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Lucy Boulton
Sport: Beach Volleyball
Height: 5’9
Location: Essex, United Kingdom
Competitive Record:
- 4th European Tour – Blackpool, England 2009
- 13th World Tour – Phuket, Thailand 2010
- 4th place Olympic Test Event 2011
- World Championships – Stavanger 2009; Rome 2011
- FIVB world tour player 2006 - present
- 3rd place Hamilton Open, New Zealand Tour 2012
- 2nd place Czech Winter Tour 2010
- 1st place in Swedish Domestic Tour event 2009 & 2010
- 2nd place in Australian Domestic Tour event 2007
- British beach volleyball Champion 2007 & 2009
- Most Valuable Player VEBT 2009
About Lucy:
Lucy has always had a passion for sport and throughout school, college and university would try her hand at anything but it was by chance that she came across Volleyball at school. She moved through the ranks quickly, gaining her first full international cap aged 17.
She made the switch to beach volleyball 3 years later in 2006 seeing more opportunities to progress on to the World Stage. She now competes regularly on the FIVB World Tour and the CEV European Tour, with her top finishes being 13th and 4th respectively.
She competed in the World Championships in 2009 and 2011 and hopes one day to become an Olympian.
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Denise Johns
Sport: Beach Volleyball
Height: 6’
Competitive Record:
- British Volleyball Federation
- FIVB world tour player 2006-current: best finish = 13th place
- 3rd place Hamilton Open, New Zealand Tour 2012
- World Championships – Stavanger 2009; Rome 2011
- 4th place Olympic Test Event 2011
- FIVB Most Inspirational 2010
- 2nd place Czech Winter Tour 2010
- Best offensive player 2007, 2008 & 2009
- 1st place in Swedish Domestic Tour event 2009
- 4th place European (CEV) event 2009
- 2nd place in Australian Domestic Tour event 2007
- British beach volleyball Champion 2007, 2008 & 2009
- 1st place finish all participated British tournaments including Urban
- Tour & Volleyball England Beach Volleyball Tour 2006-2010
Association of Volleyball Professionals in the USA (AVP)
2003 amateur
2004-2006 professional
Highest finish: 5th place twice
Winner of AVPNext Championships 2003
Other Accomplishments
Degree in Architecture
Scholarship in Rowing 2001 & 2002
About Denise:
Denise played on the US pro tour for 4 years and is now competing to qualify for the 2012 Olympics. Her father's side of the family grew up in Hemel Hempstead and although she was primarily raised in the States.
In 2010 Sistersport magazine commented:
But it is offshore that GB has been making the biggest impression and nobody less so than Denise Johns who was voted the Most Inspirational Player in the 2010 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Women’s Post-Season Awards. That she knocked Brazilian legend and five time winner Shelda Kelly Bruno Bede off top spot is testament of things to come.
Born in Luxembourg and brought up in the States (okay, we’ll take all the help we can get!) Denise’s dad hails from Hemel Hempstead...
...At 31, her highlights already include beating some of the sporting greats. “My best moment in the sport so far was in 2005 on the AVP (American tour) playing with partner Alicia Polzin,” she said. “We beat Holly McPeak & Jen Kessy and Rachel Wacholder & Elaine Youngs in the same tournament in San Diego. They are legends in the sport and we were on fire being cheered on by friends and family. It was the first time my grandpa had watched me play and very memorable”. – Sistersport 2010
See her Wikipedia page here:
Giving back to sport:
Denise has volunteered for Premiership 4 Sport, coached for the Volleyball England initiative and is also an ambassador for Go Spike. She is happy to donate her time when possible to help improve the sports
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