Name: | Gabrielle Reece |
Occupation: | Volleyball Player |
Gender: | Female |
Height: | 191 cm (6′ 4”) |
Birth Day: | January 6, 1970 |
Age: | 50 |
Birth Place: | San Diego, United States |
Zodiac Sign: | Capricorn |
Gabrielle Reece
Trivia
Physique
Height | Weight | Hair Colour | Eye Colour | Blood Type | Tattoo(s) |
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191 cm (6′ 4”) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Before Fame
Volleyball was the her focus along with modeling before she got into some acting roles.
Biography
Biography Timeline
Reece was born in La Jolla, California, and raised in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, an only child of Terry Glynn and Robert Eduardo Reece. Her father, who was Trinidadian, was killed in a plane crash when Gabrielle was five. She returned to the U.S. mainland for the eleventh grade, attending Keswick Christian School in St. Petersburg, Florida, when she took up sports. She accepted a volleyball scholarship from Florida State University, where she majored in communications, and in volleyball she led the league in kills four times and blocks once. Reece also set two school volleyball records, in solo blocks (240) and total blocks (747), both of which still stand. In 1989, she moved to New York City to pursue more rigorously a parallel career as a sports fashion model and also continue in her pro volleyball career. Florida State University inducted Reece into the Florida State University Athletics Hall of Fame in 1997.
After graduation, Reece played on professional volleyball tours for several years. For four consecutive years, Reece was the WBVL kills leader from 1993–1996. She was named the Offensive Player of the Year in 1994–95, and the League blocks leader in 1993. She also competed domestically in the 1999–2000 Olympic Challenge Series, the 1999–2000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, and other competitions.
On November 30, 1997, Reece married big-wave surfer Laird Hamilton. They have two daughters: Reece Viola Hamilton (born in October 2003) and Brody Jo Hamilton (born on January 1, 2008, in Hawaii). She and Hamilton also are raising Izabela, Hamilton’s daughter from his previous marriage to big wave surfer and clothing designer Maria Souza. The Hamilton-Reece family splits time residing in Hawaii and Malibu, California. In the latter, she is known as a member of the “Malibu Mob”, a group of celebrity friends and neighbors that includes actor John Cusack, hockey player Chris Chelios, tennis player John McEnroe, and actor John C. McGinley.
As an actress, she guest-starred on TV series North Shore (2004) and 8 Simple Rules (2005). She also appeared as a guest on Extreme Makeover Home Edition and America’s Next Top Model and The Tyra Banks Show. In 2008, she released Gabrielle Reece: Fit & Healthy Prenatal Workouts with exercise guru Mike Monroe. For 2008, Reece was the spokeswoman for Simply Nutrilite, a line developed by Quixtar.
Reece trained in golf for four years hoping to make it onto the LPGA but was unsuccessful. In 2009, she said, “… with young children, I simply didn’t have the time for such a demanding game”.
Laird Hamilton and Gabrielle Reece are the founders of XPT Life or Extreme Performance Training. In September 2020 Laird Hamilton and Gabrielle Reece brought their Laird Superfood business they founded in 2015 along with Paul Hodge to Wall Street where it is now listed under the trading id LSF.
🎂 Upcoming Birthday
Currently, Gabrielle Reece is 51 years, 9 months and 20 days old. Gabrielle Reece will celebrate 52nd birthday on a Thursday 6th of January 2022.
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