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6'5"
Died (Aged 31)
1954-1986
Inglewood, CA
Hyman led the U.S. women’s volleyball team through the boycott of the Olympic Games Moscow 1980 but stayed with the team to lead them the silver medal in 1984, the first Olympic Volleyball medal for the United States. Hyman’s tenure as an Olympic athlete was cut short by both the boycott and her death, but her legacy was solidified in just one appearance at the Olympic Games in 1984.
After the Olympic Games Los Angeles 1984, she went to play professionally in Japan. Hyman is often credited with the rise of women’s volleyball in America. In 1987, National Girls and Women in Sports Day began and, in the beginning, NGWSD served as a remembrance of Hyman who passed away in 1986. After the 1984 Games, she advocated for women’s sports and testified on Capitol Hill on behalf of strengthening Title IX. This work helped pave the way for the success of women on the Olympic and Paralympic stages today.
PARIS - The defense of an Olympic championship ended for the U.S. women’s volleyball team with a straight-set loss to top-ranked Italy on Sunday afternoon before a raucous crowd at South Paris Arena. The silver medal was the seventh Olympic medal for t...
PARIS – This was the challenge they had savored. The U.S. Women’s Volleyball team found itself in a grueling five-set semifinal battle against a Brazil team that had swept each of its previous opponents in three clean sets. Now, in South Paris Arena 1,...
PARIS — The pursuit to defend an Olympic title continued for U.S. women’s volleyball with a 3-0 quarterfinal sweep of Poland on Tuesday afternoon at South Paris Arena 1. The 25-22, 25-14, 25-20 victory advanced the U.S. to a semifinal match against Bra...
Four of the 12 members of the U.S. Olympic team have connections to the Aloha State.
