Brooke Sweat

Brooke Sweat
Sweat at the Hermosa Beach Open in 2012
Personal information
Full name Brooke Youngquist Sweat
Nationality  United States
Born Brooke Youngquist
(1986-03-27) March 27, 1986
Fort Myers , Florida, U.S.
Hometown Hermosa Beach, California, U.S.
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight 143 lb (65 kg)
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
Years Teammate
2014- Summer Ross[1]
Previous teammates
Years Teammate
2012-13
?
?		 Jennifer Fopma
April Ross
Brooke Hanson

Brooke Sweat (born Brooke Youngquist; March 27, 1986) is an American professional beach volleyball player, specializing as a defender.[2] She started her career in 2007 with the AVP tours. Sweat had her best ever international (FIVB) finish with her then-partner Jennifer Fopma, when they placed third at the 2013 Berlin Grand Slam.[3][4][5]

Personal

Jennifer Fopma (left) with Brooke in 2012

Sweat graduated from Florida Gulf Coast University. She is married to fellow AVP player, Nicholas Sweat.[6]

Professional career

Rio de Janeiro 2016

She qualified for the 2016 Olympics in Rio with partner Lauren Fendrick. The pair played in Pool-A against Poland's Brzostek/Kolosinska (1-2), Brazil's Larissa/Talita (0-2), and Russia's Birlova/Ukolova (1-2), finishing in last place (0-3).

References

  1. ↑ Soffian, Seth (10 June 2016). "Pride for Southwest Florida Olympian Brooke Sweat". news-press.com. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "The American puzzle pieced together!". Beach Volleyball Major Series. April 3, 2018.
  3. ↑ "FIVB profile". fivb.org.
  4. ↑ "AVP profile". avp.com.
  5. ↑ "Team USA profile". teamusa.org.
  6. ↑ "Beach Volleyball database". bvbinfo.com. Archived from the original on April 7, 2016.


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