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flora (flo) hyman is born
Hyman was the second of eight children. -
flo doesnt like her height
As a child, Hyman was self-conscious about her rapid growth. She made it a habit to try to hide her size. She hunched when she walked and slouched when she sat. But her mother persuaded her to be proud of it and to use it to her advantage. Hyman's parents were tall. Her father was 6'1" (1.85 m) tall and her mother 5'11" (1.80 m), but Flo was to outgrow both of them. She stood six feet tall (1.83m) on her 12th birthday and her final adult height, which she reached by her 17th birthday, was just -
hyman plays volleyball at age 12
When she was 12, she began playing two-on-two tournaments on the beach, usually with her sister Suzanne as partner -
flo is a senior in high school and has down a spike
By the time Flo was a senior in high school, she had developed a lethal spike. -
flo goes to college
flo hyman is recruited to by the University of Houston and led them to two top-five national finishes -
U.S. team does not make it to the 1976 olympics
In 1975, the U.S. team floundered through qualifying rounds for the 1976 Olympic games and failed to make it. In 1977, the team gained finished fifth at the World Championships. Hyman and her teammates looked forward to qualifying for and playing in the 1980 Olympics, but their dreams were curtailed when the United States boycotted the Moscow games. -
flo plays in the 1981 world cup
Hyman played in the 1981 World Cup and the 1982 World Championship, when the US won the bronze medal. A speciality of Hyman was the "Flying Clutchman," a fast, hard-impacting volleyball spike that travels at 110 mph (180 km/h). -
flo leads her team to silver in 1984 being defeated by china
At the 1984 Olympics, Hyman, by now both the tallest and oldest member of the team, led the US to the silver medal, beaten by China in the final. The United States had defeated them earlier in the tournament. -
flo moves to japan and takes up modeling
Straight after the Olympics, Hyman moved to Japan, where she played for the Daiei team. She was so popular in Japan that she began a modeling and acting career there and was constantly in demand. -
flo hyman dies
Hyman collapsed while sitting on the sidelines after being substituted out in a game against Hitachi. She told her team to keep fighting, then moments later slid to the floor and died.
