Christopher St. John Smith May 7, 1957 (1957-05-07) (age 67) Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Height
6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
College / University
University of California, Los Angeles
Volleyball information
Position
Setter
Number
22 (UCLA)
Medal record
Men's beach volleyball
Representing the United States
Goodwill Games
1994 St. Petersburg
Beach
Christopher St. John "Sinjin" Smith (born May 7, 1957, in Santa Monica, California) is an American former professional beach volleyball player.[1] He was the first player to win 100 career tournaments, and won numerous Manhattan Open titles with Karch Kiraly and Randy Stoklos as partners.[2][3]
^"Christopher 'Sinjin' Smith". Beach Volleyball Database. Archived from the original on May 18, 2023. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
^"Sinjin Smith". International Volleyball Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on July 23, 2023. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
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Christopher St. John "Sinjin" Smith (born May 7, 1957, in Santa Monica, California) is an American former professional beach volleyball player. He was...
hitter and setter on the Bruins' volleyball team, playing opposite junior SinjinSmith in the Bruins' 6–2 offense. Under head coach Al Scates, Kiraly led UCLA...
(who had the main speaking role of all the players as Rollo Vincent); SinjinSmith (as Stoklos' playing partner/character Billy Cross) who won 5 world championships...
Mike Dodd and Tim Hovland, and later players like Karch Kiraly and SinjinSmith. After graduating high school in 1987, McPeak made her pro beach volleyball...
Sean Rosenthal Jennifer Kessy April Ross Summer Ross Eugene Selznick SinjinSmith Randy Stoklos Brooke Sweat Rachel Wacholder Kerri Walsh Jennings Aaron...
experienced a surge in popularity with high-profile players such as SinjinSmith, Randy Stoklos, and Karch Kiraly. Kiraly won an Olympic gold medal in...
Springtime in the Rockies, in the 1940s. He also played a minor role as Sinjin, a piano player in Glenn Miller's band, in the 1942 20th Century Fox musical...
Yuri Chesnokov Harold Wendt Karch Kiraly Tomasz Wójtowicz Jungo Morita SinjinSmith Josef Musil Seiji Oko Bernard Rajzman Konstantin Reva Ron Lang Stanisław...
Yuri Chesnokov Harold Wendt Karch Kiraly Tomasz Wójtowicz Jungo Morita SinjinSmith Josef Musil Seiji Oko Bernard Rajzman Konstantin Reva Ron Lang Stanisław...
Jim Menges in 1981. He then went on to dominate the sport with partner SinjinSmith in the 1980s and early 1990s. Stoklos has 122 career wins, which ranks...
Horton, Harley Jane Kozak, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Christopher Rydell, Terry Kiser, Randy Stoklos, SinjinSmith, Tony Burton, Kathy Ireland, Martha Velez...
Yuri Chesnokov Harold Wendt Karch Kiraly Tomasz Wójtowicz Jungo Morita SinjinSmith Josef Musil Seiji Oko Bernard Rajzman Konstantin Reva Ron Lang Stanisław...
demonstration sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, at which SinjinSmith and Randy Stoklos won the men's tournament, and Karolyn Kirby and Nancy...
beach Karch Kiraly Kent Steffes Mike Dodd Mike Whitmarsh Carl Henkel SinjinSmith Women's beach Holly McPeak Nancy Reno Coaches Terry Liskevych Fred Sturm...
Hovland SinjinSmith / Randy Stoklos Scott Ayakatubby / Brent Frohoff John Hanley / Jon Stevenson 1986 SinjinSmith / Randy Stoklos Andrew Smith / Jon Stevenson...
Yuri Chesnokov Harold Wendt Karch Kiraly Tomasz Wójtowicz Jungo Morita SinjinSmith Josef Musil Seiji Oko Bernard Rajzman Konstantin Reva Ron Lang Stanisław...
Konami (under the Ultra Games label) in 1990. The player can play as SinjinSmith and Randy Stoklos. The game features three modes of play: practice, match...
beach Karch Kiraly Kent Steffes Mike Dodd Mike Whitmarsh Carl Henkel SinjinSmith Women's beach Holly McPeak Nancy Reno Coaches Terry Liskevych Fred Sturm...
Yuri Chesnokov Harold Wendt Karch Kiraly Tomasz Wójtowicz Jungo Morita SinjinSmith Josef Musil Seiji Oko Bernard Rajzman Konstantin Reva Ron Lang Stanisław...
beach Karch Kiraly Kent Steffes Mike Dodd Mike Whitmarsh Carl Henkel SinjinSmith Women's beach Holly McPeak Nancy Reno Coaches Terry Liskevych Fred Sturm...
Yuri Chesnokov Harold Wendt Karch Kiraly Tomasz Wójtowicz Jungo Morita SinjinSmith Josef Musil Seiji Oko Bernard Rajzman Konstantin Reva Ron Lang Stanisław...
Yuri Chesnokov Harold Wendt Karch Kiraly Tomasz Wójtowicz Jungo Morita SinjinSmith Josef Musil Seiji Oko Bernard Rajzman Konstantin Reva Ron Lang Stanisław...
quarterfinal match between Steffes and his partner Karch Kiraly against SinjinSmith and Carl Henkel. "Most dominant player of the 1990s" USA Volleyball Hall...
Yuri Chesnokov Harold Wendt Karch Kiraly Tomasz Wójtowicz Jungo Morita SinjinSmith Josef Musil Seiji Oko Bernard Rajzman Konstantin Reva Ron Lang Stanisław...
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