Eric Fonoimoana
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Eric Fonoimoana is an American volleyball player who currently resides in Hermosa Beach, California
. He was born in Manhattan Beach, California
, and attended UCSB, where he became a member of the Sigma Chi
fraternity . He is most notable for winning the gold medal in the 2000 Olympic Games. He has earned approximately 1 million dollars playing beach volleyball. He has played professionally for more than 18 years, and has entered over 200 tournaments. Eric won at least one tournament for seven straight years between 1998 and 2004, is a former AVP Most Valuable Player and is in the top 10 in terms of all-time tournaments played.
2002 was Eric's peak year in which he reached the finals six times and won four titles with then partner Dax Holdren. In this year Eric was named the AVP's Most Valuable Player.
In the spring of 2000, Eric founded the Dig for Kids charitable foundation which helps kids in inner cities excel in school, volleyball and other athletics. Dig 4 Kids has helped over 2,450 children learn the importance of education and physical fitness.
Fonoimoana's partner for the Olympic Gold was Dain Blanton
. Eric Fonoimoana is now semi-retired and is a real estate professional in the South Bay area of Los Angeles, California. He still remains active in the volleyball community online via the interactive instructional volleyball website Volleyball 1on1
, where Eric maintains a presence on their instructional volleyball videos section.
Hermosa Beach, California
Hermosa Beach is a beachfront city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Its population was 19,506 at the 2010 census, up from 18,566 at the 2000 census....
. He was born in Manhattan Beach, California
Manhattan Beach, California
Manhattan Beach is the wealthiest beachfront city located in southwestern Los Angeles County, California, USA. The city is on the Pacific coast, south of El Segundo, and north of Hermosa Beach. Manhattan Beach is the home of both beach and indoor volleyball, and surfing. During the winter, the...
, and attended UCSB, where he became a member of the Sigma Chi
Sigma Chi
Sigma Chi is the largest and one of the oldest college Greek-letter secret and social fraternities in North America with 244 active chapters and more than . Sigma Chi was founded on June 28, 1855 at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio when members split from Delta Kappa Epsilon...
fraternity . He is most notable for winning the gold medal in the 2000 Olympic Games. He has earned approximately 1 million dollars playing beach volleyball. He has played professionally for more than 18 years, and has entered over 200 tournaments. Eric won at least one tournament for seven straight years between 1998 and 2004, is a former AVP Most Valuable Player and is in the top 10 in terms of all-time tournaments played.
2002 was Eric's peak year in which he reached the finals six times and won four titles with then partner Dax Holdren. In this year Eric was named the AVP's Most Valuable Player.
In the spring of 2000, Eric founded the Dig for Kids charitable foundation which helps kids in inner cities excel in school, volleyball and other athletics. Dig 4 Kids has helped over 2,450 children learn the importance of education and physical fitness.
Fonoimoana's partner for the Olympic Gold was Dain Blanton
Dain Blanton
Dain Blanton is an American beach volleyball player won the gold medal in Beach Volleyball in the 2000 Olympic Games, with partner Eric Fonoimoana. He returned to the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece with partner Jeff Nygaard, becoming the first and only two-time U.S...
. Eric Fonoimoana is now semi-retired and is a real estate professional in the South Bay area of Los Angeles, California. He still remains active in the volleyball community online via the interactive instructional volleyball website Volleyball 1on1
Volleyball 1on1
Volleyball 1on1 is an interactive Volleyball website that was founded by former NCAA volleyball champion and businessman Andor Gyulai and entrepreneur and finance expert Vanessa Summers in March of 2009. The website is a resource for instructional volleyball videos, drills, practice plans as well...
, where Eric maintains a presence on their instructional volleyball videos section.
Awards and honors
- Olympic Gold Medalist Sydney,Australia 2000
- AVP Most Valuable Player 2002
- UC Santa Barbara Hall of Fame
- Sigma Chi Fraternity - Significant Sig