Tara Cross-Battle

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.

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

Height

183 cm

Occupation

volleyball player / beach volleyball player

University

California State University, Long Beach

Awards & achievements

• 1990 Honda Sports Award for Volleyball

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BF%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B9%EF%BC%9D%E3%83%90%E3%83%88%E3%83%AB

Tags

• Texas
• volleyball player
• beach volleyball player

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.