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.

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