Michael Brüning

Michael Brüning
Personal information
Full name	Michael Brüning
Nickname	Mike
Nationality	United States
Born	November 11, 1969 ( 1969-11-11) (age 42) Tucson, Arizona, United States
Hometown	San Diego, California, United States
Height	192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	108 kg (240 lb)
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
Years Teammate 2009 Jason Wight
Honours Men’s Beach Volleyball Competitor for the  United States NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit Gold Cayman Islands 2009 Beach Silver Boca Chica 2009 Beach

Michael Brüning (born November 11, 1969), is a male beach volleyball player from the United States who won the gold medal at the NORCECA Circuit 2009 at Cayman Islands playing with Jason Wight.^[1][2]

Michael was born in Tucson, Arizona. He is legally deaf, and he had participated in four Deaflympics Games.^[3] In the 1993 edition, his team won the silver medal indoors^[4] and in 2005, he won the silver medal in beach volleyball, playing with Scott Majorino.^[5]

Awards

National Team

• NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit Cayman Islands 2009 Gold Medal
• NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit Boca Chica 2009 Silver Medal

Deaflympics Games

• XVII Edition at Sofia, Bulgaria (1993) - Indoor Volleyball - Silver Medal
• XX Edition at Melbourne, Australia (2005) - Beach Volleyball - Silver Medal
• XXI Edition at Taipei, Taiwan (2009) - Beach Volleyball - Silver Medal

References

1. ^ Volleyball Canada. "Cadieux-Van Huizen Claim Bronze in Cayman Islands". http://www.volleyball.ca/news.asp?NewsID=1050. Retrieved 2009-10-07. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ USA Volleyball. "U.S. Beach Teams Place First, Third at NORCECA". http://usavolleyball.org/news/article/10826. Retrieved 2009-10-07. 
3. ^ USA Deaf Sports Federation. "2005 Deaflympic Games - US Team / Men's Beach Volleyball". http://2005.usdeafsports.org/volleyballm.html. Retrieved 2009-10-07. 
4. ^ SportsMX. "Q & A with Mike Bruning, 5-time Deaflympian and 4th-ranked CBVA player". http://www.sportsmx.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=702:q-a-a-with-mike-bruning-5-time-deaflympian-and-4th-ranked-cbva-player&catid=1:news. Retrieved 2009-10-07. ^{[dead link]}
5. ^ SportingPulse. "Melbourne 2005 Deaflympic Games - Beach Volleyball". http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?assoc=2820&pID=8&action=MTAL. Retrieved 2009-10-07. 

External links

• BV Database Profile
• AVP Profile

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Name	Bruning, Michael
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Date of birth	November 11, 1969
Place of birth	Tucson, Arizona, United States
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