KLINEMAN Alix

United States of America
Beach Volleyball
30 Dec 1989
31
Female
1.95/6'4''
TORRANCE, CA
 
United States of America

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
VBV Beach Volleyball Women
USA
April/Alix
 1 Gold Medal

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Shiokaze Park - Centre Court
Women's Preliminary - Pool B
#02
USA
April/Alix
2
CHN
Xue/Wang X.X.
0
Finished
Shiokaze Park - Centre Court
Women's Preliminary - Pool B
#14
USA
April/Alix
2
ESP
Liliana/Elsa
0
Finished
Shiokaze Park - Centre Court
Women's Preliminary - Pool B
#32
USA
April/Alix
2
NED
Keizer/Meppelink
1
Finished
Shiokaze Park - Centre Court
Women's Round of 16
#46
CUB
Lidy/Leila
0
USA
April/Alix
2
Finished
Shiokaze Park - Centre Court
Women's Quarterfinal
#50
GER
Ludwig/Kozuch
0
USA
April/Alix
2
Finished
Shiokaze Park - Centre Court
Women's Semifinal
#52
SUI
Verge-Depre, A./Heidrich
0
USA
April/Alix
2
Finished
Shiokaze Park - Centre Court
Women's Gold Medal Match
#54
AUS
Artacho Del Solar/Clancy
0
USA
April/Alix
2
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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World Championships
RankEventYearLocation
2Women2019Hamburg, GER

World Tour - Tally of rank achieved per season since 2017
YearEvent1st2nd3rd4th5th7th9th17th19th-37th
2021Women1x-2x-2x-1x--
2019Women3x1x-1x3x-2x--
2018Women1x---4x-1x-1x

World Tour - Ten best performances since 2017
RankYearEventCompetitionLocation
12021WomenDohaDoha, QAT
12019WomenGstaadGstaad, SUI
12019WomenItapemaItapema, BRA
12019WomenYangzhouYangzhou, CHN
12018WomenThe HagueThe Hague, NED
22019WomenTokyoTokyo, JPN
32021WomenCancunCancun, MEX
32021WomenCancunCancun, MEX
42019WomenThe HagueThe Hague, NED
52021WomenOstravaOstrava, CZE
52021WomenSochiSochi, RUS
52019WomenWarsawWarsaw, POL
52019WomenOstravaOstrava, CZE
52019WomenSimingXiamen, CHN
52018WomenMoscowMoscow, RUS
52018WomenVienna MajorVienna, AUT
52018WomenGstaadGstaad, SUI
52018WomenSimingXiamen, CHN
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Athlete
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Stanford University, United States of America
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Partner Teddy Purcell
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English
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Angie Akers [personal], USA
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Right side, blocker (beachmajorseries.com, 01 Jul 2019)
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Right (beachmajorseries.com, 01 Jul 2019)
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Her brother Max and her sister Maddy have both played volleyball at university level in the United States of America. Max competed for the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Maddy for the University of California, Los Angeles. (gostanford.com, 01 Jun 2010; sandcastvolleyball.com, 24 Mar 2018; uclabruins.com, 01 Sep 2015; ucsbgauchos.com, 01 May 2007)
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She has played volleyball at international level, and won gold with the United States of America at the 2015 Pan American Cup in Lima, Peru. She has also played volleyball at club level in the Italian Serie A1 and the Brazilian Superliga. (teamusa.org, 06 Aug 2015; latimes.com, 15 Aug 2019)
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In early 2015 she suffered injuries to her ankle and knee. (lastampa.it, 17 Feb 2015)

She underwent shoulder surgery before her second year at Stanford University in the United States of America. (alumni.stanford.edu, 10 Mar 2009; teamusa.org, 20 Aug 2019)
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She began playing volleyball at Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach, CA, United States of America. She switched to beach volleyball in 2017. (beachmajorseries.com, 09 Jan 2018; olympics.nbcsports.com, 19 May 2019; latimes.com, 10 Mar 2020)
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She is from a sporting family, and took part in various sports when she was young. She began to focus on volleyball at high school as it suited her physique. She switched to beach volleyball in 2017 due to the physical toll of playing on a hard surface, and to help her achieve her goal of competing at the Olympic Games. (sandcastvolleyball.com, 24 Mar 2018; latimes.com, 19 Aug 2019, 10 Mar 2020)
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To win a gold medal at the Olympic Games. (olympics.nbcsports.com, 13 Jul 2019)
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She trains for two hours each morning on a beach in the South Bay area of Los Angeles, CA, United States of America. She also goes to the USA Volleyball Beach Headquarters in Torrance, CA, for gym work. (latimes.com, 10 Mar 2020)
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US basketball player Kobe Bryant. (teamusa.org, 06 Aug 2015)
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Her brother. (gostanford.com, 28 Jun 2010)
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She and her partner April Ross were named joint 2019 Women's Player of the Year by USA Volleyball. (fivb.com, 14 Jan 2020)

She was named 2018 Association of Volleyball Professionals [AVP] Best Blocker, Most Improved Player, and in the Women's Team of the Year. (avp.com, 01 Jan 2019)

She was named the 2017 AVP Rookie of the Year in her first season playing beach volleyball. (avp.com, 01 Jan 2019)

In her time playing volleyball at Stanford University in the United States of America, her honours included being named Volleyball Magazine National Player of the Year, Pacific-10 Conference [Pac-10] Player of the Year and Volleyball Magazine National Freshman of the Year, and being included in the American Volleyball Coaches Association [AVCA] All-America First Team twice and the Volleyball Magazine All-America First Team three times. (gostanford.com, 01 Jun 2010)

While playing volleyball at high school she was named 2006 Gatorade National Player of the Year, and California State Player of the Year in 2005 and 2006. (gostanford.com, 01 Jun 2010)

While playing volleyball she was named Best Scorer at the 2005 Youth World Championship in Macau, China. (teamusa.org, 06 Aug 2015)

General Interest

Previous teammates
Jace Pardon, Branagan Fuller, Lane Carico (beachmajorseries.com, 09 Jan 2018; sandcastvolleyball.com, 24 Mar 2018)

General
SWITCH TO BEACH
In 2017 she switched from volleyball to beach volleyball, having played the indoor version of the sport at high school, university and in club leagues in Italy and Brazil. She says she made the decision in response to the disappointment of not being selected for the US volleyball team at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. "It feels like such a distant memory. That was my life from age eight to 26. That was all I lived and breathed. And now, I almost can't remember it. In the beginning, I was like, 'I'm an indoor player who switched to the beach'. I feel like I've shed that other part of my identity. [Missing out on selection for Rio] made me evaluate everything. Yeah, I love volleyball, but I love it because I'm chasing the biggest goal. Once that was taken away, it took away a little bit of my purpose. It really appealed to me on the beach that, if you get the results, nobody gets to say no to you." (olympics.nbcsports.com, 19 May 2019; latimes.com, 15 Aug 2019, 10 Mar 2020)

PARTNERSHIP
She partnered with her teammate April Ross in 2017, after her first season playing on the Association of Volleyball Professionals [AVP] tour. Ross approached her after splitting with her partner Kerri Walsh. "I knew as soon as I partnered with April that I was giving myself the best chance to succeed. I knew she would make me look better because of how good she is, but I don't think I anticipated how much she would teach me as well." (olympics.nbcsports.com, 14 Jul 2019; p1440.com, 06 Aug 2019)

SANCTION
In 2013 she was suspended for 13 months by the United States Anti-Doping Agency [USADA] after testing positive for an androgenic anabolic steroid or its precursors. A panel from the American Arbitration Association [AAA] of the North American Court of Arbitration for Sport, who confirmed the suspension, accepted her explanation that she had inadvertently ingested the prohibited substance from her mother's DHEA supplements that had been mixed with her own vitamins. Her contract with Imoco Volley in Italy was terminated due to her suspension. She was free to return to volleyball in June 2014. (usada.org, 12 Dec 2013)

Legend
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Gold Medal
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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