Volleyball Player Karch Kiraly
Contents Who is Karch Kiraly? More success in Beach Volleyball Karch Kiraly Coaching Career Karch Kiraly, byname of Charles Kiraly, (born November 3, 1960, Jackson, Michigan, U.S.), American athlete who was the first volleyball player to win three Olympic gold medals and was considered one of the sport's greatest players, excelling at both indoor and beach volleyball. Who is Karch Kiraly? Karch Kiraly began playing volleyball with his father Lazslo, himself a former Hungarian junior international, when he as just 6 years old. Having proven to be an outstanding player for his high school team and registering a vertical jump of 104cm as a young teenager, Kiraly was selected for the US junior national team and played for three years, with the team winning the Pacific Rim Cup tournament twice and Kiraly being named MVP in the 1979 edition. In 1978, Karch Kiraly enrolled at UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) and was part of the volleyball team’s most successful period in thei...