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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
Olympic Games Paris 2024
July 27 - August 9, 2024

(6) Lezana Placette/Alexia Richard, France

Lézana Placette
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 11, 1997 (26 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$63,044.17

Alexia Richard
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 3, 1996 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

La Teste de Buch

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

76 kg (167 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$62,519.92

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	55	0	0	0	2	6	0	14	1	7	5	5	6	7	0	2	US$122,054.50
FIVB Age Group WC	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	US$0.00
Overall	58	0	0	0	2	6	0	14	1	9	5	5	6	7	1	2	US$122,054.50

Previous Paris Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Alexia Richard - 9th	Lezana Placette - 9th
2023	Alexia Richard - 13th	Lezana Placette - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/5-9/2024	Elite16 Ostrava	Q13	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	5/30-6/2/2024	Challenge Stare Jablonki	17	17th	360	US$1,500.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2024	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Q14	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2024	Elite16 Brasília	Q10	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	4/25-28/2024	Challenge Xiamen	14	5th	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	4/17-21/2024	Elite16 Tepic	Q9	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	4/11-14/2024	Challenge Guadalajara	9	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/28-31/2024	Challenge Saquarema	7	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/21-24/2024	Challenge Recife	7	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/5-9/2024	Elite16 Doha	Q4	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	11/30-12/3/2023	Challenge Nuvali	8	4th	680	US$6,000.00
FIVB	11/22-26/2023	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	13, Q1	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	11/16-19/2023	Challenge Chiang Mai	9	19th	300	US$1,000.00
FIVB	10/19-22/2023	Challenge Goa	2	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	24	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2023	Elite16 Paris	12	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	8/16-20/2023	Elite16 Hamburg	14, Q10	9th	600	US$6,000.00

Olympic Games Paris 2024 Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Mon, 7/29/2024

Pool F

Louisa Lippmann / Laura Ludwig, Germany (19)

Won 21-14, 22-20

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lezana Placette	Total	26	12	7	0.192	0	5	1	1
	1	9	4	1	0.333	0	2	0	0
	2	17	8	6	0.118	0	3	1	1
Alexia Richard	Total	18	12	3	0.500	1	3	1	2
	1	10	6	2	0.400	1	3	1	2
	2	8	6	1	0.625	0	0	0	0

Wed, 7/31/2024

Pool F

Daniela Alvarez / Tania Moreno, Spain (18)

Lost 12-21, 15-21

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lezana Placette	Total	11	5	2	0.273	0	5	1	0
	1	6	2	1	0.167	0	3	0	0
	2	5	3	1	0.400	0	2	1	0
Alexia Richard	Total	35	16	7	0.257	0	3	1	1
	1	15	7	3	0.267	0	1	0	0
	2	20	9	4	0.250	0	2	1	1

Sat, 8/3/2024

Pool F

Nina Brunner / Tanja Huberli, Switzerland (7)

Lost 11-21, 8-21

0:30

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lezana Placette	Total	9	3	4	-0.111	0	7	2	1
	1	4	2	1	0.250	0	4	1	0
	2	5	1	3	-0.400	0	3	1	1
Alexia Richard	Total	34	12	7	0.147	1	1	0	1
	1	15	6	3	0.200	1	0	0	1
	2	19	6	4	0.105	0	1	0	0

Sat, 8/3/2024

Lucky Loser

Akiko Hasegawa / Miki Ishii, Japan (20)

Lost 15-21, 18-21

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lezana Placette	Total	20	10	5	0.250	0	10	0	1
	1	9	5	2	0.333	0	4	0	1
	2	11	5	3	0.182	0	6	0	0
Alexia Richard	Total	33	14	8	0.182	2	2	0	3
	1	17	6	6	0.000	1	0	0	2
	2	16	8	2	0.375	1	2	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Lezana Placette	66	30	18	0.182	0	27	4	3
Alexia Richard	120	54	25	0.242	4	9	2	7
Total	186	84	43	0.220	4	36	6	10
Opponents	152	86	17	0.454	13	46	17	10

World Championships, World Tour Finals Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2019	World Tour Finals	Rome	Clemence Vieira - 41st	Did not play
2022	World Championships	Rome	Alexia Richard - 17th	Lezana Placette - 17th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Alexia Richard - 17th	Lezana Placette - 17th

Head to Head Results
Placette/Richard trail the series against the field 11-37 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 14 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Lisboa/Silva, Brazil 0-3
10/9/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool A	Lisboa/Silva	1	Placette/Richard	24	21-16, 21-12	0:32
11/6/22	FIVB	Cape Town Elite 16	Bronze Medal	Lisboa/Silva	1	Placette/Richard	8	21-15, 21-15	0:32
11/3/22	FIVB	Cape Town Elite 16	Pool A	Lisboa/Silva	1	Placette/Richard	8	21-17, 21-18	0:31
Trail the series against # 2 Kloth/Nuss, United States 0-3
11/25/23	FIVB	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Winner 2	Kloth/Nuss	2	Placette/Richard	13, Q1	21-12, 21-15	0:40
8/18/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Pool C	Kloth/Nuss	3	Placette/Richard	14, Q10	21-13, 21-18	0:36
3/18/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Winner 2	Kloth/Nuss	2	Placette/Richard	8	25-27, 21-18, 15-9	1:07
Trail the series against # 3 Cheng/Hughes, United States 0-1
9/29/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Pool D	Cheng/Hughes	5	Placette/Richard	12	21-19, 21-19	0:40
Series tied with # 5 Salgado/Seixas, Brazil 1-1
11/23/23	FIVB	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Pool D	Placette/Richard	13, Q1	Salgado/Seixas	5	15-21, 21-18, 18-16	1:00
3/24/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Winner 1	Salgado/Seixas	8	Placette/Richard	14, Q4	21-9, 18-21, 16-14	0:55
Trail the series against # 7 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 0-4
8/3/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Pool F	Brunner/Huberli	7	Placette/Richard	6	21-11, 21-8	0:30
8/17/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Pool C	Brunner/Huberli	6	Placette/Richard	14, Q10	22-20, 21-11	0:38
9/29/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Pool D	Brunner/Huberli	4	Placette/Richard	12	21-15, 21-6	0:31
6/15/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1	Brunner/Huberli	11	Placette/Richard	34	21-14, 20-22, 15-11	0:56
Lead the series against # 8 Schoon/Stam, Netherlands 2-0
8/16/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Qualifier 2	Placette/Richard	14, Q10	Schoon/Stam	Q2	21-18, 16-21, 15-12	0:50
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 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 0-2
3/23/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Winner 1	Graudina/Samoilova	2	Placette/Richard	7	21-18, 18-21, 15-11	0:46
12/1/23	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Pool E	Graudina/Samoilova	5	Placette/Richard	8	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 10 Muller/Tillmann, Germany 0-4
9/28/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Pool D	Muller/Tillmann	4	Placette/Richard	12	21-17, 21-12	0:36
8/19/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Winner 1	Muller/Tillmann	4	Placette/Richard	14, Q10	21-19, 21-15	0:39
3/24/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Pool C	Muller/Tillmann	3	Placette/Richard	14, Q4	21-16, 21-11	0:32
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 # 11 Xia/Xue, China 0-1
11/24/23	FIVB	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Pool D	Xia/Xue	4	Placette/Richard	13, Q1	21-14, 23-25, 22-20	1:02
Series tied with # 12 Gottardi/Menegatti, Italy 1-1
4/15/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Winner 1	Gottardi/Menegatti	3	Placette/Richard	4	23-21, 22-20	0:50
9/30/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Pool D	Placette/Richard	12	Gottardi/Menegatti	5	19-21, 21-13, 16-14	0:56
Trail the series against # 13 Fernandez/Soria, Spain 0-2
10/20/23	FIVB	Challenge Goa	Pool B	Fernandez/Soria	11, Q1	Placette/Richard	2	21-18, 22-24, 15-12	0:59
4/26/23	FIVB	Elite16 Uberlândia	Qualifier 1	Fernandez/Soria	Q11	Placette/Richard	Q6	21-15, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 15 Chamereau/Vieira, France 2-0
3/29/24	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Pool F	Placette/Richard	7	Chamereau/Vieira	18	By Forfeit
11/12/21	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Winner 1	Placette/Richard	19	Chamereau/Vieira	27, Q5	18-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:54
Trail the series against # 16 Bobner/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 0-6
6/5/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Qualifier 1	Bobner/Verge-Depre	Q4	Placette/Richard	Q13	21-11, 21-10	0:29
3/5/24	FIVB	Elite16 Doha	Qualifier 2	Bobner/Verge-Depre	15, Q5	Placette/Richard	Q4	18-21, 22-20, 15-7	0:47
10/11/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1	Bobner/Verge-Depre	17	Placette/Richard	24	26-24, 21-16	0:46
9/30/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Pool D	Bobner/Verge-Depre	13, Q6	Placette/Richard	12	21-15, 21-13	0:34
8/10/22	FIVB	Hamburg Elite 16	Qualifier 2	Bobner/Verge-Depre	13, Q3	Placette/Richard	Q6	21-11, 26-24	0:42
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 # 17 Paulikiene/Raupelyte, Lithuania 2-1
5/1/24	FIVB	Elite16 Brasília	Qualifier 1	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	Q7	Placette/Richard	Q10	22-20, 21-15	0:36
12/2/23	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Winner 1	Placette/Richard	8	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	10	22-20, 21-14	0:35
8/16/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Qualifier 1	Placette/Richard	14, Q10	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	Q7	27-25, 21-16	0:45
Trail the series against # 18 Alvarez/Moreno, Spain 2-3
7/31/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Pool F	Alvarez/Moreno	18	Placette/Richard	6	21-12, 21-15	0:37
4/12/24	FIVB	Challenge Guadalajara	Pool D	Placette/Richard	9	Alvarez/Moreno	4	By Forfeit
3/23/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Lucky Loser	Placette/Richard	7	Alvarez/Moreno	8	21-15, 21-18	0:36
12/3/23	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Semi-Finals	Alvarez/Moreno	3	Placette/Richard	8	21-19, 21-18	0:39
10/21/23	FIVB	Challenge Goa	Winner 1	Alvarez/Moreno	4	Placette/Richard	2	21-19, 19-21, 15-12	1:00
Trail the series against # 19 Lippmann/Ludwig, Germany 1-2
7/29/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Pool F	Placette/Richard	6	Lippmann/Ludwig	19	21-14, 22-20	0:43
6/1/24	FIVB	Challenge Stare Jablonki	Lucky Loser	Lippmann/Ludwig	10	Placette/Richard	17	21-19, 19-21, 15-13	0:57
9/29/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Pool D	Lippmann/Ludwig	13, Q1	Placette/Richard	12	21-18, 21-16	0:33
Trail the series against # 20 Hasegawa/Ishii, Japan 0-1
8/3/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Lucky Loser	Hasegawa/Ishii	20	Placette/Richard	6	21-15, 21-18	0:37
Trail the series against # 22 Hermannova/Stochlova, Czech Republic 0-1
7/15/22	FIVB	Espinho Challenge	Pool B	Hermannova/Stochlova	11	Placette/Richard	14, Q2	18-21, 21-19, 24-22	1:07
Trail the series against # 23 Bansley/Bukovec, Canada 0-1
3/22/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Pool F	Bansley/Bukovec	18, Q2	Placette/Richard	7	21-17, 21-15	0:37