Gabriel Bryan Gardner (born March 18, 1976) is an American professional

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

player. He is a two-time Olympian, having played at the 2004 Athens Olympics and 2008 Beijing Olympics with the U.S. national team. Gardner graduated from San Clemente High School, where he went on to the

University of Southern California The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a Private university, private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in ...

, playing for the USC Trojans volleyball team in 1996–97. He then transferred to

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, where due to NCAA transfer rules he sat out the 1998 season before playing for the Cardinal in 1999. Gardner also played

water polo Water polo is a competitive sport, competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the water polo ball, ball into the oppo ...

as a goalie in addition to being an accomplished volleyball player at the high school level.USC Olympians: 1904-2008
, USC Trojans Athletic Department, accessed August 26, 2008., GabeGardner.com, accessed August 26, 2008. He is married to Olympic bronze medalist Lauren McFall Gardner, who was the team captain of the 2004 Olympic synchronized swimming team.

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Official website for Gabe Gardner
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Player profile at fenerbahce.org
(archived) {{DEFAULTSORT:Gardner, Gabe 1976 births Living people American men's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Stanford Cardinal men's volleyball players USC Trojans men's volleyball players Volleyball players from San Diego Fenerbahçe S.K. (men's volleyball) players Ural Ufa volleyball players Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in volleyball Volleyball players at the 2003 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for the United States 21st-century American sportsmen San Clemente High School (California) alumni