Interesting Facts About Women’s Volleyball You Probably Didn’t Know as Beginner Players

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In my last week’s post, I’ve talked about the interesting facts about the men’s volleyball that you may not have heard before. If you haven’t read the post until now, catch up with it by clicking the link above!

Volleyball is one of the highly popular team sports and the fast-paced nature of it is exciting for the fans to watch. It’s equally thrilling for players to participate due to the fact that they have to make quick decisions on the court and each one needs to perform pretty well to win a match.

Like men’s volleyball, there are many interesting facts about women’s volleyball and we’ll take a close look at them in this post.

So without any further delay, let’s get started!

Interesting Facts About Women’s Volleyball for Beginner Players

1. The first world championship for women’s volleyball was held in 1952 and it was organized by the international volleyball governing body. The first edition of the championship was won by the Russian women’s volleyball team at the time known as USSR.
2. The debut for volleyball in Olympic games was in the year 1964. The gold medal for the first edition in women’s volleyball was won by the host nation Japan. They won another women’s volleyball Olympic gold medal in 1976. Both bronze and silver medals in the 1964 women’s volleyball Olympic games were won by Poland and Russia respectively.
3. Beach volleyball was introduced to the Olympic games in 1996 for both men’s and women’s national teams. The inaugural edition of the women’s beach volleyball Olympic gold medal was won by Jackie Silva and Sandra Pires of Brazil. Interestingly, Mônica Rodrigues and Adriana Samuel of Brazil won the women’s beach volleyball Olympic silver medal for that particular year.
4. 1957 is the year volleyball was officially accepted as an Olympic sport by the international Olympic committee. Subsequently in 1964, both men’s and women’s volleyball made its debut in the Tokyo Olympic games.
5. The youngest women’s volleyball player to win an international beach volleyball title is Xue Chen of China. She was just 17 when achieving this prestigious honor. Xue won this title at the China Shanghai Jinshan Open with her partner Zhang Xi.
6. Xue won her first women’s beach volleyball title with a match duration of only 38 minutes. The score margin is 23 to 21 and 21 to 14.
7. The only women’s national volleyball team to have won 3 consecutive Olympic gold medals is the Cuba’s national volleyball team. They won it in 1992, 1996 and 2000.
8. The USA women’s beach volleyball team won the Olympic gold medal for 3 consecutive times in 2004, 2008 and 2012. In the history of women’s beach volleyball, it is the only team that has achieved this feat. Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh-Jennings are the players in that successful team.
9. Tijana Boskovic of Serbia has performed the fastest serve hit by a female player until now. Her serve clocked in at 101KPH. She performed this fastest serve during the Rio Olympic games in 2016.
10. Boskovic is the very first player to break the 100KPH ceiling of the women’s volleyball history in Olympic games. She was only 19 when accomplishing this awesome achievement. The previous record for the fastest serve was by Brankica Mihajlovic and she performed a 99KPH serve.

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Why is Cuban Women Volleyball Team’s Achievement of Winning 3 Consecutive Olympic Gold Medals is Significant?

The Cuba national women’s volleyball team’s achievement of winning 3 consecutive gold medals in Olympic games is significant in many ways. Winning a gold medal in Olympic games isn’t an easy task.

There’ll be a lot of planning, practice and many other things that goes behind accomplishing this achievement. Doing it once takes a lot of effort and to do it for 3 times is truly sensational.

Just imagine the overall skills of the players and leadership of the Cuba women’s team captain. In my opinion, it is a terrific record to hold!

What’s One Interesting Fact on Women’s Volleyball that You Enjoyed Reading About?

There are so many but one fact that stands out for me is the USA women’s beach volleyball team winning the Olympic gold medal for 3 consecutive times from 2004 to 2012. It is simply stunning!

What’s One Interesting Fact About Women’s Volleyball that You Particularly Like from This List?

All these facts are pretty awesome in my opinion but if there’s one that I need to pick from this

list that I like the most, then it’d definitely be the Cuba’s national women’s volleyball team winning the Olympic gold medal for 3 consecutive times. I know that I’ve talked about it before, but how do you not like the achievement of this magnitude? Also, the fact that no team is able to accomplish it thereafter makes it that much more special.

Conclusion

I firmly believe that volleyball has given and it’ll continue to give thrilling and exciting moments for its fans to cheer and cherish. There’s no doubt about that.

I really hope that you’ve learned some interesting facts about women’s volleyball from this post.

Now, it’s your turn!

Which are the facts that you liked the most?

Share your thoughts in the comments section below!

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