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VOLLEYBALL · OPPOSITE AND OUTSIDE HITTER · ARCHIVE 16

STEVETIMMONS

Steve Timmons helped make back-row attacking a defining threat in the United States' championship game.

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VOLLEYBALL · COURT ILLUSTRATIONOPPOSITE AND OUTSIDE HITTER
THE LEGACYPOWER FROM EVERY ROW
Newport Beach, USA1958 — ∞
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01

Origin
and identity

Steve Timmons helped make back-row attacking a defining threat in the United States' championship game.

His power was central to Olympic titles in Los Angeles and Seoul. Between them came the 1986 world championship, part of an exceptional period for the American team.

He added Olympic bronze in Barcelona after a successful Italian club spell. The familiar red flat-top was memorable, but the lasting innovation was the attacking danger he offered from behind the line.

02

A defining
career arc

PLACES · MOMENTS · ERAS

DEFINING SCENES.
ONE LEGACY.

1
1984
OLYMPIC MVP

Los Angeles

Won gold and the tournament MVP award.

2
1986
WORLD TITLE

Paris

Won the men's world championship.

3
1988
GOLD DEFENDED

Seoul

Won a second Olympic title.

4
1992
THIRD MEDAL

Barcelona

Returned to win Olympic bronze.

03

Completed
milestones

NOT JUST RECORDS.
LANDMARKS.

012

Olympic golds

1984 and 1988.

023

Olympic medals

Two golds and a bronze.

031986

World champion

United States men's team.

041998

Hall of Fame class

International Volleyball Hall of Fame.

These are completed, source-backed milestones; changing live totals are intentionally excluded.

STYLE · INFLUENCE · MEMORY

ABOVE THE NET.
BEYOND THE GAME.

He added Olympic bronze in Barcelona after a successful Italian club spell. The familiar red flat-top was memorable, but the lasting innovation was the attacking danger he offered from behind the line.

04

Editorial
references

EDITORIAL & REFERENCE SOURCES

FACTS WITH
A PAPER TRAIL.

01International Volleyball Hall of Fame biography

Editorial facts and completed milestones last reviewed on October 21, 2026. This independent tribute does not imply endorsement.