{{short description|Australian beach volleyball player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Use Australian English|date=April 2018}} {{Infobox volleyball biography | name = Nicole Sanderson | image = | image_size = | caption = | fullname = Nicole Therese Sanderson | nickname = | nationality = Australian | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1976|04|01}} | birth_place = Perth, Western Australia | death_date = | death_place = | hometown = | height = {{height|m=1.82|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|65|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} | currentteammate = | currentyears = | currenttours (currentpoints) = | years = | teammates = | tours (points) = | resultyears = | location = | result = | updated = | medaltemplates = <!-- See Template:MedalSport --> {{MedalSport | Women's beach volleyball }} {{MedalCountry | {{AUS}} }} {{MedalCompetition | World Championships }} {{MedalBronze | 2003 Rio de Janeiro | Beach }} }}
'''Nicole Hannan''' (née '''Sanderson''', born 1 April 1976) is an Australian former beach volleyball player.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Nicole Sanderson |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/nicole-sanderson-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418085200/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/nicole-sanderson-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |accessdate=1 May 2014}}</ref>
Sanderson started her career in indoor volleyball where played for Pepperdine University, in the United States.<ref name="SandersonBVBinfo">{{cite web |title=Nicole Therese Sanderson – Bio Bits |url=http://www.bvbinfo.com/player.asp?ID=1281 |publisher=Beach Volleyball Database |accessdate=1 May 2014}}</ref> In 1998, she competed for the first time in FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour where she took part until the 2006 season.
Her best World Tour result was a second place in Osaka, Japan, alongside Natalie Cook in 2004.<ref name="Sanderson2003">{{cite web |title=Aussies Regroup for SWATCH-FIVB World Tour |url=http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/WorldTour/2006/beach_page.asp?TRN=WPSA2006&PG=PRE&No=11172 |publisher=FIVB |accessdate=1 May 2014}}</ref> That year they have been selected to represent Australia at the 2004 Summer Olympics, in Athens.<ref>{{cite web |title=Australia Beach Volleyball at the 2004 Athina Summer Games |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/AUS/summer/2004/BVO/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417164246/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/AUS/summer/2004/BVO/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |publisher=Sports Reference LCC |accessdate=1 May 2014}}</ref> Cook had won the gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics (with Kerri Pottharst) and they won a bronze medal at the 2003 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Rio de Janeiro.<ref name="Sanderson2003" /> They finished the Olympics in 4th place<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nicole Hannan|url=https://www.olympics.com.au/olympians/nicole-hannan/|access-date=2021-06-13|website=Australian Olympic Committee|language=en-AU}}</ref> after losing the bronze medal match to Americans Holly McPeak and Elaine Youngs.<ref>{{cite web |title=Women's beach volleyball: Americans snare Olympic gold and bronze |url=http://english.people.com.cn/200408/25/eng20040825_154677.html |publisher=People's Daily |accessdate=1 May 2014}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{FIVB beach player|102145}} * {{Beach Volleyball Database}} * {{Olympedia}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sanderson, Nicole}} Category:1976 births Category:Living people Category:Australian women's beach volleyball players Category:Olympic beach volleyball players for Australia Category:Beach volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Category:Volleyball players from Perth, Western Australia Category:Sportswomen from Western Australia Category:21st-century Australian sportswomen