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My Take
Tara Cross-Battle commands my admiration through sheer endurance. Four consecutive Olympic Games, a bronze medal in Barcelona in 1992, and a final appearance in Athens in 2004 describe a career measured in decades, not seasons. To hold a place among the world's best for that long, anchoring the US national team again and again, demands a discipline most athletes never approach. Topped off by a Honda Sports Award in college, hers is the profile of a true pillar rather than a flash in the pan. I respect sustained, unbroken excellence above almost anything else in sport, and she embodies it.
Overview
Tara Cross-Battle (born September 16, 1968) is a retired volleyball player from the United States who competed in four Summer Olympics overall, starting in 1992. Cross-Battle won the bronze medal with the United States women's national team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Her last Olympic appearance was at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Tara Cross-Battle
- Name (Japanese)
- タラ・クロス＝バトル
- Reading
- たら・くろす＝ばとる
- Born
- September 16, 1968 (age 57)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Monkey
- Origin
- Houston, Texas, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 183 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- volleyball player / beach volleyball player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- California State University, Long Beach
Awards & achievements
- 1990 Honda Sports Award for Volleyball
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Volleyball player — see all → · Beach volleyball player — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.