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US$1,000,000 Beach Volleyball World Championships
June 10 - 19, 2022

(34) Lezana Placette/Alexia Richard, France

Lézana Placette
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 11, 1997 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Croix

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Montpellier 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$88,669.17

Alexia Richard
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 3, 1996 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

La Teste de Buch

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

76 kg (167 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Haikou 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$88,144.92

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	73	0	0	1	2	6	1	18	3	10	9	5	9	7	0	2	US$173,304.50
FIVB Age Group WC	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	US$0.00
Overall	76	0	0	1	2	6	1	18	3	12	9	5	9	7	1	2	US$173,304.50

Previous Rome Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2019	Clemence Vieira - 41st	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/5-8/2022	Doha Challenge	19, Q3	19th	300	US$1,000.00
FIVB	4/14-17/2022	Itapema Challenge	21, Q8	19th	300	US$1,000.00
FIVB	3/16-20/2022	Tlaxcala Challenge	Q11	25th	220	US$0.00
FIVB	11/10-14/2021	Itapema Four Star	19	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	8/26-29/2021	Brno 2 Star	8	9th	200	€ 640.00
FIVB	7/5-11/2021	Gstaad 4 Star	31, Q9	25th	240	US$2,000.00

Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/10/2022	Pool J	Chantal Laboureur / Sarah Schulz, Germany (15)	Won 21-19, 15-21, 15-8	0:55
Sun, 6/12/2022	Pool J	Melissa Humana-Paredes / Sarah Pavan, Canada (10)	Lost 20-22, 19-21	0:45
Mon, 6/13/2022	Pool J	Georgia Johnson / Alisha Stevens, Australia (39)	Won 22-20, 21-12	0:37
Wed, 6/15/2022	Winner 1	Nina Brunner / Tanja Huberli, Switzerland (11)	Lost 14-21, 22-20, 11-15	0:56

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	World Championships	Rome	Alexia Richard - 17th	Lezana Placette - 17th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Alexia Richard - 17th	Lezana Placette - 17th
2025	World Championships	Adelaide	Alexia Richard - 17th	Lezana Placette - 17th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/10-19/2022	Beach Volleyball World Championships	34	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	24	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	28	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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
Youth Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$21,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	22	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	3	11	2	0	$57,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	38	0	0	1	1	4	1	10	0	8	5	0	$79,750.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	1	2	0	$14,940.00
U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
Total	76	0	0	1	2	6	1	18	3	26	9	0	$173,190.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Lezana Placette												Alexia Richard
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	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Youth Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$10,500.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$10,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	World Tour Finals
23	0	0	0	1	1	6	11	2	0	$28,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	23	0	0	0	1	1	6	11	2	0	$28,750.00
40	0	0	1	1	5	10	8	5	0	$40,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	40	0	0	1	1	5	10	9	5	0	$40,875.00
14	1	0	1	0	1	6	1	2	0	$8,660.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	12	0	0	0	0	3	5	1	2	0	$7,870.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
85	1	0	2	2	7	22	26	9	0	$88,285.00	Total	82	0	0	1	2	9	21	27	9	0	$87,995.00

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	7	5	58.3 %
2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2018	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	$7,300.00	4	9	30.8 %
2019	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	4	$10,000.00	11	14	44.0 %
2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2021	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	3	$10,640.00	11	12	47.8 %
2022	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	$9,000.00	5	7	41.7 %
Total	FIVB	27	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	5	6	9	$36,940.00	31	43	41.9 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$0.00	7	6	53.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Lezana Placette													Alexia Richard
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	$600.00	2017	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	4	$4,240.00	2018	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	4	$4,800.00
11	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	5	$5,500.00	2019	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	4	$5,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	3	$5,320.00	2021	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	3	$5,320.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	$4,500.00	2022	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	$4,500.00
39	1	0	1	0	1	7	7	6	16	$20,160.00	Total	Total	36	0	0	0	0	3	6	8	6	13	$19,870.00

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	62	63.9%	18	18.6%	17	17.5%	80-17	82.5%	21	16.5%	21	16.5%	85	66.9%	21-106	16.5%	62-85	42.2%	39-38	50.6%	3	4	104-127	45.0%
2021-2022	13	68.4%	4	21.1%	2	10.5%	17-2	89.5%	7	22.6%	2	6.5%	22	71.0%	7-24	22.6%	13-22	37.1%	11-4	73.3%	0	1	24-27	47.1%
Against the Field	8	47.1%	5	29.4%	4	23.5%	13-4	76.5%	4	11.8%	6	17.6%	24	70.6%	4-30	11.8%	16-46	25.8%	18-20	47.4%	0	1	17-34	33.3%

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
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	5	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	7
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	14	11	10	18	0	0	2	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	26	36
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	20	9	24	34	1	1	12	17	0	2	1	1	0	0	58	64
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	7	11	0	0	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	17
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
U18/19 World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
Total	0	0	34	21	54	72	2	2	20	33	0	3	1	2	0	0	111	133

Head to Head Results
Placette/Richard trail the series against the field 5-10 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Schoon/Stam, Netherlands 1-0
4/16/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Qualifier 1	Placette/Richard	Q9	Schoon/Stam	Q24	21-15, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 9 Almeida/Lima, Brazil 0-1
4/15/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Pool D	Almeida/Lima	4	Placette/Richard	21, Q8	21-19, 21-19	0:42
Trail the series against # 10 Humana-Paredes/Pavan, Canada 0-1
6/12/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool J	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	10	Placette/Richard	34	22-20, 21-19	0:45
Trail the series against # 11 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 0-1
6/15/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1	Brunner/Huberli	11	Placette/Richard	34	21-14, 20-22, 15-11	0:56
Trail the series against # 13 Borger/Sude, Germany 0-2
4/15/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Pool D	Borger/Sude	9	Placette/Richard	21, Q8	21-16, 12-21, 15-12	0:47
5/2/19	FIVB	Kuala Lumpur Three Star	Winner 2	Borger/Sude	2	Placette/Richard	21	21-15, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 15 Laboureur/Schulz, Germany 1-0
6/10/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool J	Placette/Richard	34	Laboureur/Schulz	15	21-19, 15-21, 15-8	0:55
Trail the series against # 16 Muller/Tillmann, Germany 0-1
5/6/22	FIVB	Doha Challenge	Pool F	Muller/Tillmann	6	Placette/Richard	19, Q3	18-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:50
Trail the series against # 21 McNamara/McNamara, Canada 0-1
7/31/14	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 19 World Championships	Pool A	McNamara/McNamara	13	Placette/Richard	12	21-19, 21-14	0:43
Series tied with # 24 Gallay/Pereyra, Argentina 1-1
7/9/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Qualifier 1	Placette/Richard	Q21	Gallay/Pereyra	Q12	13-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:46
5/15/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Qualifier 2	Gallay/Pereyra	32, Q9	Placette/Richard	Q8	21-13, 16-21, 15-12	0:46
Lead the series against # 26 Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer, Austria 1-0
3/8/19	FIVB	Sydney Three Star	Winner 1	Placette/Richard	20	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	10	21-19, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 29 Bobner/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 0-1
3/16/22	FIVB	Tlaxcala Challenge	Qualifier 2	Bobner/Verge-Depre	21, Q6	Placette/Richard	Q11	23-21, 23-21	0:46
Lead the series against # 39 Johnson/Stevens, Australia 1-0
6/13/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool J	Placette/Richard	34	Johnson/Stevens	39	22-20, 21-12	0:37
Trail the series against # 47 Wang/Xia, China 0-1
3/9/19	FIVB	Sydney Three Star	Winner 2	Wang/Xia	8	Placette/Richard	20	21-11, 28-26	0:38