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Karch Kiraly
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Karch Kiraly is an American volleyball player and coach, the only person to win Olympic medals in both indoor and beach volleyball. He won indoor gold in 1984 and 1988, then beach volleyball gold in 1996 when the discipline debuted as an Olympic sport, and was named FIVB Best Player in the World in 1986 and 1988. He later coached the United States women's national team to its first Olympic gold at the Tokyo 2020 Games, revealing only afterward that he had privately managed a colon cancer diagnosis from 2017 through the tournament.
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Career HighlightAs head coach, led the United States womens national team to its first ever Olympic gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Games, having quietly battled colon cancer since a 2017 diagnosis. 1 Career HighlightThe only player, man or woman, to win Olympic medals of any color in both indoor volleyball and beach volleyball. 1 Career HighlightWon Olympic gold in indoor volleyball in 1984 and 1988, then gold again in the new sport of beach volleyball in 1996, and won 148 professional beach titles including 74 with partner Kent Steffes. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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