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Olympic Games Paris 2024
July 27 - August 9, 2024

(12) Valentina Gottardi/Marta Menegatti, Italy

Valentina Gottardi
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 19, 2002 (21 yrs old)

Home Town:

Modena

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Saquarema 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$86,968.50

Marta Menegatti
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 16, 1990 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rovigo

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

161

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$575,716.93

Awards

VolleyballMag.com BPT Best Server 2023
VolleyballMag.com BPT Most Improved 2023
VolleyballMag.com BPT Rookie of the Year 2023

Awards

Most Improved Player 2011

How They Qualified

10th ranked team in Olympic Rankings with 9140 points

Olympic Games Experience

Olympics	Finish
2012 (London)	5th	Marta played with Greta Cicolari in 2012 (London), winning all three pool play matches, then winning the fist elimination round match before losing the next and finishing 5th.
2016 (Rio de Janeiro)	9th	Marta played with Laura Giombini in 2016 (Rio de Janeiro), losing two of three pool play matches, then losing the first elimination round match to finish 9th.
2021 (Tokyo)	19th	Marta played with Viktoria Orsi Toth in 2021 (Tokyo), losing all three pool play matches to finish 19th.

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	Money
FIVB	28	1	3	1	5	5	0	8	2	1	1	0	1	US$172,880.66

Previous Paris Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Marta Menegatti - 13th	Valentina Gottardi - 13th
2023	Marta Menegatti - 4th	Valentina Gottardi - 4th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/9-13/2024	Elite16 Vienna	3	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/3-7/2024	Elite16 Gstaad	8	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/5-9/2024	Elite16 Ostrava	6	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2024	BPT Elite16 Espinho	6	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	4/17-21/2024	Elite16 Tepic	10	4th	900	US$10,000.00
FIVB	3/5-9/2024	Elite16 Doha	10	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	10	9th	800	US$11,000.00
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2023	Elite16 Paris	10	4th	900	US$10,000.00
FIVB	8/16-20/2023	Elite16 Hamburg	13, Q1	9th	600	US$6,000.00

Olympic Games Paris 2024 Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sun, 7/28/2024

Pool A

Liliana Fernandez / Paula Soria, Spain (13)

Lost 22-24, 21-9, 14-16

0:57

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Valentina Gottardi	Total	23	13	4	0.391	4	2	4	4
	1	9	4	3	0.111	1	1	1	2
	2	3	3	0	1.000	2	1	2	0
	3	11	6	1	0.455	1	0	1	2
Marta Menegatti	Total	31	18	3	0.484	0	7	2	2
	1	17	9	2	0.412	0	4	0	1
	2	11	6	1	0.455	0	3	1	0
	3	3	3	0	1.000	0	0	1	1

Tue, 7/30/2024

Pool A

Marwa Abdelhady / Doaa Elghobashy, Egypt (24)

Won 21-16, 21-10

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Valentina Gottardi	Total	12	9	2	0.583	3	2	6	4
	1	5	3	1	0.400	2	2	4	2
	2	7	6	1	0.714	1	0	2	2
Marta Menegatti	Total	25	15	5	0.400	0	9	2	0
	1	15	8	3	0.333	0	4	0	0
	2	10	7	2	0.500	0	5	2	0

Thu, 8/1/2024

Pool A

Duda Lisboa / Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil (1)

Lost 17-21, 10-21

0:33

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Valentina Gottardi	Total	21	8	7	0.048	0	1	2	4
	1	4	2	0	0.500	0	1	2	3
	2	17	6	7	-0.059	0	0	0	1
Marta Menegatti	Total	20	8	5	0.150	0	2	0	1
	1	15	7	4	0.200	0	1	0	1
	2	5	1	1	0.000	0	1	0	0

Sun, 8/4/2024

Winner 1

Kelly Cheng / Sara Hughes, United States (3)

Lost 18-21, 21-17, 12-15

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Valentina Gottardi	Total	14	9	2	0.500	6	2	1	6
	1	4	4	0	1.000	3	0	0	4
	2	4	3	0	0.750	2	1	0	1
	3	6	2	2	0.000	1	1	1	1
Marta Menegatti	Total	51	22	5	0.333	0	18	1	0
	1	22	7	4	0.136	0	7	0	0
	2	16	9	1	0.500	0	5	1	0
	3	13	6	0	0.462	0	6	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Valentina Gottardi	70	39	15	0.343	13	7	13	18
Marta Menegatti	127	63	18	0.354	0	36	5	3
Total	197	102	33	0.350	13	43	18	21
Opponents	184	97	30	0.364	13	43	10	16

Olympic Games, World Championships, World Tour Finals Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2011	World Championships	Rome	Did not play	Greta Cicolari - 9th
2012	Olympic Games	London	Did not play	Greta Cicolari - 5th
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Did not play	Greta Cicolari - 5th
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Did not play	Viktoria Orsi Toth - 9th
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro	Did not play	Laura Giombini - 9th
2016	World Tour Finals	Toronto	Did not play	Laura Giombini - 9th
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Did not play	Rebecca Perry - 37th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Did not play	Viktoria Orsi Toth - 5th
2019	World Tour Finals	Rome	Did not play	Viktoria Orsi Toth - 9th
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo	Did not play	Viktoria Orsi Toth - 19th
2021	World Tour Finals	Cagliari	Marta Menegatti - 9th	Valentina Gottardi - 9th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Marta Menegatti - 5th	Valentina Gottardi - 5th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Marta Menegatti - 9th	Valentina Gottardi - 9th

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$29,000.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
Elite 16/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	0	0	0	4	4	0	4	2	1	0	0	$106,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$28,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,800.00
Total	28	1	3	1	5	5	0	8	2	2	0	0	$172,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Valentina Gottardi												Marta Menegatti
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$14,500.00	World Championships	7	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	$45,200.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,750.00	World Tour Finals	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$11,500.00
15	0	0	0	4	4	6	1	0	0	$53,000.00	Elite 16/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	71	0	3	3	10	12	21	11	10	0	$372,725.00
6	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$14,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	52	2	4	4	2	8	14	7	6	0	$132,350.00
4	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	14	1	3	1	1	1	3	2	2	0	$12,800.00
											Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$475.00
											Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00
											U21 World Championships	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00
31	1	3	1	5	6	12	2	0	0	$86,500.00	Total	161	3	12	8	13	27	50	23	18	0	$575,225.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2021	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00	0	4	0.0 %
2022	FIVB	9	0	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	$38,800.00	21	15	58.3 %
2023	FIVB	10	1	1	0	2	1	0	3	1	1	0	0	$70,500.00	34	21	61.8 %
2024	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	$46,000.00	16	16	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	27	1	3	1	4	5	0	8	2	2	0	1	$162,800.00	71	56	55.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Valentina Gottardi													Marta Menegatti
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2006	FIVB Challenger/Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2007	FIVB Challenger/Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$475.00
											2007	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2008	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2009	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	$9,850.00
											2009	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2010	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	1	5	3	1	0	$37,800.00
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2011	FIVB	13	0	1	2	2	2	4	0	2	0	$75,925.00
											2012	FIVB	9	0	2	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	$68,250.00
											2013	FIVB	11	0	0	0	2	4	3	1	1	0	$45,875.00
											2014	FIVB	12	0	1	0	1	1	5	3	1	0	$73,187.50
											2015	FIVB	10	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	3	0	$59,000.00
											2016	FIVB	14	0	1	1	1	4	6	1	0	0	$52,187.50
											2017	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	$10,950.00
											2018	FIVB	11	1	0	1	0	1	2	1	1	4	$12,000.00
											2019	FIVB	13	0	1	0	0	3	4	3	2	0	$36,000.00
											2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,650.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$3,850.00	2021	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	$9,250.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC
9	0	2	1	1	1	2	1	0	1	$19,400.00	2022	FIVB	9	0	2	1	1	1	2	1	0	1	$19,400.00
10	1	1	0	2	1	4	1	0	0	$35,250.00	2023	FIVB	10	1	1	0	2	1	4	1	0	0	$35,250.00
7	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	0	0	$23,000.00	2024	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	0	0	$23,000.00
30	1	3	1	4	6	12	2	0	1	$81,500.00	Total	Total	160	3	12	8	12	27	50	23	18	7	$570,225.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								3 Set Matches		All Matches		By Forfeit
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		By Forfeit
Overall	46	59.7%	16	20.8%	15	19.5%	62-15	80.5%	11	19.6%	14	25.0%	31	55.4%	11-45	19.6%	27-29	48.2%	74-60	55.2%	1	0
2023-2024	33	57.9%	14	24.6%	10	17.5%	47-10	82.5%	5	13.9%	12	33.3%	19	52.8%	5-31	13.9%	19-22	46.3%	53-41	56.4%	1	0
Against the Field	17	50.0%	7	20.6%	10	29.4%	24-10	70.6%	2	6.9%	9	31.0%	18	62.1%	2-27	6.9%	18-38	32.1%	27-36	42.9%	1	0

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	4
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Elite 16/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	8	1	20	22	0	0	10	7	0	4	0	4	0	0	38	38
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	1	7	3	0	0	6	1	2	1	1	0	1	1	17	7
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	11	4
Total	0	0	8	2	38	33	0	0	22	11	4	6	1	5	1	3	74	60

Italy Olympic Match Records and Finishes

			Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Contender's Bracket		Winner's Bracket		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Olympics	Seed	Team	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Finish
1996	12	Annamaria Solazzi/Consuelo Turetta	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	13th
2000	18	Daniela Gattelli/Lucilla Perrotta	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	9th
2000	9	Laura Bruschini/Annamaria Solazzi	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5th
2004	14	Daniela Gattelli/Lucilla Perrotta	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	5th
2012	7	Greta Cicolari/Marta Menegatti	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	5th
2016	9	Laura Giombini/Marta Menegatti	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	9th
2021	17	Marta Menegatti/Viktoria Orsi Toth	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	19th
2024	12	Valentina Gottardi/Marta Menegatti	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	9th
Total			6	9	0	0	2	1	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	18

#Italy Olympic Match Results
12 Wins and 18 Losses

Country	Seed	Round	Location	Season	Team	Country	Seed	Team	Result	Time
Italy	18	Winner 1	Sydney	2000	Daniela Gattelli/Lucilla Perrotta	Australia	7	Tania Gooley/Pauline Manser	Lost 9-15	0:38
Italy	9	Winner 3	Sydney	2000	Laura Bruschini/Annamaria Solazzi	Australia	1	Natalie Cook/Kerri Pottharst	Lost 11-15	0:39
Italy	14	Winner 2	Athens	2004	Daniela Gattelli/Lucilla Perrotta	Australia	5	Natalie Cook/Nicole Sanderson	Lost 16-21, 21-14, 12-15	1:03
Italy	17	Pool E	Tokyo	2021	Marta Menegatti/Viktoria Orsi Toth	Australia	5	Mariafe Artacho/Taliqua Clancy	Lost 20-22, 19-21	0:42
Italy	12	Winner 2	Atlanta	1996	Annamaria Solazzi/Consuelo Turetta	Brazil	5	Monica Rodrigues/Adriana Samuel	Lost 15-17	0:57
Italy	14	Pool B	Athens	2004	Daniela Gattelli/Lucilla Perrotta	Brazil	2	Shelda Bede/Adriana Behar	Lost 17-21, 17-21	0:46
Italy	12	Pool A	Paris	2024	Valentina Gottardi/Marta Menegatti	Brazil	1	Duda Lisboa/Ana Patricia Silva	Lost 17-21, 10-21	0:33
Italy	7	Pool F	London	2012	Greta Cicolari/Marta Menegatti	Canada	19	Marie-Andree Lessard/Annie Martin	Won 21-12, 23-25, 15-10	0:55
Italy	9	Pool D	Rio de Janeiro	2016	Laura Giombini/Marta Menegatti	Canada	16	Jamie Broder/Kristina May	Lost 21-15, 18-21, 9-15	0:57
Italy	18	Contender 2	Sydney	2000	Daniela Gattelli/Lucilla Perrotta	China	12	Rong Chi/Zi Xiong	Won 15-9	0:45
Italy	14	Pool B	Athens	2004	Daniela Gattelli/Lucilla Perrotta	Cuba	11	Dalixia Fernandez Grasset/Tamara Larrea Peraza	Lost 17-21, 21-18, 10-15	1:01
Italy	17	Pool E	Tokyo	2021	Marta Menegatti/Viktoria Orsi Toth	Cuba	20	Lidianny Echeverria/Leila Martinez	Lost 16-21, 16-21	0:37
Italy	9	Pool D	Rio de Janeiro	2016	Laura Giombini/Marta Menegatti	Egypt	21	Doaa Elghobashy/Nada Meawad	Won 21-10, 21-13	0:35
Italy	12	Pool A	Paris	2024	Valentina Gottardi/Marta Menegatti	Egypt	24	Marwa Abdelhady/Doaa Elghobashy	Won 21-16, 21-10	0:38
Italy	7	Pool F	London	2012	Greta Cicolari/Marta Menegatti	England	6	Zara Dampney/Shauna Mullin	Won 21-18, 21-12	0:37
Italy	9	Winner 2	Sydney	2000	Laura Bruschini/Annamaria Solazzi	Germany	8	Ulrike Schmidt/Gudi Staub	Won 15-12	0:34
Italy	14	Winner 1	Athens	2004	Daniela Gattelli/Lucilla Perrotta	Germany	10	Susanne Lahme/Danja Musch	Won 16-21, 21-17, 21-19	1:10
Italy	9	Pool D	Rio de Janeiro	2016	Laura Giombini/Marta Menegatti	Germany	4	Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst	Lost 18-21, 21-18, 9-15	0:51
Italy	9	Winner 1	Sydney	2000	Laura Bruschini/Annamaria Solazzi	Greece	16	Vasso Karadassiou/Efi Sfyri	Won 15-2	0:34
Italy	18	Contender 1	Sydney	2000	Daniela Gattelli/Lucilla Perrotta	Japan	19	Yuki Ishizaka/Rii Seike	Won 15-5	0:44
Italy	12	Contender 2	Atlanta	1996	Annamaria Solazzi/Consuelo Turetta	Norway	13	Merita Berntsen/Ragni Hestad	Lost 11-15	0:42
Italy	7	Pool F	London	2012	Greta Cicolari/Marta Menegatti	Russia	18	Ekaterina Birlova/Evgenia Ukolova	Won 17-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:55
Italy	17	Pool E	Tokyo	2021	Marta Menegatti/Viktoria Orsi Toth	Russian Olympic Committee	8	Svetlana Kholomina/Nadezda Makroguzova	Lost 18-21, 15-21	0:42
Italy	14	Pool B	Athens	2004	Daniela Gattelli/Lucilla Perrotta	South Africa	23	Leigh-Ann Naidoo/Julia Willand	Won 21-18, 21-14	0:46
Italy	7	Winner 1	London	2012	Greta Cicolari/Marta Menegatti	Spain	16	Elsa Baquerizo/Liliana Fernandez	Won 21-15, 21-16	0:38
Italy	12	Pool A	Paris	2024	Valentina Gottardi/Marta Menegatti	Spain	13	Liliana Fernandez/Paula Soria	Lost 22-24, 21-9, 14-16	0:57
Italy	18	Winner 2	Sydney	2000	Daniela Gattelli/Lucilla Perrotta	United States	4	Misty May-Treanor/Holly McPeak	Lost 13-15	0:46
Italy	7	Winner 2	London	2012	Greta Cicolari/Marta Menegatti	United States	3	Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh Jennings	Lost 13-21, 13-21	0:33
Italy	9	Winner 1	Rio de Janeiro	2016	Laura Giombini/Marta Menegatti	United States	3	April Ross/Kerri Walsh Jennings	Lost 10-21, 16-21	0:32
Italy	12	Winner 1	Paris	2024	Valentina Gottardi/Marta Menegatti	United States	3	Kelly Cheng/Sara Hughes	Lost 18-21, 21-17, 12-15	0:56

#12 Seed Match Records and Finishes

		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Contender's Bracket		Winner's Bracket		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Olympics	Team	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Finish
1996	Annamaria Solazzi/Consuelo Turetta, Italy	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	13th
2000	Rong Chi/Zi Xiong, China	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	9th
2004	Eva Celbova Rysava/Sona Novakova, Czech Republic	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	9th
2008	Susanne Glesnes/Kathrine Maaseide, Norway	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	9th
2012	Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	9th
2016	Monika Brzostek/Kinga Wojtasik, Poland	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	9th
2021	Joana Mader/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	2	Bronze
2024	Valentina Gottardi/Marta Menegatti, Italy	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	9th
Total		11	7	0	0	1	2	2	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	15	18

#12 Seed Head to Head Results
15 Wins and 18 Losses

Seed	Round	Location	Season	Team	Country	Seed	Team	Country	Result	Time
12	Winner 2	Sydney	2000	Rong Chi/Zi Xiong	China	1	Natalie Cook/Kerri Pottharst	Australia	Lost 2-15	0:30
12	Pool A	Athens	2004	Eva Celbova Rysava/Sona Novakova	Czech Republic	1	Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh Jennings	United States	Lost 17-21, 17-21	0:40
12	Pool A	Beijing	2008	Susanne Glesnes/Kathrine Maaseide	Norway	1	Jia Tian/Jie Wang	China	Lost 21-17, 14-21, 8-15	1:04
12	Pool A	London	2012	Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler	Germany	1	Juliana Felisberta/Larissa Maestrini	Brazil	Lost 18-21, 13-21	0:41
12	Pool A	Rio de Janeiro	2016	Monika Brzostek/Kinga Wojtasik	Poland	1	Talita Antunes/Larissa Maestrini	Brazil	Lost 10-21, 15-21	0:29
12	Pool A	Tokyo	2021	Joana Mader/Anouk Verge-Depre	Switzerland	1	Melissa Humana-Paredes/Sarah Pavan	Canada	Lost 13-21, 22-24	0:43
12	Pool A	Paris	2024	Valentina Gottardi/Marta Menegatti	Italy	1	Duda Lisboa/Ana Patricia Silva	Brazil	Lost 17-21, 10-21	0:33
12	Semi-Finals	Tokyo	2021	Joana Mader/Anouk Verge-Depre	Switzerland	2	Alix Klineman/April Ross	United States	Lost 12-21, 11-21	0:36
12	Winner 1	Paris	2024	Valentina Gottardi/Marta Menegatti	Italy	3	Kelly Cheng/Sara Hughes	United States	Lost 18-21, 21-17, 12-15	0:56
12	Winner 1	Athens	2004	Eva Celbova Rysava/Sona Novakova	Czech Republic	4	Holly McPeak/Elaine Youngs	United States	Lost 16-21, 16-21	0:41
12	Winner 2	Tokyo	2021	Joana Mader/Anouk Verge-Depre	Switzerland	4	Rebecca Cavalcanti/Ana Patricia Silva	Brazil	Won 21-19, 18-21, 15-12	1:06
12	Winner 2	Atlanta	1996	Annamaria Solazzi/Consuelo Turetta	Italy	5	Monica Rodrigues/Adriana Samuel	Brazil	Lost 15-17	0:57
12	Winner 1	Beijing	2008	Susanne Glesnes/Kathrine Maaseide	Norway	6	Talita Antunes/Renata Ribeiro	Brazil	Lost 21-12, 19-21, 13-15	0:50
12	Winner 1	Rio de Janeiro	2016	Monika Brzostek/Kinga Wojtasik	Poland	7	Louise Bawden/Taliqua Clancy	Australia	Lost 21-15, 16-21, 11-15	0:47
12	Winner 1	Tokyo	2021	Joana Mader/Anouk Verge-Depre	Switzerland	7	Nina Brunner/Tanja Huberli	Switzerland	Won 21-12, 19-21, 23-21	1:03
12	Winner 1	London	2012	Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler	Germany	8	Laura Ludwig/Sara Niedrig	Germany	Lost 16-21, 15-21	0:37
12	Contender 2	Atlanta	1996	Annamaria Solazzi/Consuelo Turetta	Italy	13	Merita Berntsen/Ragni Hestad	Norway	Lost 11-15	0:42
12	Winner 1	Sydney	2000	Rong Chi/Zi Xiong	China	13	Cristina Pereira/Maria Schuller	Portugal	Lost 5-15	0:28
12	Pool A	Athens	2004	Eva Celbova Rysava/Sona Novakova	Czech Republic	13	Rebekka Kadijk/Marrit Leenstra	Netherlands	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:45
12	Pool A	Beijing	2008	Susanne Glesnes/Kathrine Maaseide	Norway	13	Liesbeth Mouha/Liesbet Van Breedam	Belgium	Won 24-22, 21-18	0:49
12	Pool A	London	2012	Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler	Germany	13	Lenka Hajeckova/Hana Skalnikova	Czech Republic	Won 21-16, 21-18	0:37
12	Pool A	Rio de Janeiro	2016	Monika Brzostek/Kinga Wojtasik	Poland	13	Lauren Fendrick/Brooke Sweat	United States	Won 14-21, 21-13, 15-7	0:45
12	Pool A	Tokyo	2021	Joana Mader/Anouk Verge-Depre	Switzerland	13	Karla Borger/Julia Sude	Germany	Won 21-8, 21-23, 15-6	0:50
12	Pool A	Paris	2024	Valentina Gottardi/Marta Menegatti	Italy	13	Liliana Fernandez/Paula Soria	Spain	Lost 22-24, 21-9, 14-16	0:57
12	Bronze Medal	Tokyo	2021	Joana Mader/Anouk Verge-Depre	Switzerland	16	Tina Graudina/Anastasija Samoilova	Latvia	Won 21-19, 21-15	0:43
12	Contender 2	Sydney	2000	Rong Chi/Zi Xiong	China	18	Daniela Gattelli/Lucilla Perrotta	Italy	Lost 9-15	0:45
12	Contender 1	Sydney	2000	Rong Chi/Zi Xiong	China	24	Teresa Galindo/Hilda Gaxiola	Mexico	Won 16-14	0:50
12	Pool A	Athens	2004	Eva Celbova Rysava/Sona Novakova	Czech Republic	24	Chiaki Kusuhara/Ryo Tokuno	Japan	Won 23-21, 21-12	0:42
12	Pool A	Beijing	2008	Susanne Glesnes/Kathrine Maaseide	Norway	24	Simone Kuhn/Lea Schwer	Switzerland	Won 21-11, 21-17	0:35
12	Pool A	London	2012	Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler	Germany	24	Elodie Li Yuk Lo/Natacha Rigobert	Mauritius	Won 21-11, 21-10	0:28
12	Pool A	Rio de Janeiro	2016	Monika Brzostek/Kinga Wojtasik	Poland	24	Ekaterina Birlova/Evgenia Ukolova	Russia	Won 21-19, 21-18	0:39
12	Pool A	Tokyo	2021	Joana Mader/Anouk Verge-Depre	Switzerland	24	Raisa Schoon/Katja Stam	Netherlands	Won 22-20, 21-18	0:44
12	Pool A	Paris	2024	Valentina Gottardi/Marta Menegatti	Italy	24	Marwa Abdelhady/Doaa Elghobashy	Egypt	Won 21-16, 21-10	0:38

Head to Head Results
Gottardi/Menegatti trail the series against the field 26-34 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 8 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Lisboa/Silva, Brazil 0-2
8/1/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Pool A	Lisboa/Silva	1	Gottardi/Menegatti	12	21-17, 21-10	0:33
7/8/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Winner 2	Lisboa/Silva	1	Gottardi/Menegatti	13, Q2	21-14, 21-14	0:29
Trail the series against # 2 Kloth/Nuss, United States 1-3
3/6/24	FIVB	Elite16 Doha	Pool B	Gottardi/Menegatti	10	Kloth/Nuss	2	17-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:52
9/30/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Semi-Finals	Kloth/Nuss	2	Gottardi/Menegatti	10	21-13, 21-17	0:36
9/28/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Pool B	Kloth/Nuss	2	Gottardi/Menegatti	10	21-13, 21-16	0:35
7/6/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool D	Kloth/Nuss	5	Gottardi/Menegatti	13, Q2	21-19, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 3 Cheng/Hughes, United States 1-3
8/4/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Winner 1	Cheng/Hughes	3	Gottardi/Menegatti	12	21-18, 17-21, 15-12	0:56
4/18/24	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Pool B	Gottardi/Menegatti	10	Cheng/Hughes	2	13-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:53
8/17/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Pool D	Cheng/Hughes	5	Gottardi/Menegatti	13, Q1	11-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:46
3/25/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Semi-Finals	Cheng/Hughes	5	Gottardi/Menegatti	15, Q10	30-28, 21-19	0:49
Series tied with # 4 Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson, Canada 1-1
6/8/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Winner 2	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	4	Gottardi/Menegatti	6	22-20, 21-12	0:40
3/25/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Winner 2	Gottardi/Menegatti	15, Q10	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	9	21-10, 19-21, 15-7	0:52
Trail the series against # 5 Salgado/Seixas, Brazil 3-4
6/7/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool C	Gottardi/Menegatti	6	Salgado/Seixas	3	21-17, 21-19	0:39
5/24/24	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Pool C	Gottardi/Menegatti	6	Salgado/Seixas	3	21-19, 13-21, 15-9	0:56
4/21/24	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Bronze Medal	Salgado/Seixas	4	Gottardi/Menegatti	10	22-20, 21-23, 25-23	1:19
3/7/24	FIVB	Elite16 Doha	Pool B	Salgado/Seixas	7	Gottardi/Menegatti	10	21-15, 21-16	0:40
9/30/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Winner 2	Gottardi/Menegatti	10	Salgado/Seixas	6	21-16, 21-18	0:40
7/23/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Gold Medal	Salgado/Seixas	2	Gottardi/Menegatti	7	21-14, 21-16	0:42
7/6/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool D	Salgado/Seixas	12	Gottardi/Menegatti	13, Q2	16-21, 25-23, 15-12	1:04
Series tied with # 6 Placette/Richard, France 1-1
4/15/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Winner 1	Gottardi/Menegatti	3	Placette/Richard	4	23-21, 22-20	0:50
9/30/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Pool D	Placette/Richard	12	Gottardi/Menegatti	5	19-21, 21-13, 16-14	0:56
Trail the series against # 7 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 1-3
8/19/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Winner 1	Brunner/Huberli	6	Gottardi/Menegatti	13, Q1	21-18, 16-21, 16-14	0:53
7/7/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool D	Gottardi/Menegatti	13, Q2	Brunner/Huberli	4	21-17, 21-18	0:51
9/30/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Pool D	Brunner/Huberli	4	Gottardi/Menegatti	5	16-21, 21-17, 15-7	0:53
10/6/21	FIVB	World Tour Finals - Italy	Pool A	Brunner/Huberli	5	Gottardi/Menegatti	1	21-16, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 8 Schoon/Stam, Netherlands 1-5
7/5/24	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool A	Gottardi/Menegatti	8	Schoon/Stam	1	21-19, 21-18	0:41
4/20/24	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Semi-Finals	Schoon/Stam	6	Gottardi/Menegatti	10	23-21, 21-10	0:39
10/1/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Bronze Medal	Schoon/Stam	11	Gottardi/Menegatti	10	21-17, 22-20	0:42
6/2/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool B	Schoon/Stam	2	Gottardi/Menegatti	15, Q4	18-21, 21-16, 15-6	0:50
3/24/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Pool B	Schoon/Stam	2	Gottardi/Menegatti	15, Q10	21-16, 21-15	0:37
4/15/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Pool B	Schoon/Stam	2	Gottardi/Menegatti	23	21-14, 21-16	0:33
Series tied with # 9 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 2-2
5/25/24	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Winner 1	Graudina/Samoilova	8	Gottardi/Menegatti	6	14-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:52
3/8/24	FIVB	Elite16 Doha	Winner 2	Graudina/Samoilova	13, Q1	Gottardi/Menegatti	10	21-19, 21-13	0:34
7/8/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Winner 1	Gottardi/Menegatti	13, Q2	Graudina/Samoilova	15, Q6	21-19, 21-17	0:42
3/23/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Pool B	Gottardi/Menegatti	15, Q10	Graudina/Samoilova	7	22-20, 21-16	0:40
Trail the series against # 10 Muller/Tillmann, Germany 1-4
7/11/24	FIVB	Elite16 Vienna	Pool C	Muller/Tillmann	6	Gottardi/Menegatti	3	26-24, 16-21, 15-10	0:56
6/7/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool C	Muller/Tillmann	11	Gottardi/Menegatti	6	19-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:47
4/20/24	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Winner 2	Gottardi/Menegatti	10	Muller/Tillmann	8	21-10, 21-16	0:33
8/18/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Pool D	Muller/Tillmann	4	Gottardi/Menegatti	13, Q1	21-19, 21-19	0:42
6/2/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool B	Muller/Tillmann	10	Gottardi/Menegatti	15, Q4	21-17, 13-21, 16-14	0:52
Lead the series against # 13 Fernandez/Soria, Spain 2-1
7/28/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Pool A	Fernandez/Soria	13	Gottardi/Menegatti	12	24-22, 9-21, 16-14	0:57
4/19/24	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Pool B	Gottardi/Menegatti	10	Fernandez/Soria	7, Q3	24-22, 21-19	0:46
7/21/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Pool F	Gottardi/Menegatti	7	Fernandez/Soria	18, Q8	21-18, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 14 Artacho/Clancy, Australia 1-3
5/24/24	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Pool C	Artacho/Clancy	11	Gottardi/Menegatti	6	9-21, 21-16, 18-16	0:55
10/12/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 2	Artacho/Clancy	5	Gottardi/Menegatti	10	21-18, 15-21, 15-11	0:54
9/29/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Pool B	Gottardi/Menegatti	10	Artacho/Clancy	7	21-16, 27-25	0:45
3/26/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Bronze Medal	Artacho/Clancy	4	Gottardi/Menegatti	15, Q10	16-21, 21-17, 19-17	0:55
Lead the series against # 16 Bobner/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 4-1
3/7/24	FIVB	Elite16 Doha	Pool B	Gottardi/Menegatti	10	Bobner/Verge-Depre	15, Q5	21-14, 19-21, 15-13	0:50
7/23/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Semi-Finals	Gottardi/Menegatti	7	Bobner/Verge-Depre	9	21-14, 21-15	0:36
9/29/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Pool D	Bobner/Verge-Depre	13, Q6	Gottardi/Menegatti	5	21-19, 25-23	0:47
8/11/22	FIVB	Hamburg Elite 16	Pool D	Gottardi/Menegatti	12	Bobner/Verge-Depre	13, Q3	21-16, 10-21, 15-12	0:49
7/22/22	FIVB	Agadir Challenge	Pool C	Gottardi/Menegatti	3	Bobner/Verge-Depre	10	24-22, 21-16	0:41
Lead the series against # 17 Paulikiene/Raupelyte, Lithuania 2-0
6/6/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool C	Gottardi/Menegatti	6	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	14, Q9	21-17, 21-14	0:34
4/16/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Semi-Finals	Gottardi/Menegatti	3	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	24, Q16	21-19, 21-23, 18-16	1:04
Series tied with # 18 Alvarez/Moreno, Spain 1-1
5/23/24	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Pool C	Alvarez/Moreno	14, Q6	Gottardi/Menegatti	6	21-19, 19-21, 18-16	1:00
7/5/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Qualifier 2	Gottardi/Menegatti	13, Q2	Alvarez/Moreno	Q7	21-17, 14-21, 15-11	0:53
Lead the series against # 19 Lippmann/Ludwig, Germany 2-0
7/4/24	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool A	Gottardi/Menegatti	8	Lippmann/Ludwig	16, Q6	23-21, 21-17	0:40
6/8/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Winner 1	Gottardi/Menegatti	6	Lippmann/Ludwig	15, Q10	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 22 Hermannova/Stochlova, Czech Republic 1-0
7/21/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Pool F	Gottardi/Menegatti	7	Hermannova/Stochlova	19, Q11	23-21, 21-16	0:41
Lead the series against # 24 Abdelhady/Elghobashy, Egypt 1-0
7/30/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Pool A	Gottardi/Menegatti	12	Abdelhady/Elghobashy	24	21-16, 21-10	0:38