Name Elisabeth Bachman Parents Todd Bachman | Weight 86 kg Role Olympic athlete | |
Education University of California, Los Angeles Similar People Hugh McCutcheon, Tayyiba Haneef‑Park, Lindsey Berg, Robyn Ah Mow‑Santos, Heather Bown | ||
Elisabeth "Wiz" Bachman (born November 7, 1978 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is a retired volleyball player from the United States, who represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There she finished in fifth place with the USA National Team.
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Career
At the 2000 USA Volleyball Open Championships playing with the Westwood Volleyball Club of Los Angeles, Bachman won the championship and she was selected All-Tournament.
Personal life
Bachman is married to Hugh McCutcheon, the former coach of the U.S. men and women's volleyball team and current coach of the University of Minnesota's women's volleyball team.
Her parents, Todd and Barbara, were attacked in an incident in Beijing when they attended the 2008 Olympics. Todd was killed, while Barbara was critically injured. A 47-year-old Chinese man named Tang Yongming assaulted them at the Drum Tower eight kilometres from the main Olympic site before leaping to his death from the 40-metre high balcony.