Ben O'Dea (born 6 May 1992) is a New Zealand

beach volleyball Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two to four players each on a sand court divided by a net. Similar to indoor volleyball, the objective of the game is to send the ball over the net and to ground it on the opponent's side o ...

player. Ben and his brother Sam O'Dea represented New Zealand at the

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, where they won the bronze medal in the men's pair competition. They were the nation's first men's

team to compete at the Games. The pair also won the bronze medal at the

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Open in

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on the

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. O'Dea is the grandson of Bob O'Dea, who played rugby union for the New Zealand national team, the

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, in the 1950s.

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* * * 1992 births Living people Men's beach volleyball players New Zealand beach volleyball players Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand Commonwealth Games medallists in beach volleyball Beach volleyball players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games {{volleyball-bio-stub