Beach Volleyball Olympic Games Paris 2024

Volleyball and beach volleyball stars donate to Olympic Museum

Outstanding Olympians Brandie, Christenson, Duda, Eda, Egonu, Gabi, Grebennikov, Kurek, Melissa and Washington contribute Paris 2024 competition memorabilia to IOC heritage

Published 01:00, 21 Aug 2024

USA’s Haleigh Washington donates her shoes and uniform to the Olympic Museum

Several volleyball and beach volleyball stars who played a major role in their Paris 2024 Olympic competitions donated parts of their competition apparel to the International Olympic Committee’s Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland to become part of their stunning collection of athletes’ equipment, audio-visual archives, and other memorabilia as momentous heritage from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Women’s volleyball Olympic MVP Paola Egonu donates her jersey

Indoor Olympic champions Jenia Grebennikov of France and Paola Egonu of Italy, the Most Valuable Player of the women’s volleyball event, handed in their autographed Olympic jerseys. So did bronze medallist Micah Christenson of the United States and semifinalist Eda Erdem of Türkiye.

Jenia Grebennikov presents his gift to the Olympic Museum

Olympic silver medallist Bartosz Kurek of Poland and bronze medallist Gabriela Guimaraes (Gabi) of Brazil donated their signed shoes, while another silver medallist, USA’s Haleigh Washington, gifted both her uniform and her shoes to the Olympic Museum.

Gabi poses with her bronze medal and the signed shoes she parted with for the Olympic heritage cause

Three of the finalists of the women’s beach volleyball tournament at Paris 2024 also joined the campaign. Olympic champion Eduarda Santos Lisboa (Duda) of Brazil was happy to part with her top and shorts. Canada’s Melissa Humana-Paredes & Brandie Wilkerson, who won the silver medals, gave away their jerseys and leggings.

Eda Erdem signs her jersey before handing it in to history

The Olympic Museum serves as the global custodian of the sporting, historical, and artistic heritage of the Olympic Movement. The Olympic heritage collections are preserved with the utmost care at the Olympic Museum and are showcased in exhibitions in Lausanne and as part of educational and cultural programmes worldwide. A significant portion of this collection consists of emblematic pieces of their sports kits generously donated by Olympians.

Bartosz Kurek bequeaths his Olympic shoes

Located in the Olympic capital Lausanne, the Olympic Museum’s international exhibitions and programmes connect people of all ages with the diverse stories, art, history and culture of the global Olympic Games phenomenon through educational initiatives inspired by the Olympic values of respect, friendship and excellence.