Jacob Spiker Gibb (born February 6, 1976) is an American professional

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, who currently plays on the AVP Tour with

Taylor Crabb Taylor Crabb (born January 26, 1992) is an American beach volleyball player who plays as a left-side defender with his partner Taylor Sander. He has won fourteen tournaments on the AVP Pro Tour and one gold medal on the FIVB World Tour. Gro ...

as his partner. Gibb and Casey Patterson represented the United States at the

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. Previously, Gibb and Sean Rosenthal played together from 2006 to 2012. The duo represented Team USA at the

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and

2012 Olympic Games The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

Personal life

Gibb was born and raised in

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, where he played

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and

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. His middle name is his mother's

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, Spiker. He did not play volleyball in college, but attended the

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and graduated in 2002 with a degree in business. It was not until he turned 21 that he took up the sport of beach volleyball with his twin brother, Coleman. He has ten brothers and sisters. Gibb is a two-time

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. He was diagnosed with

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in 2010 and also had a

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removed from his left shoulder in 2002. He and his wife, Jane, were married in 2000 and moved to

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in 2002. They reside in

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Career

Partners

* 2000–2002: Mike Daniel * 2003: Ty Loomis * 2004: Adam Jewell * 2005:

Stein Metzger Stein Metzger (born November 17, 1972) is a former beach volleyball player from the United States. He is the head coach of the beach volleyball team at the University of Texas. High school Metzger grew up surfing and playing beach volleyball ...

* 2006–2013: Sean Rosenthal * 2013–2016:

Casey Patterson Casey Patterson is an American television executive, producer and director. Patterson is credited as the creator of The Comedy Awards, the Guys Choice Awards, the Scream Awards, and was the co-creator of ''The Sharon Osbourne Show''. She also p ...

* 2017–2021:

AVP

Before partnering up with Crabb in 2017, he previously played with Sean Rosenthal, Mike Daniel,

, Ty Loomis and Adam Jewell. In 2005 with Stein Metzger, the duo played in 14 AVP events and won four, which led the tour. They also finished second three times and third five times. In 2006, Gibb and Rosenthal played in 16 AVP events and won one – the very first event they played together. In 2007, they played in 17 AVP events and won two. They also finished second seven times and third twice. In 2008, they beat top-ranked American duo

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and

Todd Rogers Todd Jonathan Rogers (born September 30, 1973) is an American professional beach volleyball player who is an Olympic and FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championship gold medalist. He and his former partner, Phil Dalhausser, were the 2007, 2008, ...

in the final AVP Tour event before the

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. Overall, they played seven AVP Tour events in 2008 and won two, and also placed second in two.

AVP honors

*2005 **AVP Most Valuable Player **AVP Team of the Year (with Metzger) **FIVB Top Rookie *2004 **AVP Most Improved Player

Olympics

Gibb made his

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debut at the

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with Rosenthal. The team made it to the quarterfinals before losing to

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ian duo of Ricardo Santos and

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. Gibb and Rosenthal finished 5th again at the 2012 London Olympics when they lost to the

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n team. Although it was a disappointing finish at the London Olympics, Gibb and Rosenthal finished 1st in the world on the FIVB tour. After a great year, Gibb and Rosenthal decided to conclude their partnership and play with other teammates. The next year, Gibb began to play with Casey Patterson. Gibb participated with

Tri Bourne Tri Bourne (born June 20, 1989 in Oahu, Hawaii) is a professional American beach volleyball player. He was formerly a professional indoor player and NCAA Division 1 Men's Volleyball player for the USC Trojans. He has been a part of the United Sta ...

after

withdrew due to COVID-19 at the

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in 2021, at age 45, making him the oldest ever Olympic Beach Volleyball competitor and finished 9th.

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