{"id":71155,"date":"2021-11-19T06:02:16","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T06:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/?p=71155"},"modified":"2021-11-19T06:02:16","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T06:02:16","slug":"london-olympian-becchara-palmer-announces-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/london-olympian-becchara-palmer-announces-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"LONDON OLYMPIAN BECCHARA PALMER ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p class=\"p1\"><strong>Credit: volleyball.org.au<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">London 2012 Olympian Becchara Palmer has on Friday announced her retirement from professional beach volleyball.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">33-year-old Palmer is a stalwart of Australian beach volleyball, joining the national program in 2003 after being talent ID at the South Australian Institute of Sport.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Palmer\u2019s beach volleyball career spans nearly two decades, highlighted by winning the Junior World Championships in 2006 and being selected to the Australian Olympic Team for the London 2012 Games.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Upon reflection of her career, Palmer\u2019s personal highlight was in fact the people that she met along the way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cLooking back I am really proud of my playing career, it wasn\u2019t always easy, in fact it rarely was, which in so many ways makes the battles and the successes all the more sweet,\u201d Palmer said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI\u2019m so grateful to have played alongside some incredible women over the years, who have taught me so much, not only about volleyball but more importantly about life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cOn the court, my greatest achievement by far was qualifying for the London 2012 Olympic Games.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI still remember calling my parents after a top 10 result in Rome in 2012 and telling them that we (Louise Bawden) had qualified, and it still makes me emotional to this day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe whole family had sacrificed so much financially to get me there and to be able to share such happy news with them was a moment I\u2019ll never forget,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">London 2012 Olympic partner Louise Bawden said that Palmer is, and always was, the epitome of professional.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWhen I joined the sport I had very little understanding of what it took to be successful,\u201d Bawden said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cBut from day one I could see qualities in Becchara that looked exactly like success to me. She possessed a flair for the game, a fire to compete, a level of skill and just enough sass and swagger to make me sure she was the partner I needed to pursue my dream of competing at the Olympic Games.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI will forever be grateful to Becchara for being my teammate, and my friend, for all of our amazing adventures and for giving her all towards our dream of becoming Olympians,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Olympic gold and bronze medalist and Volleyball Australia Board member Ying Jiang said that she knew Becchara was bound to achieve success from the outset.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-71157\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Becchara-FIVB-1024x779-1-300x228.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Becchara-FIVB-1024x779-1-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Becchara-FIVB-1024x779-1-768x584.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Becchara-FIVB-1024x779-1-580x441.jpg 580w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Becchara-FIVB-1024x779-1-860x654.jpg 860w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Becchara-FIVB-1024x779-1-500x380.jpg 500w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Becchara-FIVB-1024x779-1-800x609.jpg 800w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Becchara-FIVB-1024x779-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Becchara<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cBecchara was the most talented athlete in the South Australian Institute of Sport talent ID program I ever saw, and with her hard work and determination she reached the highest level in Volleyball,\u201d Jiang said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI\u2019m very proud of Becchara and I wish her the very best for her future, in whatever she wishes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cHopefully she is still involved in volleyball in Australia, to make our sport bigger, better and stronger. All the best to you, Becchara,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Current VA Beach Volleyball Coach, and Palmer\u2019s coach for the London 2012 Olympic cycle, Michael Nelson, congratulated Palmer on a long and illustrious career.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cBecchara is a competitor \u2013 she has always had a hunger to win and the instinct to score points when nobody else could see how,\u201d Nelson said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cSeeing Becchara\u2019s growth as a person over the years has been an absolute pleasure and her legacy of a competitive drive with a smile on her face will be something for the future generations to strive towards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cShe loves beach volleyball and we have all been lucky to witness her journey, thanks Bec!\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">In the final years of her career, Palmer teamed up with Rio 2016 Olympian Nikki Laird, the pair sharing a special bond as teammates and friends.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cBecchara has had a unique career in many ways, but her last three years, of which I had the honour of sharing a court with her, she demonstrated a commitment to me, the game and to Volleyball Australia that surpassed challenges of all types,\u201d Laird said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cShe was unwavering in her passion for the sport and I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to put my name next to hers in Australia\u2019s history of beach volleyball,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Margo Wiltens coached Palmer and Laird during their pursuit to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics, and said the qualities Palmer showed along the way will set her up for success in her next endeavours.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cFinding the best version of herself over the last few years \u2013 travelling the world and competing in many competitions, guarantees a successful transfer to her new career,\u201d Wiltens said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cBecchara lived beach volleyball all the way and is a role model for the sport. I wish Becchara all the best in her next chapter,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p6\"><span class=\"s1\">Related links of AVC<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p7\"><span class=\"s2\">AVC Website: click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asianvolleyball.net\/\"><span class=\"s3\">www.asianvolleyball.net<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p8\"><span class=\"s2\">AVC Facebook: click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AsianVolleyballConfederation\"><span class=\"s4\">www.Facebook.com\/AsianVolleyballConfederation<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p7\"><span class=\"s2\">AVC Twitter: click: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/AsianVolleyball\"><span class=\"s3\">www.twitter.com\/AsianVolleyball<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p7\"><span class=\"s2\">AVC Instagram: click: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/avcvolley\/?hl=en\"><span class=\"s3\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/avcvolley\/?hl=en<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p6\"><span class=\"s1\">AVC Youtube: click: Asian Volleyball Confederation<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p9\"><span class=\"s1\">AVC WeChat: Asian Volleyball Confederation<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Credit: volleyball.org.au London 2012 Olympian Becchara Palmer has on Friday announced her retirement from professional beach volleyball. 33-year-old Palmer is a stalwart of Australian beach volleyball, joining the national program&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":71156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[88,100],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beach-volleyball-news","category-slider"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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