Paula Weishoff

Paula Jo Weishoff (born May 1, 1962 in Hollywood, California) is a retired female volleyball player from the United States, who won two medals with the USA National Women's Team at the Summer Olympics: 1984 (silver) and 1992 (bronze).

Paula Weishoff
Personal information
BornPaula Jo Weishoff
May 1, 1962 (1962-05) (age 58)
Hollywood, California, U.S.
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Medal record
Women’s volleyball
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
1984 Los AngelesTeam competition
1992 BarcelonaTeam competition

Weishoff also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, finishing in seventh place. A 1980 graduate of West High School in Torrance, California, she was inducted in the Volleyball Hall of Fame in 1998.

She played on the USC team for one season (1980), "where she earned all-America and all-conference acclaim en route to leading Trojans to [the] national championship."[1]

International competitions
  • 1981 – NORCECA (gold)
  • 1982 – World Championships (bronze)
  • 1983 – NORCECA (gold)
  • 1983 – Pan American Games(silver)
  • 1984 – Summer Olympics (silver)
  • 1986 – Goodwill Games (bronze)
  • 1986 – World Championships
  • 1991 – NORCECA Championships (silver)
  • 1991 – World Cup
  • 1992 – Summer Olympics (bronze)
  • 1992 – FIVB Super Four (bronze)
  • 1995 – World Grand Prix (gold)
  • 1996 – Summer Olympics (7th place)

She was the head coach of the Concordia University Eagles Women's Volleyball team and then transferred to UC Irvine to coach the women's team there.

Personal

She is 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) and married to Karl Hanold.[2]

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References
  1. "Paula Weishoff Profile". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  2. "UCI Bio". University of California Irvine. Archived from the original on February 1, 2014. Retrieved January 20, 2014.


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