Best Men’s Indoor and Beach Volleyball Players of All Time

  • December 28, 2020

The history of volleyball knows many great mens indoor and beach volleyball players. Some mens athletes have achieved success in the indoor volleyball sport. Some athletes succeeded in the beach volleyball. There are also players who demonstrated excellent results in both men’s indoor and beach volleyball game. Who are the best men’s indoor and beach volleyball players of all time? Now, it’s time to get the answer!

So, let’s get started.

Karch Kiraly (Beach and Indoor Volleyball)

Karch Kiraly is the legendary volleyball player from the United States. The athlete succeeded both in indoor and beach volleyball. He is best-known as the volleyball player who has won Gold medals both in indoor and beach volleyball at the Olympic Games.

Karch Kiraly has earned such awards as FIVB Best Player in the World (in 1986 and in 1988); FIVB Best Player of the 20th Century, AVP Best Offensive Player (in 1990, in 1993 and in 1994); AVP Best Defensive Player (in 2000); AVP Comeback Player of the Year (in 1997); AVP Most Valuable Player (in 1990, in 1992, in 1993, in 1994, in 1995 and in 1998); AVP Sportsman of the Year (in 1995, in 1997 and in 1998); AVP Outstanding Achievement Award (in 2004), AVCA Hall of Fame (in 2005) and others.

The volleyball player’s list of awards include: 3 Gold medals at the Olympic Games (in Los Angeles in 1984, in Seoul in 1988 and in Atlanta in 1996); 1 Gold medal (in France in 1986) at the World Championship as well as 1 Silver medal (in Moscow in 1986) at the Goodwill Games.

Today, Karch Kiraly works as the head coach of the United States women’s national volleyball team.

Giba (Indoor Volleyball)

Giba is an indoor volleyball player from Brazil. He played for volleyball teams in different parts of the world such as Argentina, Brazil, Italy and Russia.

Giba played at the position of an outside hitter for the Brazil men’s national volleyball team since 1995 till 2012.

The volleyball player has won 1 Gold medal (in Athens in 2004) and 2 Silver medals (in Beijing in 2008 and in London in 2012) at the Olympic Games; 3 Gold medals (in Argentina in 2002, in Japan in 2006 and in Italy in 2010) at the World Championship as well as 2 Gold medals (in Japan in 2003 and in Japan in 2007) and 2 Bronze medals (in Japan in 1995 and in Japan in 2011) at the World Cup; 3 Gold medals (in Japan in 1997, in Japan in 2005 and in Japan in 2009) at the World Grand Champions Cup; 8 Gold medals (in Katowice in 2001, in Madrid in 2003, in Rome in 2004, in Belgrade in 2005, in Moscow in 2006, in Katowice in 2007, in Belgrade in 2009, in Cordoba in 2010), 2 Silver medals (in Belo Horizonte in 2002, in Gdansk in 2011) and 1 Bronze medal (in Mar del Plata in 1999) at the World League; 1 Gold medal (in Rio de Janeiro in 2007), 1 Silver medal (in Winnipeg in 1999) and 1 Bronze medal (in Santo Domingo in 2003) at the Pan American Games.

Sergio Santos (Indoor Volleyball)

Sergio Santos is an indoor volleyball player from Brazil. He played for the Brazil men’s national volleyball team since 2001 till 2016. Sergio Santos is known in the history of volleyball as one of the best liberos and one of four players who have won 4 medals at the Olympic Games.

The athlete has won 2 Gold medals (in Athens in 2004 and in Rio de Janeiro in 2016) and 2 Silver medals (in Beijing in 2008 and in London in 2012) at the Olympic Games; 2 Gold medals (in Argentina in 2002 and in Japan in 2006) at the World Championship; 2 Gold medals (in Japan in 2005 and in Japan in 2009) at the World Grand Champions Cup, etc. The list of athlete’s awards could go on and on.

Sergey Tetyukhin (Indoor Volleyball)

Sergey Tetyukhin is an indoor volleyball player from Russia. He played for the Russia men’s national volleyball team since 1996 till 2016. The athlete played at the position of an outside hitter.

Sergey Tetyukhin has won 1 Gold medal (in London in 2012), 1 Silver medal (in Sydney in 2000) as well as 2 Bronze medals (in Athens in 2004 and in Beijing in 2008) at the Olympic Games; 1 Silver medal (in Argentina in 2002) at the World Championship; 2 Gold medals (in Japan in 1999 and in Japan in 2011) and 1 Silver medal (in Japan in 2007) at the World Cup.

Steve Timmons (Indoor Volleyball)

Steve Timmons is an indoor volleyball player from the United States of America. He represented the United States on many international indoor volleyball competitions. During his sport career, Steve Timmons won 2 Gold medals (in Los Angeles in 1984 and in Seoul in 1988) as well as 1 Bronze medal (in Barcelona in 1992) at the Olympic Games; 1 Gold medal (in Paris in 1986) at the World Championship and 1 Silver medal (in Moscow in 1986) at the Goodwill Games.

Emanuel Rego (Beach Volleyball)

Emanuel Rego is a beach volleyball player from Brazil. The athlete represented Brazil at many international beach volleyball competitions such as the Olympic Games, the World Championships, the Pan American Games and many others.

The volleyball player has won 1 Gold medal (in Athens in 2004), 1 Silver medal (in London in 2012) and 1 Bronze medal (in Beijing in 2008) at the Olympic Games; 3 Gold medals (in Marseille in 1999, in Rio de Janeiro in 2003 and in Rome in 2011) at the World Championships and 2 Gold medals (in Rio de Janeiro in 2007 and in Guadalajara in 2011) at Pan American Games.

Ricardo Santos (Beach Volleyball)

Ricardo Santos is a beach volleyball player from Brazil. The athlete represented Brazil at many international beach volleyball competitions such as the Olympic Games, the World Championships, the Pan American Games and many others.

Ricardo Santos has won 1 Gold medal (in Athens in 2004), 1 Silver medal (in Sydney in 2000) as well as 1 Bronze medal (in Beijing in 2008) at the Olympic Games; 1 Gold medal (in Rio de Janeiro in 2003) as well as 3 Silver medals (in Klagenfurt in 2001, in Rome in 2011 and in Stare Jablonki in 2013) at the World Championships and 1 Gold medal (in Rio de Janeiro in 2007) at the Pan American Games.

Phil Dalhausser (Beach Volleyball)

Phil Dalhausser is a famous beach volleyball player from the United States of America. Initially, the athlete played in the pair with Todd Rogers. He has been playing in the pair with another famous US beach volleyball player, Nick Lucena since 2015. The pair successfully represents the United States on various prestige beach volleyball championships such as the Olympic Games, the World Championships, the World Tour and others.

The beach volleyball player’s list of awards includes the following: 1 Gold medal (in Beijing in 2008) at the Olympic Games, 1 Gold medal (in Gstaad in 2007) as well as 1 Bronze medal (in Stavanger in 2009) at the World Championships and 4 Gold medals (in Austria in 2006, in France in 2008, in Norway in 2008 and in Russia in 2008), 3 Silver medals (in Croatia in 2006, in Brazil in 2007 and in Germany in 2008) as well as 4 Bronze medals (in Mexico in 2006, in Germany in 2007, in Australia in 2008 and in Italy in 2008) at the World Tour.

Mike Dodd (Beach Volleyball)

Michael Dodd is a beach volleyball player from the United States of America. Michael Dodd played together with Mike Whitmarsh. The pair won the Silver medal at the beach volleyball Olympics tournament that took place in Atlanta in 1996.

The beach volleyball player earned “AVP Best Defensive Player” award in 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1997; “AVP Best Spiker” in 1989, “AVP Most Inspirational” in 1995, 1996 and 1997 as well as “AVP Sportsman of the Year” in 1994 and in 1996.

 

Thank you so much for reading this article. We’ve just provided the list of the best men’s indoor and beach volleyball players of all time and described their sport achievements in detail. In fact, there are many good men’s indoor and beach volleyball players. These athletes successfully represented their countries on various prestige beach and indoor volleyball tournaments. So, the list of the top ranked men’s indoor and beach volleyball players could go on and on. Good luck!