Sam_O'Dea

Sam O'Dea

Sam O'Dea

New Zealand beach volleyball player

Sam O'Dea (born 24 November 1990)[1] is a New Zealand beach volleyball player.

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Sam and his brother Ben O'Dea represented New Zealand at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, where they won the bronze medal in the men's pair competition. They were the nation's first men's beach volleyball team to compete at the Games. The pair also won the bronze medal at the Shepparton Open in Australia on the 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour.[2][3][4]

O'Dea is the grandson of Bob O'Dea, who played rugby union for the New Zealand national team, the All Blacks, in the 1950s.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Sam O'Dea at the Beach Volleyball Database, Accessed 2 April 2018.
  2. [2]
    "O'Dea brothers start well on world tour". nzherald.co.nz. 11 March 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  3. [3]
    "Commonwealth Games: O'Dea brothers named in NZ beach volleyball team". Stuff.co.nz. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  4. [4]
    "Kiwi brothers Sam and Ben O'Dea win beach volleyball bronze at Commonwealth Games". Stuff.co.nz. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  5. [5]
    "O'Dea brothers claim beach volleyball bronze for New Zealand". New Zealand Herald. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.


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