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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
XXIX Olympic Games
August 9 - 21, 2008

(3) Ana Paula Connelly/Larissa Maestrini, Brazil

Ana Paula Connelly Henkel
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 13, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Lavras (MG)

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

113

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$668,452.50

Larissa França Maestrini
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 14, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Cachoeiro de Itapemirim-Es

Height:

174 cm (5'9")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

151

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,894,235.00

Awards

Best Server 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Tour Champion 2003 (with Sandra Pires), 2008 (with Shelda Bede)
Team of the Year 2008 (with Shelda Bede)

Awards

Team of the Year 2005 (with Juliana Felisberta), 2006 (with Juliana Felisberta), 2007 (with Juliana Felisberta), 2009 (with Juliana Felisberta), 2010 (with Juliana Felisberta), 2011 (with Juliana Felisberta), 2012 (with Juliana Felisberta), 2015 (with Talita Antunes), 2017 (with Talita Antunes)
Tour Champion 2005 (with Juliana Felisberta), 2006 (with Juliana Felisberta), 2007 (with Juliana Felisberta), 2009 (with Juliana Felisberta), 2010 (with Juliana Felisberta), 2011 (with Juliana Felisberta), 2012 (with Juliana Felisberta), 2015 (with Talita Antunes), 2017 (with Talita Antunes)
Best Setter 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017
Most Outstanding 2006, 2015
Best Hitter 2008, 2010
Best Defensive Player 2009, 2012, 2014
Best Offensive Player 2015, 2016, 2017

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00

Previous Beijing Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results 1st Tournament

Beijing XXIX Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 8/9/2008

Pool C

Rtvelo Martins / Saka Santanna, Georgia (22)

Won 23-25, 21-17, 15-5

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ana Paula Connelly	Total	42	18	9	0.214	6	6	2	3
	1	42	18	9	0.214	6	6	2	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Larissa Maestrini	Total	25	14	3	0.440	1	11	1	3
	1	25	14	3	0.440	1	11	1	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Mon, 8/11/2008

Pool C

Alexandra Moiseeva / Natalya Uryadova, Russia (15)

Won 19-21, 21-12, 15-13

0:54

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ana Paula Connelly	Total	45	25	5	0.444	3	5	2	0
	1	45	25	5	0.444	3	5	2	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Larissa Maestrini	Total	17	8	2	0.353	0	7	1	4
	1	17	8	2	0.353	0	7	1	4
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Wed, 8/13/2008

Pool C

Natalie Cook / Tamsin Hinchley, Australia (10)

Lost 21-23, 21-23

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ana Paula Connelly	Total	41	20	7	0.317	3	1	0	1
	1	41	20	7	0.317	3	1	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Larissa Maestrini	Total	18	8	7	0.056	1	0	1	7
	1	18	8	7	0.056	1	0	1	7
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Fri, 8/15/2008

Winner 1

Stephanie Pohl / Okka Rau, Germany (8)

Won 21-18, 21-14

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ana Paula Connelly	Total	30	13	6	0.233	1	3	0	4
	1	30	13	6	0.233	1	3	0	4
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Larissa Maestrini	Total	21	14	3	0.524	0	13	3	3
	1	21	14	3	0.524	0	13	3	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Sun, 8/17/2008

Winner 2

Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States (2)

Lost 18-21, 15-21

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ana Paula Connelly	Total	38	9	4	0.132	0	2	0	1
	1	38	9	4	0.132	0	2	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Larissa Maestrini	Total	30	14	7	0.233	0	11	2	5
	1	30	14	7	0.233	0	11	2	5
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ana Paula Connelly	196	85	31	0.276	13	17	4	9
Larissa Maestrini	111	58	22	0.324	2	42	8	22
Total	307	143	53	0.293	15	59	12	31
Opponents	285	119	44	0.263	21	38	9	27

Olympic Games, World Championships, World Tour Finals Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Jackie Silva - 17th	Did not play
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Sandra Pires - 5th	Ana Richa - 17th
2004	Olympic Games	Athens	Sandra Pires - 5th	Did not play
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Leila Barros - 9th	Juliana Felisberta - 2nd
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Leila Barros - 17th	Juliana Felisberta - 3rd
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing	Larissa Maestrini - 5th	Ana Paula Connelly - 5th
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Shelda Bede - 4th	Juliana Felisberta - 2nd
2011	World Championships	Rome	Did not play	Juliana Felisberta - 1st
2012	Olympic Games	London	Did not play	Juliana Felisberta - 3rd
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Did not play	Talita Antunes - 9th
2015	World Tour Finals	Fort Lauderdale	Did not play	Talita Antunes - 1st
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro	Did not play	Talita Antunes - 4th
2016	World Tour Finals	Toronto	Did not play	Talita Antunes - 4th
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Did not play	Talita Antunes - 3rd
2017	World Tour Finals	Hamburg	Did not play	Talita Antunes - 3rd

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ana Paula Connelly												Larissa Maestrini
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	3	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	$34,000.00	World Championships	7	1	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	$118,000.00
											World Tour Finals	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$82,000.00
30	3	3	2	2	10	6	2	1	0	$238,900.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	64	23	11	7	1	7	10	2	1	0	$931,925.00
76	8	5	11	9	23	9	5	1	0	$395,552.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	72	36	10	9	4	9	1	1	1	0	$755,810.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,500.00
113	11	8	13	12	36	16	9	2	0	$668,452.50	Total	151	62	23	20	7	18	12	4	2	0	$1,894,235.00

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
2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	3	2	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ana Paula Connelly													Larissa Maestrini
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
7	0	0	1	0	2	1	3	0	0	$20,500.00	1999	FIVB
10	1	0	2	0	5	0	2	0	0	$47,000.00	2000	FIVB
11	0	2	2	0	5	2	0	0	0	$49,352.50	2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,260.00
10	4	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$115,000.00	2003	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$3,500.00
6	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	$32,250.00	2004	FIVB	10	1	0	3	0	5	0	0	0	1	$62,000.00
16	1	0	2	2	5	5	0	0	1	$83,075.00	2005	FIVB	15	6	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$204,875.00
11	1	1	4	0	1	1	1	0	2	$77,050.00	2006	FIVB	13	7	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	$183,600.00
15	0	0	0	5	3	3	3	0	1	$66,100.00	2007	FIVB	13	5	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	$164,200.00
13	3	1	1	2	5	1	0	0	0	$114,400.00	2008	FIVB	9	2	1	2	1	2	0	0	1	0	$69,850.00
99	11	8	12	10	30	14	9	1	4	$604,727.50	Total	Total	65	21	14	10	4	8	1	2	2	3	$689,285.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	1-2	33.3%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	3-2	60.0%
2007-2008	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	1-2	33.3%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	3-2	60.0%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	2-4	33.3%	4-0	100.0%	0	0	3-2	60.0%

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	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Total	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2

Head to Head Results
Connelly/Maestrini lead the series against the field 3-2 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
8/17/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Winner 2	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	Connelly/Maestrini	3	21-18, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # 8 Pohl/Rau, Germany 1-0
8/15/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Winner 1	Connelly/Maestrini	3	Pohl/Rau	8	21-18, 21-14	0:40
Trail the series against # 10 Cook/Hinchley, Australia 0-1
8/13/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool C	Cook/Hinchley	10	Connelly/Maestrini	3	23-21, 23-21	0:51
Lead the series against # 15 Moiseeva/Uryadova, Russia 1-0
8/11/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool C	Connelly/Maestrini	3	Moiseeva/Uryadova	15	19-21, 21-12, 15-13	0:54
Lead the series against # 22 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 1-0
8/9/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool C	Connelly/Maestrini	3	Martins/Santanna	22	23-25, 21-17, 15-5	0:55