Sara Hughes

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Sara Hughes Volleyball (beach)
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2017 at the World Cup in Vienna
portrait
birthday February 14, 1995
place of birth Costa Mesa, United States
Partner 2011–2013 various
2013–2018 Kelly Claes
since 2018 Summer Ross
World ranking Position 9
successes
2013 - World Cup third U19
2014 - World Cup third U21
2017 - World Cup ninth
2018 - Third FIVB 4-star Espinho
2018 - Winner FIVB 4-star Moscow
(As of August 14, 2018)

Sara Hughes (born February 14, 1995 in Costa Mesa ) is an American beach volleyball player .

Career

Hughes comes from a volleyball family. She started playing beach volleyball at the age of eight and trained with Misty May-Treanor . During her time at Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana , she also played indoor volleyball . However, while studying at the University of Southern California , she focused on playing on the sand. With Justine Wong-Orantes she reached ninth place at the U19 World Cup in Umag in 2011 . She played her first professional tournament in 2011 with Caitlin Racich in Manhattan Beach . With Racich she also took part in the U21 World Cup in Halifax . Hughes / Wong finished ninth again at the 2012 U19 World Cup in Larnaka . In the same year the U21 World Cup took place in Halifax again; this time Hughes and Summer Ross just missed a medal after a 14:16 in the tie-break against the Australians Artacho / Clancy . In 2013 she won the bronze medal with Kelly Claes at the U19 World Cup in Porto by beating the German Schneider / Schreiber . With Lane Carico she won the NORCECA tournament in Puerto Rico .

In 2014 Hughes finished fifth with Kellie Woolever at the U23 World Cup in Mysłowice . Then she formed a solid duo with Claes. Hughes / Claes took third place at the U21 World Cup in Larnaka. Hughes also reached the finals at the continental tournaments in Puerto Rico with Claes and in Chula Vista with Whitney Pavlik . In 2015 Hughes / Claes took third and ninth place at the AVP tournaments in New York City and Manhattan Beach and also third place at the NORCECA tournament in North Bay . At the Grand Slam in Long Beach they took part in a tournament of the FIVB World Tour for the first time. Then they won the NORCECA tournament in Varadero .

At the 2016 AVP tournaments in New York and San Francisco , Hughes / Claes had to admit defeat to Ross / Walsh and finished third and second. They then won the NORCECA tournament in North Bay and the World University Games in Estonia . After a 17th place in the major tournament of the World Tour 2016 in Klagenfurt , they achieved another tournament victory in Puerto Rico. They finished the year in ninth place at the Grand Slam in Long Beach. In early 2017, Hughes played at the five-star World Tour tournament in Fort Lauderdale for once with Lauren Fendrick , as participation with her regular partner would not have been possible. After that, Hughes / Claes were reunited and reached two fifth places in the FIVB series in Rio de Janeiro and Poreč . They finished seventh and ninth at the AVP tournaments in New York and Seattle . They also came ninth in the five-star World Tour tournament in Gstaad . At the World Championships in Vienna , Hughes / Claes reached the round of 16, in which they were eliminated against the later world champions Ludwig / Walkenhorst .

Summer has been Ross Hughes' partner since April 2018 . On the FIVB World Tour , Hughes / S. Ross got some top ten results and finished third in the 4-star tournament in Espinho . The Americans won the 4-star tournament in Moscow in the final against world number one Ágatha / Duda from Brazil.

Web links

Commons : Sara Hughes  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ FIVB team ranking (as of August 13, 2018)
  2. ↑ a b USC beach volleyball standouts Kelly Claes and Sara Hughes have post-graduation sights set on Olympics. Los Angeles Times , May 12, 2017, accessed July 14, 2017 .
  3. ↑ a b Profile at the USC Trojans (English)
  4. ↑ a b Profile at Team USA (English)
personal data
SURNAME Hughes, Sara
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American beach volleyball player
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1995
PLACE OF BIRTH Costa Mesa , United States