| Nicole Sanderson | |
| Fullname: | Nicole Therese Sanderson |
| Nationality: |  Australia |
| Birth Date: | 1976 4, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Weight: | 650NaN0 |
Nicole Therese Sanderson (born 1 April 1976 in Perth, Western Australia) is an Australian beach volleyball player.[1]
Sanderson started her career in indoor volleyball where played for Pepperdine University, in the United States.[2] In 1998 she competed for the first time in FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour where she took part until the 2006 season.
Her best World Tour result was a second place in Osaka, Japan, alongside Natalie Cook in 2004.[3] That year they have been selected to represent Australia at the 2004 Summer Olympics, in Athens.[4] Cook had won the gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics (with Kerri Pottharst) and they won a bronze medal at the 2003 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Rio de Janeiro. They finished the Olympics in fourth place[5] after losing the bronze medal match to Americans Holly McPeak and Elaine Youngs.[6]