SPONCIL Sarah

United States of America

Beach Volleyball

Date of Birth: 16 Aug 1996

Age: 24

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.75/5'8''

Place of birth: PHOENIX, AZ

Birth Country:

United States of America

Place of residence : HERMOSA BEACH, CA

Residence Country:

United States of America

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Beach Volleyball	Women USA Claes/Sponcil	9

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Shiokaze Park - Centre Court	Women's Preliminary - Pool D #10 USA Claes/Sponcil 2 LAT Graudina/Kravcenoka 1	Finished
	Shiokaze Park - Centre Court	Women's Preliminary - Pool D #22 USA Claes/Sponcil 2 KEN Makokha/Khadambi 0	Finished
	Shiokaze Park - Centre Court	Women's Preliminary - Pool D #34 BRA Ana Patricia/Rebecca 1 USA Claes/Sponcil 2	Finished
	Shiokaze Park - Centre Court	Women's Round of 16 #42 CAN Bansley/Brandie 2 USA Claes/Sponcil 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
9	Women	2019	Hamburg, GER

World Tour - Tally of rank achieved per season since 2017

Year	Event	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	7th	9th	17th	19th-37th
2021	Women	2x	-	-	-	3x	-	1x	-	-
2020	Women	-	-	-	-	1x	-	1x	-	-
2019	Women	-	2x	1x	-	3x	-	5x	-	-
2018	Women	-	-	1x	-	1x	-	1x	-	-

World Tour - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
1	2021	Women	Ostrava	Ostrava, CZE
1	2021	Women	Sochi	Sochi, RUS
2	2019	Women	Espinho	Espinho, POR
2	2019	Women	The Hague	The Hague, NED
3	2019	Women	Qinzhou	Qinzhou, CHN
3	2018	Women	Haiyang	Haiyang, CHN
5	2021	Women	Cancun	Cancun, MEX
5	2021	Women	Cancun	Cancun, MEX
5	2021	Women	Doha	Doha, QAT
5	2020	Women	Chetumal	Chetumal, MEX
5	2019	Women	Moscow	Moscow, RUS
5	2019	Women	Tokyo	Tokyo, JPN
5	2019	Women	Jinjiang	Jinjiang, CHN
5	2018	Women	Tokyo	Tokyo, JPN

Songwriting, travel, soccer. (teamusa.org, 05 Jun 2021)

Occupation:

Sociology - University of California, Los Angeles, United States of America

Languages spoken:

She began playing volleyball at age six. She got involved in beach volleyball on dirt courts at age eight in Phoenix, AZ, United States of America. (avp.com, 31 Dec 2019)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (teamslaes.com, 01 Feb 2021)

Philosophy:

"There is no ceiling. So let's see how high we can go." (Facebook page, 13 Jul 2021)

General Interest

Previous teammates
Lauren Fendrick (olympics.nbcsports.com, 17 Jul 2020)

General
BEACH FOCUS
She teamed up with Kelly Claes in 2018 but it was a tournament where she reached a final with former partner Lauren Fendrick that persuaded her to pursue beach volleyball instead of indoor volleyball. "I kind of wanted to go the indoor, USA national team route, but after we did so well in that tournament, it kind of flipped a switch. I kind of wanted to pursue beach." (olympics.nbcsports.com, 17 Jul 2020)

FURTHER EDUCATION
She has studied at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, CA, United States of America. (sarahsponcil.com, 02 Oct 2020)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/sarah.sponcil
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/smsponcil
https://instagram.com/smsponcil
Team Instagram: https://instagram.com/teamslaes
https://twitter.com/SSponcil
Athlete Website: https://www.sarahsponcil.com
Team Website: https://www.teamslaes.com
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO2zwV1snuScAiUZNI1_PZg

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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