Natalie Cook

Natalie Louise Cook (born 19 January 1975) is an Australian professional beach volleyball player and Olympic gold medallist.

[citation needed] She enrolled in pre-medicine college courses, and also took up volleyball, captaining the Australian Indoor Junior Team in 1992.

They finished third in the World Tour Events, held in France and Portugal, and then participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

On 1 August 2012, Cook's record breaking beach volleyball career came to an end with her elimination from her fifth games in London.

[8] In addition to her sporting career, Cook tours on the public speaking circuit as a leading motivational speaker[9] attracting big audiences and launched her own beach volleyball-related business, Sandstorm at the QEII Stadium in Brisbane.

Cook (in yellow) in the 2008 Summer Olympics quarterfinals vs Brazil.