Nicole Hannan (née Sanderson, born 1 April 1976) is an Australian former beach volleyball player. Sanderson started her career in indoor volleyball where played for

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, in the United States. In 1998, she competed for the first time in

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where she took part until the 2006 season. Her best World Tour result was a second place in

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, Japan, alongside

Natalie Cook Natalie Louise Cook (born 19 January 1975) is an Australian professional beach volleyball player and Summer Olympics, Olympic gold medallist. She became the first Australian woman to compete at five Olympic Games. Early life Cook was born in T ...

in 2004. That year they have been selected to represent Australia at the

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, in

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. Cook had won the gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics (with Kerri Pottharst) and they won a bronze medal at the

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. They finished the Olympics in 4th place after losing the bronze medal match to Americans

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and

Elaine Youngs Elaine Youngs (born February 14, 1970, in Orange, California) is an American former professional volleyball player who competed both indoors and on the beach. Youngs attended UCLA, where as a freshman she started on a team that went undefeated ...

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sanderson, Nicole 1976 births Living people Australian women's beach volleyball players Olympic beach volleyball players for Australia Beach volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Volleyball players from Perth, Western Australia Sportswomen from Western Australia 21st-century Australian sportswomen