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

(28) Erika Bobadilla/Michelle Valiente, Paraguay

Erika Sofia Mongelos Bobadilla
Paraguay

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 18, 1996 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Asunción

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

77 kg (169 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Manila 2018)

Career Winnings:

US$12,434.25

Michelle Sharon Valiente Amarilla
Paraguay

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 7, 1998 (27 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fernando de la Mora

Height:

170 cm (5'7")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Battipaglia 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$34,582.48

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	17	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	3	4	3	2	US$11,708.78
FIVB Age Group WC	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	21	0	0	1	0	2	0	5	0	1	3	4	3	2	US$11,708.78

Previous Tlaxcala Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/13-16/2023	Challenge Portugal	Q9	33rd	140	US$0.00
FIVB	6/15-18/2023	Challenge Jurmala	Q11	25th	220	US$0.00
FIVB	4/13-16/2023	Challenge Saquarema	Q20	25th	220	US$0.00
FIVB	3/16-19/2023	La Paz Challenge	23, Q18	19th	300	US$1,000.00

Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 10/7/2023	Pool D	Barbora Hermannova / Marie-Sara Stochlova, Czech Republic (21)	Lost 14-21, 21-17, 10-15	0:53
Sun, 10/8/2023	Pool D	Melissa Humana-Paredes / Brandie Wilkerson, Canada (4)	Lost 14-21, 10-21	0:34
Mon, 10/9/2023	Pool D	Mahassine Siad / Imane Yakki, Morocco (45)	Won 25-23, 21-13	0:39
Tue, 10/10/2023	Lucky Loser	Niina Ahtiainen / Taru Lahti, Finland (25)	Lost 21-18, 17-21, 9-15	0:50

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Did not play	Patricia Caballero - 37th
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Did not play	Gabriela Filippo - 17th
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Gabriela Filippo - 33rd	Did not play
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Did not play	Patricia Caballero - 37th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Giuliana Corrales - 33rd	Did not play
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Michelle Valiente - 33rd	Erika Bobadilla - 33rd
2025	World Championships	Adelaide	Did not play	Giuliana Corrales - 33rd

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	28	33rd	320	US$4,800.00

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$)
Youth Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$4,800.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	$2,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	$2,400.00
U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	21	0	0	1	0	2	0	5	0	4	4	1	$11,700.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Erika Bobadilla												Michelle Valiente
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Youth Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$7,200.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$11,700.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$1,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	$14,750.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	$1,800.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	0	$5,150.00
12	0	0	1	1	2	5	2	1	0	$1,950.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	10	1	1	1	0	3	3	0	1	0	$2,350.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
33	0	0	1	1	3	7	6	7	2	$12,200.00	Total	45	1	1	1	0	4	9	11	8	1	$33,950.00

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
2014	FIVB Age Group WC	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$0.00	10	9	52.6 %
2016	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	3	3	50.0 %
2018	FIVB	5	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	$2,000.00	7	8	46.7 %
2022	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$1,400.00	2	6	25.0 %
2023	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	$5,800.00	5	8	38.5 %
Total	FIVB	14	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	2	3	4	$9,200.00	14	23	37.8 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	$0.00	13	12	52.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Erika Bobadilla													Michelle Valiente
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2013	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$1,700.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$400.00	2015	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$3,500.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$400.00	2016	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$2,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	$2,850.00	2017	FIVB
											2017	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	1	$1,100.00	2018	FIVB	5	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	$1,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	2019	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	$2,000.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	$3,100.00	2022	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$700.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	$2,900.00	2023	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	$2,900.00
27	0	0	1	1	2	6	5	5	7	$10,750.00	Total	Total	29	0	0	1	0	4	6	5	5	8	$14,200.00

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	10	52.6%	1	5.3%	8	42.1%	11-8	57.9%	5	20.8%	3	12.5%	16	66.7%	5-19	20.8%	10-16	38.5%	6-11	35.3%	0	0	16-27	37.2%
2022-2023	4	44.4%	1	11.1%	4	44.4%	5-4	55.6%	2	16.7%	1	8.3%	9	75.0%	2-10	16.7%	4-9	30.8%	3-5	37.5%	0	0	7-14	33.3%
Against the Field	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	33.3%	4	66.7%	0-6	0.0%	2-8	20.0%	0-8	0.0%	0	0	1-8	11.1%

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
Youth Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	5	7	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	11
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	6	6	0	0	2	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	9	11
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	7
U18/19 World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3
Total	0	0	6	7	17	22	0	1	5	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	29	39

Head to Head Results
Bobadilla/Valiente trail the series against the field 3-7 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Lisboa/Silva, Brazil 0-1
5/13/16	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Pool F	Lisboa/Silva	6	Bobadilla/Valiente	11	21-9, 21-13	0:26
Trail the series against # 2 Brasher/Nuss, United States 0-1
3/17/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Pool B	Brasher/Nuss	2	Bobadilla/Valiente	23, Q18	21-16, 21-10	0:30
Trail the series against # 4 Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson, Canada 0-1
10/8/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool D	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	4	Bobadilla/Valiente	28	21-14, 21-10	0:34
Trail the series against # 21 Hermannova/Stochlova, Czech Republic 0-1
10/7/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool D	Hermannova/Stochlova	21	Bobadilla/Valiente	28	21-14, 17-21, 15-10	0:53
Lead the series against # 24 Placette/Richard, France 2-0
8/18/14	FIVB Age Group WC	Nanjing Youth Olympic Games	Pool D	Bobadilla/Valiente	16	Placette/Richard	33	21-17, 21-12	0:33
8/1/14	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 19 World Championships	Winner 1	Bobadilla/Valiente	23	Placette/Richard	12	21-10, 21-19	0:34
Trail the series against # 25 Ahtiainen/Lahti, Finland 0-1
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 # 34 Klinger/Klinger, Austria 0-1
4/13/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Qualifier 2	Klinger/Klinger	15, Q4	Bobadilla/Valiente	Q20	21-19, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 35 Dong/Wang, China 0-1
6/15/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Qualifier 2	Dong/Wang	16, Q6	Bobadilla/Valiente	Q11	19-21, 21-12, 15-7	0:45
Lead the series against # 45 Siad/Yakki, Morocco 1-0
10/9/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool D	Bobadilla/Valiente	28	Siad/Yakki	45	25-23, 21-13	0:39