| Kent Steffes |
United States 
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Photo: Matt Barber
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| Birth Date |
June 23, 1968 (54 years old) |
| Home Town |
Pacific Palisades, CA |
| Resides |
Panorama City, CA |
| Height |
6'4" |
| College |
Stanford/UCLA |
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Best Finish |
Winnings |
| United States |
1st (105 times) |
$2,491,766 |
| AVP |
1st (103 times) |
$2,036,584 |
| PBVA/AVP |
1st (2 times) |
$1,650 |
| Bonus Money |
|
$453,531 |
| International |
1st (3 times) |
$73,525 |
| FIVB |
1st (3 times) |
$63,525 |
| Bonus Money |
|
$10,000 |
| Unaccounted Wins |
2 |
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| Overall |
1st (110 times) |
$2,565,291 |
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Steffes (Stef-S) won the Gold Medal with Karch Kiraly at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. Steffes received his "AAA" rating while attending Palisades (Calif.) High School where he was named the 1986 National High School Player of the Year. After attending Stanford, Steffes transferred to UCLA. After red-shirting, he opted out of his scholarship to join the domestic pro beach tour full time in 1988. Steffes graduated in 1993 with a degree in Economics from UCLA. He appeared on an episode of "Baywatch" in 1995.
Olympics (one, gold, 5-0 Elimination, 5-0 Overall): • Qualified for Atlanta 1996 Olympics as the number three seed with Karch Kiraly. Won all five matches in bracket play, winning the gold medal, defeating United States' Mike Dodd/Mike Whitmarsh in the finals. |
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- CBVA Beach Volleyball Hall of Fame 2004
- USAV All-Time Great Male Beach Player 2020
- AVP Best Up-and-Coming Player 1989
- AVP Comeback Player of the Year 1996
- AVP Most Valuable Player 1996
- AVP Special Achievement 1996
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| 1988 |
AVP |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
$9,512.50 |
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0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
| 1989 |
AVP |
14 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
$44,150.00 |
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1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 1990 |
AVP |
24 |
5 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
$116,555.50 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 1991 |
AVP |
25 |
8 |
7 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
$227,464.25 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 1991 |
PBVA/AVP |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$1,650.00 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 1992 |
AVP |
26 |
18 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
$332,740.00 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 1993 |
AVP |
24 |
18 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$409,876.50 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 1994 |
AVP |
23 |
17 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
$469,106.00 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 1995 |
AVP |
12 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
$148,955.00 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 1996 |
AVP |
21 |
11 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
$387,581.00 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 1997 |
AVP |
22 |
12 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
$273,432.75 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 1998 |
AVP |
17 |
9 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
$70,742.00 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Total
(Rank) |
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220
(22nd) |
105
(4th) |
32 |
19 |
12 |
22 |
2 |
6 |
3 |
12 |
$2,491,765.50
(2nd) |
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1 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
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| 1990 |
FIVB |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$6,000.00 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 1991 |
FIVB |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$3,000.00 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 1993 |
FIVB |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$12,000.00 |
48.0 |
1st |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 1995 |
FIVB |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$5,500.00 |
18.0 |
101st |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 1996 |
FIVB |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$0.00 |
0.0 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 1997 |
FIVB |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$11,500.00 |
225.0 |
56th |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 1998 |
FIVB |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
$21,025.00 |
409.5 |
49th |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| 1999 |
FIVB |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
$4,500.00 |
136.0 |
79th |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Total
(Rank) |
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13
(950th) |
3
(77th) |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
$73,525.00
(247th) |
836.5 |
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0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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| Overall |
Total
(Rank) |
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233
(38th) |
110
(4th) |
34 |
21 |
12 |
22 |
2 |
6 |
3 |
17 |
$2,565,290.50
(4th) |
836.5 |
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6 |
1 |
0 |
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