Paula Weishoff

Paula Jo Weishoff (born May 1, 1962 in Hollywood, California) is a retired female volleyball player from the United States. She won two medals with the USA National Women's Team at the Summer Olympics: 1984 (silver) and 1992 (bronze).

Paula Weishoff
Personal information
BornPaula Jo Weishoff
May 1, 1962 (1962-05) (age 61)
Hollywood, California, U.S.
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight165 lb (75 kg)
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 1 1
Pan American Games 0 1 0
FIVB World Grand Prix 1 0 0
Total 1 2 1
Women’s volleyball
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place1984 Los AngelesTeam
Bronze medal – third place1992 BarcelonaTeam
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place1983 CaracasTeam
FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place1995 ShanghaiTeam

Weishoff also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, finishing in seventh place. A 1980 graduate of West High School in Torrance, California, she was inducted in the Volleyball Hall of Fame in 1998.[1]

She played on the USC team for one season (1980), "where she earned all-America and all-conference acclaim en route to leading Trojans to [the] national championship."[2]

International competitions
  • 1981 – NORCECA (gold)
  • 1982 – World Championships (bronze)
  • 1983 – NORCECA (gold)
  • 1983 – Pan American Games (silver)
  • 1984 – Summer Olympics (silver)
  • 1986 – Goodwill Games (bronze)
  • 1986 – World Championships
  • 1991 – NORCECA Championships (silver)
  • 1991 – World Cup
  • 1992 – Summer Olympics (bronze)
  • 1992 – FIVB Super Four (bronze)
  • 1995 – World Grand Prix (gold)
  • 1996 – Summer Olympics (7th place)

Coaching career

After retiring from professional playing, she became a volleyball coach. She was the head coach of the Concordia University Eagles Women's Volleyball team and then transferred to UC Irvine to coach the women's team. She served under Head Coach Hugh McCutcheon of the United States women's national volleyball team for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, as an assistant coach along with assistant coach Karch Kiraly.[3]

Personal

She is 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m); she was married to Karl Hanold.[4][5]

References
  1. "Paula Weishoff". Volleyball Hall of Fame. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
  2. "Paula Weishoff Profile". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  3. "Paula Weishoff". women.volleybox.net. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
  4. "UCI Bio". University of California Irvine. Archived from the original on February 1, 2014. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  5. "KARL HANOLD VS PAULA WEISHOFF". UniCourt. Retrieved March 14, 2023.


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