John Hyden

John Hyden in 2007

John Hyden (born October 7, 1972 in Pensacola, Florida), and raised in San Diego, California, where he attended Mt. Carmel High School, is an American volleyball player, who was a member of the United States men's national volleyball team that finished in ninth place at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. A 2-time All American at San Diego State University he was named to 1995 World Cup team and played as an outside hitter. At the 2000 Summer Olympics he finished in 11th place with Team USA.

Hyden has been playing several years on the AVP beach volleyball circuit, remaining consistently in the top 8 teams. He has had several 2nd-place finishes and got a first-place finish in 2005. 2007 has seen him with many 3rd & 5th-place finishes. He also won the coveted "God of the Beach" tournament in Las Vegas in 2007 and 2008.

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United States men's volleyball squad – 1996 Summer Olympics

1 Ball 3 Hyden 4 Ctvrtlik 5 Ivie 6 Sorensen 8 Fortune 10 Stork 13 Nygaard 14 Lambert 15 Watts 16 Landry 17 Winslow Coach: Sturm

United States men's volleyball squad – 2000 Summer Olympics (11th place)

1 Ball (C) 3 Lambert 5 Sullivan 7 Hyden 9 Millar 10 McCaw 12 Hoff 13 Nygaard 14 Barnett 15 Roumain 16 Landry 17 Witt Coach: Beal

1996 USA Olympic Volleyball Team (Men's beach - Gold & Silver medals)

Qualification	Men's indoor Women's indoor

Men's indoor	Lloy Ball Bob Ctvrtlik Scott Fortune John Hyden Bryan Ivie Michael Lambert Dan Landry Jeff Nygaard Tom Sorensen Jeff Stork Ethan Watts Brett Winslow

Women's indoor	Tara Cross-Battle Lori Endicott Caren Kemner Kristin Klein Beverly Oden Elaina Oden Danielle Scott Tammy Webb Paula Weishoff Tonya Sanders-Williams Elaine Youngs Yoko Zetterlund

Men's beach	Karch Kiraly Kent Steffes Mike Dodd Mike Whitmarsh Carl Henkel Sinjin Smith

Women's beach	Holly McPeak Nancy Reno

Coaches	Terry Liskevych Fred Sturm

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