The recently concluded Rio Olympics brought us a lot of amazing and exciting volleyball matches featuring some of the world’s best players. While we saw a lot of 2 time Olympians, we also witnessed the great talents of many Olympic debutantes.

The list below features 7 female players who did GREAT as first time Olympians.

Alisha Glass / Setter / USA

2016 Olympic Highlight: Bronze Medalist, Best Setter

Robin De Kruijf / Middle Blocker / Netherlands

2016 Olympic Highlight: 4th placed, #10 Best Scorer, #2 Best Blocker

A photo posted by Robin de Kruijf (@robindekruijf) on Aug 12, 2016 at 7:28pm PDT

A great Olympic debut with a hard fought 3-2 win against China yesterday! 💃🏻 Now all heads focused on tomorrow's opponent USA! #olympicgames #Rio2016 #teamnl #volleyball video credits: @puengpm 😘🙏🏻

A video posted by Robin de Kruijf (@robindekruijf) on Aug 7, 2016 at 1:59pm PDT

A photo posted by Robin de Kruijf (@robindekruijf) on Aug 15, 2016 at 6:28pm PDT

Rachael Adams / Middle Blocker / USA

2016 Olympic Highlight: Bronze Medalist, #11 Best Scorer, #3 Best Blocker, #11 Best Server

Just became an Olympic medalist!!!! Can't wait to stand tall on the podium with these ladies tonight ❤️ ahhhhhhhhhhhh

A photo posted by Rachael Adams (@rachaeladams) on Aug 20, 2016 at 11:23am PDT

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A photo posted by Rachael Adams (@rachaeladams) on Aug 21, 2016 at 8:35am PDT

Rio, thank you so much for putting together an amazing games! Taking home so many awesome memories and stories ❤️ #ThankYouRio

A photo posted by Rachael Adams (@rachaeladams) on Aug 22, 2016 at 7:16am PDT

Anne Buijs / Outside Hitter / Netherlands

2016 Olympic Highlight: 4th Placed, #5 Best Scorer, #8 Best Spiker, #3 Best Server

Zhu Ting / Outside Hitter / China

2016 Olympic Highlight: Gold Medalist, MVP, #1 Best Scorer, #1 Best Spiker

A photo posted by Volleyball Lovers (@vb_lovers) on May 6, 2016 at 1:55am PDT

A photo posted by TEAM CHINA 🏐️ (@cvwnt0086) on Aug 21, 2016 at 6:32am PDT

A photo posted by Voleybol Plus (@voleybolplus) on Aug 21, 2016 at 2:55am PDT

Tijana Boskovic / Opposite Hitter / Serbia

2016 Olympic Highlight: Silver Medalist, #3 Best Scorer, #7 Best Spiker, #2 Best Server

❤ @stefana_veljkovic

A photo posted by Tijana Bošković (@coti_18) on Aug 21, 2016 at 12:50am PDT

Veliko hvala svima na najvecoj mogucoj podrsci ❤ Nas san se ostvario! ❤ #rio2016

A photo posted by Tijana Bošković (@coti_18) on Aug 21, 2016 at 12:45am PDT

A photo posted by Tijana Bošković (@coti_18) on Aug 18, 2016 at 1:53pm PDT

Debby Stam Pilon / Libero / Netherlands

2016 Olympic Highlight: 4th Placed, #1 Best Digger, #6 Best Passer

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