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CEV EuroBeachVolley 2026
August 12 - 16, 2026

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:

106

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

5th (Jurmala 2020)

Career Winnings:

US$121,265.79

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:

139

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

1 (Alanya 2017)

Career Winnings:

US$226,369.81

Awards

Top Rookie 2015

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	Money
CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	US$5,670.25
FIVB	44	3	2	0	1	5	2	9	4	8	4	4	2	US$147,681.80
Overall	46	3	2	0	1	5	2	11	4	8	4	4	2	US$153,352.05

Previous Stare Jablonki Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB 2012	Did not play	Riikka Lehtonen - 41st
FIVB 2014	Did not play	Riikka Lehtonen - 33rd
FIVB 2024	Taru Lahti - 17th	Niina Ahtiainen - 17th
FIVB 2025	Taru Lahti - 9th	Niina Ahtiainen - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	9	5th	760	US$9,000.00

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
Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
Total	46	3	2	0	1	5	2	11	4	16	2	0	$152,500.00

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
9	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	1	0	$7,875.00	Confederation Championship	13	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	7	0	$8,750.00
88	3	2	0	1	10	20	29	11	0	$116,425.00	Total	124	3	4	2	3	14	33	36	18	0	$210,737.50

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	15	1	1	0	0	2	0	4	1	5	1	0	$40,000.00	32	23	58.2 %
2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
2024	FIVB	13	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	6	0	0	$25,250.00	24	17	58.5 %
2024	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2	3	40.0 %
2025	FIVB	9	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	3	1	0	$45,750.00	18	18	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	44	3	2	0	1	5	2	9	4	16	2	0	$147,500.00	90	71	55.9 %
Total	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	4	5	44.4 %

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
											2006	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2008	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2009	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											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
											2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2012	CEV Under Age
											2013	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2013	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$250.00
											2013	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$37.50
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	2013	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$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
											2014	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$1,375.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2014	CEV C&S	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,762.50
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	CEV Under Age
											2015	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	2	1	$27,537.50
											2015	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$250.00
2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2015	CEV Under Age
											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
											2016	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$875.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$75.00	2016	CEV C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$825.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	2016	CEV Under Age
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
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$500.00	2017	CEV	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$140.00	2017	CEV C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2017	CEV Under Age
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,625.00	2018	CEV	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,000.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2019	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2020	CEV
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2021	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2022	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
15	1	1	0	0	2	5	5	1	0	$20,000.00	2023	FIVB	15	1	1	0	0	2	5	5	1	0	$20,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
13	1	0	0	0	3	3	6	0	0	$12,625.00	2024	FIVB	13	1	0	0	0	3	3	6	0	0	$12,625.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2024	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
9	0	1	0	1	1	2	3	1	0	$22,875.00	2025	FIVB	9	0	1	0	1	1	2	3	1	0	$22,875.00
											2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
106	3	3	1	1	11	28	35	11	13	$116,890.00	Total	Total	139	6	4	2	3	17	37	40	19	11	$218,112.50

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	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	4-4	50.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	4-5	44.4%
2025-2026	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-0		0	0	0-0
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-2	0.0%	0	0	0-1	0.0%

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
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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5
Total	0	0	21	8	45	38	2	3	18	23	5	1	0	1	3	2	94	76

Head to Head Results
Ahtiainen/Lahti trail the series against the field 2-3 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against Chamereau/Vieira, France 2-3
8/13/24	CEV	CEV EuroBeachVolley 2024	Pool D	Chamereau/Vieira	13	Ahtiainen/Lahti	29	15-21, 22-20, 15-12	0:55
6/1/24	FIVB	Challenge Stare Jablonki	Lucky Loser	Chamereau/Vieira	18, Q4	Ahtiainen/Lahti	21, Q10	21-14, 21-15	0:37
4/17/24	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Qualifier 1	Ahtiainen/Lahti	Q7	Chamereau/Vieira	Q10	21-19, 12-21, 16-14	0:54
3/30/24	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Lucky Loser	Chamereau/Vieira	18	Ahtiainen/Lahti	9	21-16, 21-12	0:36
11/18/23	FIVB	Challenge Chiang Mai	Winner 2	Ahtiainen/Lahti	7	Chamereau/Vieira	12, Q2	21-14, 17-21, 15-5	0:44