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Sara Elizabeth Hughes (born February 14, 1995) [4] is an American beach volleyball player. With teammate Kelly Cheng, she achieved a career-high world ranking of No. 2 in August 2023. Hughes has won six tournaments on the AVP Pro Tour and seven gold medals, one silver medal, and three bronze medals on the FIVB World Tour/Pro Beach Tour .
WORLD CHAMPION SARA HUGHES IN DOHA 🇶🇦! Together with partner Kelly Cheng, expect the American duo to play their hearts out at the first #BeachProTour event of the year in Doha, Qatar from March 5-9. ️ Full event info - LINK IN BIO. 📺 Watch the matches on VBTV. ☀️ #BeachVolleyball #BeachProTourDoha
Dec 20, 2023 · Hughes tells you about the time right after she started playing beach volleyball at 8 years old when Misty May-Treanor, the three-time Olympic gold medalist and a legend in the sport, hung...
3 days ago · Meet the players. Kelly Cheng and Sara Hughes are the leading pair for Team USA at the upcoming Olympics. Cheng, who previously competed in Tokyo 2020 with Sarah Sponcil but did not win a medal, reunited with her college partner Hughes to take the beach volleyball world by storm, becoming world champions together in 2023.
Oct 15, 2023 · Americans Kelly Cheng and Sara Hughes cemented themselves as Olympic gold-medal contenders by winning the world beach volleyball championships on Sunday. Cheng and Hughes, mid-2010s USC phenoms who reunited last year after four years apart, dethroned Brazilians Ana Patricia and Duda 21-16, 24-22 in Tlaxcala, Mexico.
3 days ago · She won in 2021 with former partner Sarah Sponcil. Individually, the win marked the ninth FIVB crown for Cheng and the 10th for Hughes. The pair is co-coached by USC associate head coach Gustavo ...
Four-time AVCA All-American. Helped the Trojans to one AVCA team national championship (2015) and two NCAA national championships (2016, 2017) Considers beach legend and three-time gold medalist Misty May-Treanor a friend and mentor. Serves on the USA Volleyball Board of Directors.
Oct 15, 2023 · Kelly Cheng and Sara Hughes are the 2023 beach volleyball world champions, winning a gold medal over Brazil's Ana Patricia and Duda.
Aug 22, 2022 · Hughes and partner Kelley Kolinske won their first Manhattan Beach Open championship Sunday, defeating Kelly Cheng and Betsi Flint in three sets to earn a spot on the hallowed Manhattan Beach...
May 4, 2022 · Sara Hughes has long been one of the most promising talents in beach volleyball. Now she's playing some of the best ball of her career.
