“Dreams should scare you and if they don’t they are not big enough”
Taryn Kloth is an American beach volleyball player. She played with Kristen Nuss at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. She is born at Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and studied at Creighton University and Louisiana State University.
Kloth attended O’Gorman Catholic High School in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. In her senior season, she had 558 kills, 314 digs, 90 block, and 41 aces, concluding her high school career with 1,137 kills, 744 digs, and two state volleyball titles. She was named the South Dakota Gatorade Player of the Year in 2014. Played two years of beach volleyball at LSU and four years indoors at Creighton.
She was named All-American, AVCA Pair of the Year and a perfect 36-0 in 2021 with Nuss at LSU. Won 2023 BPT La Paz Challenge – Gold with Kristen Nuss.
All-American Honorable Mention during final year at Creighton, led Blue Jays to NCAA Elite Eight as a junior Volleyball icon. Represented U.S. on Beach Collegiate National Team in 2020, and 2021. Indoor Collegiate National Team in 2017 and 2018.
Career podiums: Pro Beach Tour
12 medals – (7 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze)
Honours
Women’s beach volleyball: Representing the United States
World Championships
Bronze medal – Third place: The 2023 Beach Volleyball World Championships was held in Tlaxcala, Apizaco, and Huamantla, Mexico from 6th to 15th October 2023.
Women Fitness President Ms. Namita Nayyar catches up with Taryn Kloth an exceptionally talented American Beach volleyball player, winner of 2023 BPT La Paz Challenge Beach Volleyball Championship Gold Medal; here she talks about her fitness routine, her diet, and her success story.
Namita Nayyar:
You were born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in the US. You attended O’Gorman Catholic High School and then studied at Creighton University and Louisiana State University. You ended your high school career with 1,137 kills, 744 digs, and two state volleyball titles. This later propelled your career to the height where you have been at the top of the world as a beach volleyball player. Tell us more about your professional journey of exceptional hard work, tenacity, and endurance?
Taryn Kloth:
I started playing beach volleyball as a means to an end to get my MBA at LSU and fell in love with the game. I had never played or trained beach volleyball before coming down here. It has been a lot of hard work, dedication, and passion to get to this point but I wouldn’t have it any other way.
The hard work makes the good times better and makes the low times doable to keep pushing through to the next breakthrough. I love the challenge and I want to continue to challenge myself and my limits for a lifetime! I am so thankful for my coaches and teammates that have dumped so much time and energy into making me the player that I am.
Namita Nayyar:
It is a dream for a beach volleyball player to play in the Beach Volleyball World Championships. You won a bronze medal in the 2023 Beach Volleyball World Championships that was held in Tlaxcala, Apizaco, and Huamantla, Mexico from 6 to 15 October 2023. Tell us more about this spectacular achievement of yours?
Taryn Kloth:
This was the first and only World Championship event that we qualified for and that in itself was exciting and then to walk away with a medal from the event was so special. There was a lot on the line and we were down in the medal match – I will never forget working together with my best friend and teammate to find a way to win after a long 2 weeks of playing in Mexico.
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