Jana Vollmer
Encyclopedia
Jana Vollmer is a female former beach volleyball
player from Germany
, who was born in Czechoslovakia
. Partnering Danja Müsch
she claimed the silver medal at the 2000 European Championships
in Bilbao, Spain.
Beach volleyball
Beach volleyball, or sand volleyball, is an Olympic team sport played by two teams of two players on a sand court divided by a net.Like volleyball, the object of the game is to send the ball over the net in order to ground it on the opponent’s court, and to prevent the same effort by the opponent....
player from Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, who was born in Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
. Partnering Danja Müsch
Danja Müsch
Danja Müsch is a former female beach volleyball player from Germany, who represented her native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics: 1996, 2000 and 2004...
she claimed the silver medal at the 2000 European Championships
2000 European Beach Volleyball Championships
The 2000 European Beach Volleybal Championships were held from August 24 to August 27, 2000 in Bilbao, Spain. It was the eighth official edition of the men's event, which started in 1993, while the women competed for the seventh time.-Men's competition:...
in Bilbao, Spain.