Joana Mäder (née Heidrich, born 2 October 1991) is a Swiss beach volleyball player. She played with Nadine Zumkehr in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
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.
In July 2021, the pair again joined forces to represent Switzerland at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo that had been delayed due to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic.
Professional career
The pair participated in the 2016 summer Olympics in Rio with a 14th seed,[1] as of 12 June 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 14 August 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 finished with the Silver medal.[4]
References
- ^ "FIVB - Beach Volleyball Rankings".
- ^ "FIVB – Beach Volleyball News". FIVB.
- ^ PDF with full results
- ^ "Results". Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
External links
- Joana Heidrich at the FIVB beach volleyball database
- Joana Heidrich at the Beach Volleyball Database
- Joana Heidrich at Olympedia
- Joana Heidrich at Olympics.com
- Joana Heidrich at Swiss Team Heidrich / Verge-Depre
