| Christopher 'Sinjin' Smith |
United States 
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Photo: Mauro De Sanctis
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| Birth Date |
May 7, 1957 (68 years old) |
| Home Town |
Santa Monica, CA |
| Resides |
Pacific Palisades, CA |
| Height |
6'3" |
| College |
UCLA |
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Best Finish |
Winnings |
| United States |
1st (129 times) |
$1,263,030 |
| AVP |
1st (92 times) |
$1,003,288 |
| BVA |
5th |
$2,063 |
| P&R |
1st (37 times) |
$37,225 |
| USAV |
3rd |
$10,125 |
| Bonus Money |
|
$210,330 |
| International |
1st (10 times) |
$435,938 |
| FIVB |
1st (10 times) |
$342,838 |
| FIVB C&S |
2nd |
$1,600 |
| Bonus Money |
|
$91,500 |
| Overall |
1st (139 times) |
$1,698,968 |
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Smith has competed in more beach volleyball events than any other player. He and Carl Henkel tied for fifth at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. Smith played his first pro open in 1977 with beach volleyball legend Ron Von Hagen before winning his first title with Mike Normand the same season. Smith was the second volleyball player to be inducted into UCLA Sports Hall of Fame (1991, Ernie Suwara the first). A former member of the U. S. National team (1979-1982), Smith led UCLA to two National Championships (1976 and 1979) while earning All-American honors. He was the Most Valuable Player in the 1979 championships. His college jersey (#22) was retired March 4, 1992 at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion. Named Christopher St. John Smith, "Sinjin" is the Old English pronunciation of St. John. He has been featured in more than 20 commercials while appearing in several television series, including "Magnum PI." He also starred in Tri-Star Pictures release "Side Out!." He has also authored a book ("Kings Of the Beach") and has a Nintendo Video game under same title. He and his wife (Patty) have three boys.
Olympics (one, 5th, 2-2 Elimination, 2-2 Overall): • Qualified for Atlanta 1996 Olympics as the number two seed with Carl Henkel. Lost in the third round of bracket play to Portugal's Joao Brenha/Miguel Maia, finishing 5th. |
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- CBVA Beach Volleyball Hall of Fame 2002
- USAV All-Time Great Male Beach Player 2022
- Volleyball Hall of Fame 2003
- AVP Best Defensive Player 1990, 1991, 1992
- FIVB Tour Champion 1989 (Randy Stoklos), 1990 (Randy Stoklos), 1991 (Randy Stoklos), 1992 (Randy Stoklos)
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| |
| 1977 |
P&R |
5 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$0.00 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 1978 |
P&R |
6 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$0.00 |
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|
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 1979 |
P&R |
8 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$3,150.00 |
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|
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 1980 |
P&R |
14 |
7 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$2,175.00 |
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|
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 1981 |
P&R |
7 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$8,800.00 |
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|
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 1982 |
P&R |
14 |
8 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$16,025.00 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
| 1983 |
P&R |
16 |
8 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$23,075.00 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
| 1984 |
AVP |
17 |
9 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$25,300.00 |
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|
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 1985 |
AVP |
17 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$22,146.25 |
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|
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 1986 |
AVP |
24 |
17 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$60,312.50 |
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|
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 1987 |
AVP |
25 |
15 |
7 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$78,475.00 |
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|
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 1988 |
AVP |
24 |
12 |
4 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$161,884.50 |
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|
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 1989 |
AVP |
22 |
9 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$128,288.00 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
| 1990 |
AVP |
24 |
11 |
6 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$221,437.00 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
| 1991 |
AVP |
24 |
11 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$266,744.50 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
| 1992 |
AVP |
24 |
2 |
9 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
$135,648.25 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
| 1993 |
AVP |
25 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
1 |
$89,587.00 |
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|
1 |
1 |
0 |
| 1994 |
AVP |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$1,065.00 |
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|
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 1995 |
AVP |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$500.00 |
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0 |
0 |
2 |
| 1998 |
AVP |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
$3,304.50 |
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0 |
3 |
2 |
| 1999 |
USAV |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$8,250.00 |
238.0 |
4th |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 2000 |
USAV |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
$1,875.00 |
68.0 |
17th |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 2001 |
AVP |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
$2,925.00 |
216.0 |
49th |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 2001 |
BVA |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$2,062.50 |
48.0 |
20th |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Total
(Rank) |
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315
(5th) |
129
(2nd) |
66 |
39 |
12 |
32 |
1 |
7 |
1 |
15 |
1 |
$1,263,030.00
(8th) |
570.0 |
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4 |
4 |
4 |
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| 1987 |
FIVB |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$2,500.00 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
| 1988 |
FIVB |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$1,750.00 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
| 1989 |
FIVB |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$13,500.00 |
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|
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 1990 |
FIVB |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$6,000.00 |
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|
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 1991 |
FIVB |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$18,000.00 |
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|
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 1992 |
FIVB |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$103,000.00 |
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|
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 1993 |
FIVB |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$4,500.00 |
15.0 |
11th |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 1994 |
FIVB |
5 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
$23,062.50 |
63.0 |
9th |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 1995 |
FIVB |
17 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
$63,750.00 |
183.0 |
7th |
3 |
1 |
1 |
| 1996 |
FIVB |
15 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
$87,750.00 |
1,183.0 |
16th |
2 |
1 |
1 |
| 1997 |
FIVB |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
$15,700.00 |
467.5 |
34th |
1 |
3 |
0 |
| 1998 |
FIVB C&S |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$1,600.00 |
27.0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 1998 |
FIVB |
12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
$18,450.00 |
593.0 |
35th |
4 |
4 |
1 |
| 1999 |
FIVB |
13 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
$29,750.00 |
864.0 |
19th |
1 |
5 |
0 |
| 2000 |
FIVB |
13 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
$30,500.00 |
825.0 |
14th |
2 |
3 |
2 |
| 2001 |
FIVB |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
$16,125.00 |
415.0 |
44th |
2 |
3 |
2 |
Total
(Rank) |
|
105
(96th) |
10
(24th) |
7 |
3 |
6 |
8 |
0 |
13 |
1 |
15 |
0 |
$435,937.50
(55th) |
4,635.5 |
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15 |
20 |
7 |
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| Overall |
Total
(Rank) |
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420
(1st) |
139
(2nd) |
73 |
42 |
18 |
40 |
1 |
20 |
2 |
30 |
1 |
$1,698,967.50
(11th) |
5,205.5 |
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19 |
24 |
11 |
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| Red denotes ranked 1st |
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