| Rank | Event | Year | Location | |
| Olympic Games | ||||
| 1 | Women | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | |
| 1 | Women | 2004 | Athens, GRE | |
| 5 | Women | 2000 | Sydney, NSW, AUS | |
| World Championships | ||||
| 1 | Women | 2007 | Gstaad, SUI | |
| 1 | Women | 2005 | Berlin, GER | |
| 1 | Women | 2003 | Rio de Janeiro, BRA | |
| 2 | Women | 2011 | Rome, ITA | |
| World Tour | ||||
| 1 | Women | 2011 | Klagenfurt, AUT | |
| 1 | Women | 2011 | Moscow, RUS | |
| 1 | Women | 2011 | Beijing, CHN | |
| 2 | Women | 2012 | Moscow, RUS | |
| 2 | Women | 2011 | The Hague, NED | |
| 2 | Women | 2011 | Aland, FIN | |
| 2 | Women | 2011 | Rome, ITA | |
| 2 | Women | 2011 | Brasilia, BRA | |
| 3 | Women | 2010 | Stavanger, NOR | |
| Women | 2012 | Gstaad, SUI | ||
Nickname
Pinkhead, Bean, Misto, May May or Pizza. (WSN Sports, 12 Jun 2001)
Hobbies
Coaching, making people laugh, playing with dogs and cleaning the house. (FIVB, 08 Jul 2003)
Occupation
Athlete
Education
Physical Education, Human Movement Studies - California State University, Long Beach, United States
Family
Husband Matt Treanor
Language(s) spoken
English
Coach
Marcio Sicoli (BRA) (sportsillustrated.cnn.com, 09 Apr 2012)
Handedness
Right (WSN Sports, 12 Jun 2001)
Sporting relatives
She played indoor volleyball at Long Beach State and was a part of their 1998 National Collegiate Athletic Association [NCAA] championship team. (AVP, 08 Jul 2003)
Other sports
He father Bob played on the 1968 US Olympic volleyball team. Her mother Barbara was a nationally-ranked tennis player. Her cousin Taylor Dent competed in tennis at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. Her husband Matt plays major league baseball. (bbc.co.uk, 26 Jul 2011; espn.go.com, 21 Jun 2012; biography.com, 24 May 2012)
Injuries
She injured her left knee during a tournament in China in May 2011, forcing her and teammate Kerri Walsh to withdraw. (sportsillustrated.cnn.com, 02 May 2011)
In October 2008 she tore her left Achilles' tendon while rehearsing for the TV show 'Dancing with the Stars'. She missed almost all of the 2009 season. (sportsillustrated.cnn.com, 02 May 2011; sportsillustrated.cnn.com, 09 Apr 2012)
Additional information
Start of sporting career
She played volleyball at the Santa Monica Pier as a child. She played in her first volleyball tournament at age eight, partnering her father. (espn.go.com, 21 Jun 2012)
Ambitions
To take a long holiday after the 2012 Olympic Games and focus on starting a family. She also wants to coach indoor volleyball. (espn.go.com, 21 Jun 2012; huffingtonpost.com, 22 May 2012)
Training
She combines training at the beach with weightlifting twice a week and yoga sessions. (well.blogs.nytimes.com, 01 Jun 2012)
Superstitions / Rituals
She and her volleyball partner Kerri Walsh like to enter the court by jumping over the sideline together and perform a complicated handshake before each match. (fitsugar.com, 03 May 2012)
Awards
She was named the FIVB World Tour Most Outstanding Player in 2005 and 2008. She was named the FIVB Best Defensive Player in 2007, 2008 and 2011, and the FIVB Best Offensive Player in 2005, 2007 and 2008. (bvbinfo.com, 24 Jun 2012)
She was named USA Volleyball's Female Beach Volleyball Player of the Year in 2008. (usavolleyball.org, 31 May 2012)
General
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
She published an autobiography in 2010 called 'Misty, Digging Deep in Volleyball and Life.' (sportsillustrated.cnn.com, 09 Apr 2012; biography.com, 24 May 2012)
ASHES TRIBUTE
In 2004 she carried a prescription bottle containing some of her deceased mother's ashes with her when she competed on the AVP tour. She planned to scatter some of the ashes at various locations on the tour, but decided to wait and instead scattered the entire bottle of ashes after winning the gold medal at the 2004 Olympic Games. "Everybody else's family is here," she said following the win. "So why can't I bring my family?" (washingtonpost.com, 19 Aug 2004)
TATTOOS
She has an angel tattoo with the initials BM on her shoulder for her mother, who passed away from cancer in 2002. She has the roman numeral 'v' [five] on her back because she wore that number when she played volleyball in college. She also has an M-squared tattoo for her husband Matt. (espn.go.com, 21 Jun 2012)
MASTER'S DEGREE
She will receive a master's degree in coaching and athletic administration from Concordia University in November 2012. (espn.go.com, 21 Jun 2012)
TV APPEARENCES
She has appeared on TV shows 'CSI: Miami,' 'The Wizards of Waverly Place,' and 'Dancing With the Stars.' (biography.com, 24 May 2012)
Previous Olympics
Beijing 2008, Athens 2004, Sydney 2000
