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{{short description|American volleyball player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox volleyball biography
| name           = Jon Root
| image          = Jonroot89.jpg
| image_size     = 200px
| caption        =
| birth_name     = Jonathan Edward Root
| birth_date     = {{birth-date and age|July 10, 1964}}
| birth_place    = [[Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
| height         = 195 cm
| college        = Stanford University
| nationalyears  = 1986–1994
| nationalteam   = {{vb|USA}}
| position       = Middle blocker / Outside hitter
| teamnumber     = 3
| medaltemplates-title = Medal record
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's [[volleyball]]}}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}
[[File:Olympic rings.svg|center|80px]]
{{MedalCompetition|[[Volleyball at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]]| [[Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Pan American Games]]|Pan American Games}}
{{MedalGold | [[1987 Pan American Games|1987 Indianapolis]] | [[Volleyball at the 1987 Pan American Games|Team]]}}
}}

'''Jonathan Edward Root''' (born July 10, 1964) is an American former [[volleyball]] player. Root was a member of the [[United States men's national volleyball team]] that won the gold medal at the [[1988 Summer Olympics]] in [[Seoul]].<ref name="Olympedia" /> He also helped the national team win the gold medal at the [[1987 Pan American Games]] in [[Indianapolis]].<ref name="Olympedia" /> He was known for his quickness and power as a hitter.<ref name="SI">{{Cite magazine |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1989/07/10/their-final-shots-volleyball-stars-karch-kiraly-and-steve-timmons-left-the-us-team-with-a-bang |title=Their Final Shots |last=Anderson |first=Bruce |location=New York City |publisher=Time |date=July 10, 1989 |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |access-date=September 25, 2024 }}</ref>

==College==

Root played college volleyball for [[Stanford University]], where he was a three-time AVCA All-American.<ref name="Stanford-honors">{{Cite web |url=https://gostanford.com/sports/2015/1/20/209857698.aspx |website=Stanford University Athletics |title=Men's Volleyball National Honors and Awards |access-date=September 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004220354/https://gostanford.com/sports/2015/1/20/209857698.aspx |archive-date=October 4, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Olympedia">{{Cite web |title=Jon Root |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/53312 |website=Olympedia |access-date=August 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230801143825/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/53312 |archive-date=August 1, 2023 |url-status=live }}</ref> He graduated from Stanford in 1986.<ref name="Stanford" />

In 2002, Root was inducted into the Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame.<ref name="Stanford">{{Cite web |url=https://gostanford.com/honors/stanford-athletics-hall-of-fame/jon-root/111 |title=Jon Root |website=Stanford University Athletics |access-date=August 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230811235857/https://gostanford.com/honors/stanford-athletics-hall-of-fame/jon-root/111 |archive-date=August 11, 2023 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Coaching==

Root has coached the Red Rock Volleyball Club in [[Redwood City, California]].<ref name="Olympedia" />

==Awards==
* Three-time AVCA All-American 
* Pan American Games gold medal — 1987
* Olympic gold medal — 1988
* Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame — 2002

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/53312 Olympedia profile: Jon Root]
* [https://olympics.com/en/athletes/jonathan-edward-root Jonathan Edward Root at Olympics.com]
* [https://volleybox.net/jon-root-p25529 Volleybox.net profile]
* {{databaseolympics|ROOTJON01}}
* {{sports-reference|ro/jon-root-1}}

{{United States men's volleyball squad 1988 Summer Olympics}}

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[[Category:American men's volleyball players]]
[[Category:Stanford Cardinal men's volleyball players]]
[[Category:Volleyball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics]]
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[[Category:Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States in volleyball]]
[[Category:Volleyball players at the 1987 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in volleyball]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]