Name: Foluke Akinradewo Gunderson

Position: Middle Blocker

Sport: Volleyball

Discipline(s): Volleyball

Height: 6-3

DOB: 10/5/1987

Birthplace: London, Canada

Hometown: Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

High School: Saint Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) ‘05

College: Stanford University ‘09, Human Biology

Team/Club: Hisamitsu Springs

Olympic Experience

• Three-time Olympian (2012, 2016, 2020); three-time Olympic medalist (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
• Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, gold
• Olympic Games Rio 2016, bronze
• Olympic Games London 2012, silver

World Championship Experience

• Most recent: 2018 – 5th
• Years of participation: 2010, 2014, 2018
• Medals: 1 (1 gold)
• Gold – 2014

Personal: Parents Ayoola and Comfort Akinradewo...Has two brothers, Folu and Foluso...Holds a tri-citizenship in Canada, Nigeria and the United States...Auditioned for commercials when she was little...Has played professionally in Japan, Russia, Azerbaijan and Switzerland...Joined the women’s national team before starting her collegiate career...Married to Jonathan Gunderson...The couple has one son named Kayode.

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