Kerri Pottharst – Women’s Beach

Our inaugural female beach inductee also played both disciplines but it was on the beach that she excelled. Over a 13 year period she won 8 Australian Beach titles and played in 92 FIVB World Tour Events amassing a total of 20 medals – 10 Bronze, 8 Silver and 2 Gold. She represented Australia at three consecutive Olympic Games in 1996, 2000 and 2004. Winning a bronze medal in 1996 only made her hungrier for further success which culminated in her most significant volleyball achievement – one that we will all remember – when she and her partner Natalie Cook took the gold medal at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. No doubt it was this latter achievement that also helped her gain recognition as the FIVB International Team of the Decade 1990-2000.