Team USA
date: label: date made
content: 2016
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Beach volleyball from the 2016 Rio Olympics signed by members of Team USA Beach Volleyball is yellow, blue and white and marked Mikasa FIVB Approved [/] Beach Champ [/] Official Game Ball. Autographed in black pen by the members of the 2016 men's and women's beach volleyball teams including Jake Gibb, Brock Sweat, April Ross, Lauren Fendrick, Kerri Walsh Jennings. Beach volleyball began in the 1920s on a beach in Santa Monica, California. During the depression people escaped to the beach as a form of cheap entertainment and played 4 on 4 games. In the 1950s, tournaments began appearing but more for entertainment than as sport. It wasn't until 1965 that the California Beach Volleyball Association formed to define the rules of the game. The 1980s spawned pro tournaments with cash awards given and beach volleyball made its Olympic debut as a demonstration sport in 1992 and became a medal sport at the 1996 Atlanta Games. The United States and Brazil have dominated the sport since the 1996 games in both men and women competitions and have medalled in every games since its 1996 debut.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The 2016 Summer Olympics, also known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with 207 countries and 11,238 athletes participating. These were the first Olympic Games held entirely in the host country’s winter season and the first to be held in South America. These Games were designed with sustainability in mind and many of the features of the Games were made from recyclable materials. The Refugee Olympic Team entered 10 athletes for competition made up of refugees from the European Migrant crisis. The Zika virus was a factor in competition as many athletes decided to forgo the Games for fear of catching the virus spread through mosquitos. Michael Phelps came out of retirement to compete in the Games and added more medals to his historic count. Katie Ledecky won four gold medals and teammate Simone Manual won two gold and two silver medals becoming the first African American to win an individual swimming gold medal. Simone Biles dominated gymnastics, winning four gold and the women’s team won the all-around competition. The United States won the medal count with 121.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: beach volleyball
label: level of sport
content: Amateur
label: level of sport
content: Olympics
label: web subject
content: Women
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Sports & Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0352.01
label: accession number
content: 2016.0352
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0352.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: volleyball
label: Object Name
content: volleyball, summer olympics
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in; 20.32 cm