Lincoln's Story
Lincoln Williams began playing for the AIS team in 2010, winning the MVP award for the team in his debut season. In what was a busy year for Williams he competed at the 2010 Beach Volleyball Youth World Championships in Portugal. Williams had only played for Australia four times prior to getting the call up to compete at the Olympic Qualification Tournament where Australia finished second and booked their tickets to London.
Making his Olympic debut in 2012, Williams and the Australian team lost their first match to Argentina before knocking off hosts Great Britain in straight sets. Despite not winning a set against Hungary, the Aussies took a 2-0 set lead over Italy before the world’s sixth ranked team claimed victory 3-2. Williams and his teammates then pulled off one of the upsets of the Games when they defeated third ranked Poland 3-1. The Team’s final placing was ninth.
