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1389:Harry Wilson
1287:Sandra Pires
1273:Natalie Cook
1266:Caren Kemner
1217:Holly McPeak
1182:Jackie Silva
1175:Cecilia Tait
1147:Regla Torres
1112:Patti Bright
1052:Samuele Papi
954:Nikola Grbić
947:Emanuel Rego
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821:Andrea Giani
800:Bob Ctvrtlik
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87:Medal record
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1811:1951 births
1782:Pieter Joon
1775:André Meyer
1761:Jizhong Wei
1733:Sinan Erdem
1638:Paul Libaud
1624:C.L. Miller
1589:Glen Davies
1564:Vasil Simov
1501:Yuan Weimin
1424:Marv Dunphy
1231:Shelda Bede
1203:Masae Kasai
1168:Mireya Luis
1126:Inna Ryskal
1038:Todd Rogers
996:Josef TesaĹ™
968:José Loiola
961:Ron Zwerver
744:Josef Musil
653:Mike Bright
639:Jon Stanley
325:5 September
285:5 September
252:2000 Sydney
192:Netherlands
138:Netherlands
109:Netherlands
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69:Oosterwolde
1805:Categories
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1596:Alton Fish
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674:Craig Buck
625:Rolf Engen
258:References
185:volleyball
113:volleyball
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1684:John Koch
1581:Officials
1417:Al Scates
1396:Doug Beal
1350:Logan Tom
1210:Ana Moser
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1070:Flo Hyman
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