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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 Beach Volleyball World Championships
October 6 - 15, 2023

(25) Niina Ahtiainen/Taru Lahti, Finland

Niina Ahtiainen
Finland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 11, 1997 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Imatra

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$109,018.50

Taru Lahti-Liukkonen
Finland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 9, 1992 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tampere

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Weight:

69 kg (152 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

111

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$202,690.25

Awards

Top Rookie 2015

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	Money
FIVB	44	3	2	0	1	5	2	9	4	8	4	4	2	US$147,681.80

Previous Tlaxcala Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Anniina Parkkinen - 33rd	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2023	Elite16 Paris	16, Q12	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	7/20-23/2023	Challenge Edmonton	Q14	25th	220	US$0.00
FIVB	7/13-16/2023	Challenge Portugal	20, Q12	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2023	Elite16 Gstaad	Q13	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	6/29-7/2/2023	Futures Helsinki	1	1st	400	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	6/15-18/2023	Challenge Jurmala	15, Q5	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	4/26-30/2023	Elite16 Uberlândia	Q7	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	4/13-16/2023	Challenge Saquarema	9	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	4/6-9/2023	Challenge Itapema	8	5th	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	3/22-26/2023	Elite16 Tepic	Q6	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	3/16-19/2023	La Paz Challenge	10	17th	360	US$1,500.00
FIVB	11/10-13/2022	Uberlandia Elite 16	7	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	10/13-16/2022	Maldives Challenge	4	1st	800	US$10,000.00

Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 10/7/2023	Pool A	Lezana Placette / Alexia Richard, France (24)	Lost 17-21, 15-21	0:36
Sun, 10/8/2023	Pool A	Duda Lisboa / Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil (1)	Lost 14-21, 14-21	0:30
Mon, 10/9/2023	Pool A	Francisca Rivas / Chris Vorpahl, Chile (48)	Won 21-10, 21-10	0:31
Tue, 10/10/2023	Lucky Loser	Erika Bobadilla / Michelle Valiente, Paraguay (28)	Won 18-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:50
Wed, 10/11/2023	Winner 1	Melissa Humana-Paredes / Brandie Wilkerson, Canada (4)	Lost 17-21, 17-21	0:44

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Did not play	Riikka Lehtonen - 9th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Did not play	Anniina Parkkinen - 33rd
2022	World Championships	Rome	Taru Lahti - 17th	Niina Ahtiainen - 17th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Taru Lahti - 17th	Niina Ahtiainen - 17th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/10-19/2022	Beach Volleyball World Championships	31	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	25	17th	640	US$7,000.00

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$)
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$14,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	10	0	0	$49,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	1	2	0	1	3	2	7	1	4	2	0	$82,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
Total	44	3	2	0	1	5	2	9	4	16	2	0	$147,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Niina Ahtiainen												Taru Lahti
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	0	0	2	0	0	$7,000.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$14,900.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
23	0	0	0	0	2	5	12	2	0	$34,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	41	0	0	0	0	2	11	17	5	0	$88,500.00
46	1	2	0	1	6	9	11	8	0	$62,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	55	1	3	1	2	10	16	15	5	0	$91,112.50
6	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$4,550.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$7,000.00
											Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$375.00
											Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
											U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
79	3	2	0	1	9	16	26	10	0	$108,550.00	Total	111	3	4	1	3	13	31	34	11	0	$201,987.50

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
2022	FIVB	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	$36,500.00	16	13	55.2 %
2023	FIVB	12	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	5	1	0	$25,750.00	24	18	57.1 %
Total	FIVB	19	2	0	0	0	2	0	5	2	7	1	0	$62,250.00	40	31	56.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Niina Ahtiainen													Taru Lahti
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 C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2011	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2012	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	$4,800.00
											2012	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$375.00
											2013	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2014	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	$2,000.00
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2015	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	2	1	$27,537.50
											2016	FIVB	14	0	1	0	0	2	4	5	2	0	$34,775.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$3,000.00	2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	$18,500.00
10	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	3	1	$17,550.00	2018	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	6	1	1	$19,500.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	5	$6,500.00	2019	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	2	3	$18,900.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	$6,500.00	2021	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$500.00
9	1	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	1	$19,500.00	2022	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	$19,500.00
12	1	0	0	0	1	4	5	1	0	$12,875.00	2023	FIVB	12	1	0	0	0	1	4	5	1	0	$12,875.00
54	2	0	0	0	4	10	17	9	12	$65,925.00	Total	Total	86	2	2	1	2	8	25	25	10	11	$159,362.50

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	50	61.0%	20	24.4%	12	14.6%	70-12	85.4%	18	23.7%	16	21.1%	42	55.3%	18-58	23.7%	50-42	54.3%	38-28	57.6%	2	1	90-71	55.9%
2022-2023	23	59.0%	11	28.2%	5	12.8%	34-5	87.2%	14	31.1%	9	20.0%	22	48.9%	14-31	31.1%	23-22	51.1%	25-14	64.1%	0	0	48-36	57.1%
Against the Field	9	45.0%	6	30.0%	5	25.0%	15-5	75.0%	5	11.6%	9	20.9%	29	67.4%	5-38	11.6%	18-52	25.7%	22-28	44.0%	2	1	22-41	34.9%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	13	7	8	16	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	29
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	8	1	28	16	1	3	13	13	3	1	0	1	1	2	54	37
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	10	0
Total	0	0	21	8	43	35	2	3	16	21	5	1	0	1	3	2	90	71

Head to Head Results
Ahtiainen/Lahti trail the series against the field 10-22 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 15 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Lisboa/Silva, Brazil 0-3
10/8/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool A	Lisboa/Silva	1	Ahtiainen/Lahti	25	21-14, 21-14	0:30
9/29/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Pool A	Lisboa/Silva	1	Ahtiainen/Lahti	16, Q12	21-13, 21-13	0:30
7/6/22	FIVB	Gstaad Elite 16	Pool E	Lisboa/Silva	5	Ahtiainen/Lahti	28	21-14, 21-14	0:31
Trail the series against # 2 Brasher/Nuss, United States 0-1
9/30/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Pool C	Brasher/Nuss	11	Ahtiainen/Lahti	14, Q7	21-14, 21-13	0:35
Trail the series against # 4 Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson, Canada 0-1
10/11/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	4	Ahtiainen/Lahti	25	21-17, 21-17	0:44
Trail the series against # 5 Artacho/Clancy, Australia 0-1
5/7/22	FIVB	Doha Challenge	Winner 1	Artacho/Clancy	16	Ahtiainen/Lahti	18, Q2	21-18, 20-22, 16-14	1:00
Trail the series against # 6 Salgado/Seixas, Brazil 0-1
11/11/22	FIVB	Uberlandia Elite 16	Pool B	Salgado/Seixas	2	Ahtiainen/Lahti	7	21-16, 22-20	0:44
Trail the series against # 7 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 0-1
9/28/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Pool A	Brunner/Huberli	8	Ahtiainen/Lahti	16, Q12	21-9, 22-20	0:34
Trail the series against # 11 Muller/Tillmann, Germany 0-3
7/5/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Qualifier 1	Muller/Tillmann	14, Q4	Ahtiainen/Lahti	Q13	21-18, 21-10	0:34
6/15/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1	Muller/Tillmann	16	Ahtiainen/Lahti	31	21-18, 20-22, 18-16	1:01
5/6/22	FIVB	Doha Challenge	Pool F	Muller/Tillmann	6	Ahtiainen/Lahti	18, Q2	15-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:48
Series tied with # 14 Lopes/Silva, Brazil 2-2
7/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Pool E	Lopes/Silva	8	Ahtiainen/Lahti	20, Q12	21-17, 22-20	0:40
4/26/23	FIVB	Elite16 Uberlândia	Qualifier 2	Lopes/Silva	14, Q2	Ahtiainen/Lahti	Q7	21-16, 21-16	0:35
9/28/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Qualifier 1	Ahtiainen/Lahti	14, Q7	Lopes/Silva	Q10	21-17, 21-14	0:35
5/6/22	FIVB	Doha Challenge	Pool F	Ahtiainen/Lahti	18, Q2	Lopes/Silva	7	21-18, 21-12	0:38
Trail the series against # 15 Donlin/Flint, United States 0-1
9/28/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Pool A	Donlin/Flint	9	Ahtiainen/Lahti	16, Q12	24-26, 21-13, 15-5	0:47
Trail the series against # 18 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 1-2
9/27/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Qualifier 1	Ahtiainen/Lahti	16, Q12	Graudina/Samoilova	Q5	23-21, 23-25, 15-11	0:57
6/17/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Winner 1	Graudina/Samoilova	1	Ahtiainen/Lahti	15, Q5	21-18, 22-20	0:39
7/8/22	FIVB	Gstaad Elite 16	Winner 2	Graudina/Samoilova	6	Ahtiainen/Lahti	28	22-20, 14-21, 15-10	0:48
Lead the series against # 20 Sliwka/Wachowicz, Poland 1-0
6/17/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Lucky Loser	Ahtiainen/Lahti	15, Q5	Sliwka/Wachowicz	9	21-19, 21-18	0:38
Trail the series against # 21 Hermannova/Stochlova, Czech Republic 0-1
3/17/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Pool C	Hermannova/Stochlova	15	Ahtiainen/Lahti	10	21-16, 19-21, 15-9	0:47
Trail the series against # 22 Bednarczuk/Cavalcanti, Brazil 0-1
7/15/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Winner 1	Bednarczuk/Cavalcanti	3	Ahtiainen/Lahti	20, Q12	21-17, 15-21, 15-9	0:45
Lead the series against # 23 Cavalcanti/De Souza, Brazil 1-0
7/7/22	FIVB	Gstaad Elite 16	Pool E	Ahtiainen/Lahti	28	Cavalcanti/De Souza	12	13-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:48
Trail the series against # 24 Placette/Richard, France 0-1
10/7/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool A	Placette/Richard	24	Ahtiainen/Lahti	25	21-17, 21-15	0:36
Trail the series against # 26 Paulikiene/Raupelyte, Lithuania 0-1
3/17/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Lucky Loser	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	24, Q24	Ahtiainen/Lahti	10	21-10, 12-21, 15-11	0:39
Lead the series against # 28 Bobadilla/Valiente, Paraguay 1-0
10/10/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Lucky Loser	Ahtiainen/Lahti	25	Bobadilla/Valiente	28	18-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:50
Trail the series against # 29 Fernandez/Soria, Spain 0-1
3/22/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Qualifier 1	Fernandez/Soria	16, Q11	Ahtiainen/Lahti	Q6	38-36, 21-14	0:51
Lead the series against # 30 Ishii/Mizoe, Japan 2-0
4/7/23	FIVB	Challenge Itapema	Pool E	Ahtiainen/Lahti	8	Ishii/Mizoe	20	21-18, 10-21, 16-14	0:47
9/28/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Qualifier 2	Ahtiainen/Lahti	14, Q7	Ishii/Mizoe	Q2	21-14, 21-15	0:36
Trail the series against # 43 Bianchin/Scampoli, Italy 0-1
6/16/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Pool C	Bianchin/Scampoli	10	Ahtiainen/Lahti	15, Q5	21-17, 22-20	0:36
Lead the series against # 47 Hasegawa/Sakaguchi, Japan 1-0
10/15/22	FIVB	Maldives Challenge	Winner 2	Ahtiainen/Lahti	4	Hasegawa/Sakaguchi	11, Q3	18-21, 21-17, 15-8	0:50
Lead the series against # 48 Rivas/Vorpahl, Chile 1-0
10/9/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool A	Ahtiainen/Lahti	25	Rivas/Vorpahl	48	21-10, 21-10	0:31