Episode 142: Doing What I Love featuring Chaim Schalk

About this episode

Chaim Schalk discusses his beach volleyball career, partnership goals, and personal life.

In this episode, we welcome Beach Olympian and U.S. Beach National Team athlete Chaim Schalk to the show (3:02 - 1:06:49). We take a beach volleyball deep dive and explore Chaim's insane career. Chaim talks about his continued beach partnership with James Shaw and their goal to qualify for LA2028, as well as his recent engagement to Toni Rodriguez. Chaim takes us through his upbringing and how he was constantly competing with his brothers to building his own home beach volleyball court. Chaim...

People in this episode

Guest: Chaim Schalk

Topics covered

• beach volleyball
• Olympics
• athlete career
• sports competition
• personal stories

Keywords

• Chaim Schalk
• beach volleyball
• LA2028
• Olympian
• sports career

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