Joana Heidrich

Joana Heidrich (born 1991) is a Swiss beach volleyball player. She played with Nadine Zumkehr in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Joana Heidrich
Personal information
NationalitySwiss
Born (1991-10-02) 2 October 1991
Height190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight158 lb (72 kg)
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
Teammate
Anouk Vergé-Dépré
Previous teammates
Years Teammate
2013-16
2017-		 Nadine Zumkehr
Anouk Vergé-Dépré
National team
Switzerland
Honours
Women's Volleyball
Representing   Switzerland
FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour
2016 Toronto Beach
2017 Hague Beach
2018 Itapema Beach
2019 Moscow Beach

Following Zumkehr's retirement at the close of the 2016 season, Heidrich partnered with Anouk Vergé-Dépré, whose own former partner, Isabelle Forrer, likewise retired.

Professional career

The pair participated in the 2016 summer Olympics in Rio with a 14th seed,[1] as of June 12, 2016, placement. They lost against Brazil's #1 seed team of Talita Antunes and Larissa Franca in a nail biting match of 3 sets (21-23, 27-25, 15-13),which was also the longest match at Rio, in the quarter final Played August 14, 2016.[2][3]

World tour 2016

She competed at the World Tour finals in Toronto. The pair played against fellow country mates of Isabelle Forrer and Anouk Verge-Depre and won in 3 sets of (14-21, 21-15, 15-10). The pair advanced to Gold medal match against Germany's Olympic Gold medalists of Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst. They lost to the German's in straight sets of (18-21, 16-21) and finish with Silver medal.[4]

References
  1. http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/OGRanking_W.asp
  2. "FIVB - Beach Volleyball News". FIVB.
  3. PDF with full results
  4. Results


Awards
Preceded by
 Linline Matauatu (VAN)		 Women's FIVB World Tour "Most Improved"
2016		 Succeeded by
 Melissa Humana-Paredes (CAN)


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