Jeff Nygaard
Beach volleyball, Olympic athlete
1972 –
Who is Jeff Nygaard?
Jeff Wayne Nygaard is an American beach volleyball player who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics with partner Dain Blanton in Athens, Greece. In 1996 and 2000 he was a member of the Men's Olympic National Indoor Team.
Jeff Nygaard attended Robert M. La Follette High School in Madison, Wisconsin where he played volleyball under coach Randy Ramig. Nicknamed "Little Ny" because his older, and then larger, brother Brad also played on the volleyball team, Jeff Nygaard improved quickly to become a key and then a star player. The La Follette High School volleyball team won state championships in 1987 and 1989 and came in second in 1988.
In 1989 and 1990, he played for the Wisconsin Select volleyball club.
Jeff was an assistant coach for the Whittier College women's volleyball team in 2009.
Currently Jeff is active as a featured professional on the volleyball website Volleyball 1on1, where he produces instructional volleyball videos featuring himself and other well known volleyball professionals.
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- Born
- Aug 3, 1972
Madison - Also known as
- Jeffrey Wayne Nygaard
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Lived in
- Wisconsin
- Madison
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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