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}} Misty Elizabeth May-Treanor (born July 30, 1977) is a retired American professional beach volleyball player. She is a three-time Olympic gold medalist, and the most successful female beach volleyball player with 112 individual championship wins in domestic and international competition.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://bvbinfo.com/leader.asp )〕 Misty May-Treanor and teammate Kerri Walsh Jennings were the gold medalists in beach volleyball at the 2004, 2008, and 2012 Summer Olympics. Together, May-Treanor and Walsh Jennings are considered the greatest beach volleyball team of all time. May-Treanor retired from competitive play on August 8, 2012 after she and Walsh Jennings finished first in the 2012 Summer Olympic games; they defeated the United States team of Jennifer Kessy and April Ross in the gold medal match.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Meet Team USA: Women's Beach Volleyball )〕 ==Early life== Misty May was born in Los Angeles, California in 1977 to Barbara (née Grubb), a nationally ranked tennis player, and Butch May, a member of the 1968 United States men's national volleyball team. She has a brother, Brack, who is a chef and featured on an episode of Chopped on the Food Network. Her mother's sister was Betty Ann Grubb Stuart, a professional tennis player, and May's cousin is Taylor Dent. She grew up playing beach volleyball at the Santa Monica Pier with her parents, and played in her first volleyball tournament at age eight with her father. She was baby-sat by Karch Kiraly. May-Treanor also played soccer and tennis, as well as participating in dance. She attended primary school at Brightwood Elementary School in Monterey Park and Roosevelt Elementary School in Santa Monica. May-Treanor's childhood was unstable — in her autobiography, she wrote that from the age of 4 to 15, her parents were alcoholics, which forced her to stay with her grandparents. Her mother became violent when drunk.〔 Her father sobered up in 1988 after an accident that nearly killed a motorcyclist.〔 During the times when her parents drink, May-Treanor would be left by herself and played video games in bars.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Misty May-Treanor」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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