Canadian Volleyball Star – Sarah Pavan
Sarah Lindsey Pavan is a former professional indoor volleyball player from Canada, who switched to beach volleyball in 2013. Today, she is one of the most successful players in the history of Canadian volleyball. Sarah Pavan has successfully represented the country on various international beach and indoor volleyball tournaments.
It goes without saying that Sarah Pavan is a very famous beach volleyball player in Canada and all over the world. Moreover, she constantly gains in popularity. Sarah has a lot of fans who follow her on Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites. Another important thing is that the number of Sarah Pavan’s fans is constantly growing.
It’s worth noting that Sarah Pavan is an athlete who is known for having huge passion for volleyball, desire for perfection and diligence. Obviously, she constantly works hard to and does everything she can to succeed in the sport of beach volleyball and, most importantly, is making a huge progress all the time. Above all, Sarah Pavan is a beautiful, strong and successful woman.
As you can see, this article is going to be dedicated to Sarah Pavan. Thus, we’ll tell you about athlete’s life and sport career. Additionally, we’ll try our best to figure out what helps the player achieve success in sport and life. So, read on and learn more about Sarah Pavan.
Most Notable Sport Results and Awards
Sarah Pavan’s journey to the sport of volleyball began in 2004. She started to play volleyball at the University of Nebraska. It’s fair to say that Sarah Pavan was one of the best players of the team. It’s worth noting that she greatly contributed to the team during the 2006 NCAA Women’s Volleyball Tournament. As a result, the college team won the tournament and received the award “Most Outstanding Player”.
Later, Sarah Pavan became the AVCA National Player of the Year (2006).
As previously mentioned, Sarah Pavan is a volleyball player with a striving for excellence. So, she continued to work hard and improved her results over time. The next her award was winning the Honda-Broderick Cup (2007).
Sarah Pavan earned the award the Big 12 Player of the Year three times (since 2005 to 2007).
She also won the award ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American of the Year two times (since 2007 to 2008).
It’s important to know that Sarah Pavan was the member of the Canada women’s national volleyball team, so she successfully represented the country on various international volleyball competitions. Being the part of the national indoor volleyball team Sarah Pavan participated at the FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Championship that took place in 2010 in Japan.
Sarah Pavan also won the award Women’s FIVB World Tour “Best Blocker” in 2015.
It’s worth noting that Sarah Pavan has been always driven by a dream to win the Olympic Games. However, the Canada women’s national volleyball team failed to qualify for London 2012 Summer Olympic Games. Actually, that was the reason why Sarah Pavan decided to switch to the sport of beach volleyball in 2013. Sarah Pavan proposed Heather Bansley to create the new duo in beach volleyball. At that period of time Heather Bansley’s partner was not able to continue sport career due to knee injury. That’s why Heather Bansley accepted Sarah’s proposal and new women’s beach volleyball pair was created. Sarah Pavan and Heather Bansley joined the world of beach volleyball and started preparing for the next summer Olympic Games Rio 2016. However, the most important thing was that Sarah had the chance that her big dream would come true in 2016.
Sarah Pavan and Heather Bansley successfully participated at the Prague Open 2015 beach volleyball tournament and took the 2-nd place.
The next year, Sarah Pavan and Heather Bansley women’s beach volleyball pair took the 2-nd place at the tournament that took place in Porec, Croatia. As a result, the pair earned Canada’s first ever FIVB Major Series medal for women.
Later, the team also participated at such beach volleyball competitions as the Major Series (that took place in Gstaad, Switzerland) and the Grand Slam (that took place in Yokohama, Japan) and took the 3-rd place at each of these tournaments.
The pair took the 4-th place at the FIVB World Tour Finals 2015.
Sarah Pavan and Heather Bansley made the history of Canada’s beach volleyball as the pair that took the 5-th place and demonstrated the best results at the world championships.
Sarah Pavan and Heather Bansley won the bronze medal at the Moscow Grand Slam 2016 beach volleyball tournament.
In 2016, the pair also won the silver medal at the Porec Major Series beach volleyball competition.
And of course, one of the best things that have ever happened in Sarah Pavan’s sport career is that she and her partner Heather Bansley qualified for the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games. Finally, there was a chance that Sarah Pavan’s lifetime dream could come true in the nearest future. So, the Canada’s women’s beach volleyball pair started preparing for the 2016 Olympic beach volleyball tournament.
Interview with Sarah Pavan before Rio 2016
Before the Olympic beach volleyball tournament Sarah Pavan has given an interview and answered questions about her life sport career and future plans. Below, we’ll outline the most interesting moments of that interview.
– Sarah Pavan has been asked the question about the biggest challenges that she experiences during her sport career. The athlete has answered that it’s always hard for her to be away from home when she needs to participate in volleyball tournament. Also, the athlete says that she misses holidays and birthdays very much.
– Sarah Pavan has been asked the question if there are times in her sport career when she doesn’t train. The player has replied that she hasn’t missed any training within the last 4 years. Sarah has also explained that she almost doesn’t have time for rest. The reality is Sarah Pavan plays both indoor and beach volleyball. That means that she goes in for two sports. So, one season ends and another one begins.
– Sarah Pavan has been asked the question if it’s hard for her to adapt herself to the sport of beach volleyball because she has been playing indoor volleyball for many years. Sarah says that the most difficult thing is that she finds it hard to play alongside only one person. The athlete obviously feels more comfortable to play with six players.
Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games
Sarah Pavan and Heather Bansley pair played in Pool-E during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. It’s important to note that the team won each of 3 matches with a 2-0 set score while playing in Pool-E. So, the team successfully advanced to the round of 16.
In the round of 16, Sarah Pavan and Heather Bansley had to compete against another Canada’s women’s beach volleyball pair that consisted of such players as Jamie Broder and Kristina Valjas. Sarah Pavan and Heather Bansley won the match (21–16, 21–11) and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals of the Olympic beach volleyball tournament.
Sarah Pavan and Heather Bansley competed against women’s beach volleyball team from Germany that consisted of Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst. Unfortunately, Sarah Pavan and Heather Bansley lost the match (14-21, 14-21). As a result, Sarah Pavan and Heather Bansley finished the Olympic beach volleyball tournament with the 5-th place. It’s important to point out that Sarah Pavan and Heather Bansley have demonstrated Canada’s best ever Olympic result during the tournament. That means that Sarah Pavan and her partner Heather Bansley have become one of the best women’s beach volleyball pairs in the history of Canadian volleyball.
Sarah Pavan changed her beach volleyball player in September 2016 and now she plays with another female Canadian beach volleyball player, Melissa Humana-Paredes. We hope that this newly created women’s beach volleyball duo will be successful. So, the pair will demonstrate great results in the foreseeable future.
Secrets to Becoming a Successful Woman from Sarah Pavan
There is no doubt that Sarah Pavan is a very talented person, amazing volleyball player and successful woman. She has recently written a blog post “The Challenge of Being a Strong Woman” and published it on her website. In this article, Sarah Pavan is sharing her secrets of success with other women and also teaches women how to be strong.
Sarah Pavan says that being a strong woman is a big challenge. She believes that it’s incredibly important for women to be true to themselves and know what they want. Sarah also notes that women have to be positive and confident. She also emphasizes that women should never demonstrate their strength to judge each other.
Competitors, opponents and teammates constantly put a pressure on Sarah Pavan. Oftentimes, she is stressed and frustrated. This is something that makes a woman weak. Sarah believes that confidence greatly contribute to her success. Sarah Pavan says that she is a fighter and she knows what she wants. In other words, Sara has goals and, most importantly, she does everything she can to accomplish her goals. That’s the way to go!