Kerri Walsh Jennings Will Kerri Walsh Jennings age catch up to her, and make her unable to compete in the 2020 olympics? Even with her age being 42 at the next olympics it won’t stop her from competing and winning gold for the 4th time, and even with her busy life she has had great success, but just because she was super successful doesn’t mean she didn’t have any issues. Kerri Walsh Jennings is the best beach volleyball player for team USA to play since she has won 3 olympic gold medals.
Being 39 years old Kerri Walsh Jennings has a busy life with 3 kids. Jennings os 6’2” and is 39 years old with 3 kids between ages 4-8, which is her motivation to keep playing (Shinn). Jennings was born August 15, 1978 in Santa Clara, California and then attended Stanford University (Biography.com). Jennings was very talented and helped Stanford University win the 1996 and 1997 NCAA titles and being named the MVP in both finals (Peter). Even with her busy life she has had great success.…show more content… Jennings has won 3 olympic gold medals with partner Misty May-Treanor in 2004, 2008, 2012, and a bronze medal in 2016 with partner Ross (Shinn). In 2003 she won 90 straight matches and all 8 tournaments. The success carried over to 2004 where they were the first American female tandem to win a gold medal in beach volleyball (DiGiacomo). After winning 3 gold medals, 3 world titles, and went unbeaten for 112 games with partner Treanor Jennings was nicknamed 6 feet of sunshine (Olympic.org). Even with all Jennings success she still had to overcome plenty of
