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US$400,000 BPT Elite Gstaad
July 1 - 5, 2026

(21, Q10) 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$101,783.92

Alexia Richard
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 3, 1996 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

La Teste de Buch

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

76 kg (167 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$101,259.67

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	37	41	Money
CEV	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	US$7,858.55
FIVB	76	0	0	2	2	6	1	19	3	11	9	5	9	7	0	2	US$189,254.50
FIVB Age Group WC	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	US$0.00
Overall	86	0	0	2	2	6	1	20	3	16	9	5	12	7	1	2	US$197,113.05

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2019	Alexia Richard - 33rd	Lezana Placette - 33rd
2021	Alexia Richard - 25th	Lezana Placette - 25th
2025	Alexia Richard - 19th	Lezana Placette - 19th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/20-24/2026	BPT Challenge Nuvali	7	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	15	3rd	720	US$9,000.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	28	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	17	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Q9	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	19, Q5	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	19, Q4	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	Q7	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	8/5-9/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	18	9th	460	US$3,250.00
CEV	7/30-8/3/2025	EuroBeachVolley 2025	10	17th	360	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	24, Q11	19th	380	US$2,500.00

BPT Elite Gstaad Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/1/2026	Qualifier 1	Chloe Loreen / Corinne Quiggle, United States (Q7)	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:35
Wed, 7/1/2026	Pool D	Valentina Gottardi / Reka Orsi Toth, Italy (4)	Lost 16-21, 14-21	0:30
Thu, 7/2/2026	Pool D	Thamela Coradello / Victoria Lopes, Brazil (9)	Won 21-23, 21-19, 15-8	0:47
Fri, 7/3/2026	Pool D	Anouk Verge-Depre / Zoe Verge-Depre, Switzerland (16)	Lost 13-21, 16-21	0:33
Fri, 7/3/2026	Lucky Loser	Raisa Schoon / Katja Stam, Netherlands (7)	Lost 14-21, 14-21	0:34

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	23	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	3	12	2	1	$61,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	40	0	0	2	1	4	1	11	0	8	5	8	$92,000.00
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	1	$0.00
U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
Confederation Championship	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	0	$7,000.00
Total	86	0	0	2	2	6	1	20	3	30	12	10	$196,140.00

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	1	$0.00	World Tour Finals
24	0	0	0	1	1	6	12	2	2	$30,600.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	24	0	0	0	1	1	6	12	2	2	$30,600.00
42	0	0	2	1	5	11	8	5	10	$46,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	42	0	0	2	1	5	11	9	5	9	$47,000.00
14	1	0	1	0	1	6	1	2	2	$8,660.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	12	0	0	0	0	3	5	1	2	1	$7,870.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$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
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	$3,500.00	Confederation Championship	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	$3,500.00
95	1	0	3	2	7	24	30	12	16	$99,760.00	Total	93	0	0	2	2	9	23	32	12	13	$99,470.00

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 %
2019	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2	3	40.0 %
2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2020	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2021	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	3	$10,640.00	11	12	47.8 %
2021	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	0	2	0.0 %
2022	FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	4	1	0	$28,750.00	13	15	46.4 %
2022	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	0	2	0.0 %
2023	FIVB	13	0	0	0	1	3	0	4	1	4	0	0	$52,500.00	24	28	46.2 %
2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2024	FIVB	14	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	0	8	0	0	$23,750.00	20	22	47.6 %
2024	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	0	3	0.0 %
2025	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	6	3	0	$40,250.00	21	26	44.7 %
2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2026	FIVB	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$15,950.00	9	6	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	76	0	0	2	2	6	1	19	3	25	9	9	$189,140.00	113	133	45.9 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$0.00	7	6	53.8 %
Total	CEV	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	0	$7,000.00	5	16	23.8 %

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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2017	CEV
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
											2018	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
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	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2019	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2020	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2021	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
8	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	1	0	$14,375.00	2022	FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	1	0	$14,375.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2022	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
13	0	0	0	1	3	5	4	0	0	$26,250.00	2023	FIVB	13	0	0	0	1	3	5	4	0	0	$26,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
14	0	0	1	0	2	3	8	0	0	$11,875.00	2024	FIVB	14	0	0	1	0	2	3	8	0	0	$11,875.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2024	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
15	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	3	0	$20,125.00	2025	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	3	0	$20,125.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
3	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$7,975.00	2026	FIVB	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$7,975.00
96	1	0	3	2	7	24	31	12	16	$99,760.00	Total	Total	93	0	0	2	2	9	23	32	12	13	$99,470.00

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	66	64.1%	20	19.4%	17	16.5%	86-17	83.5%	24	17.6%	23	16.9%	89	65.4%	24-112	17.6%	66-89	42.6%	44-40	52.4%	3	4	113-133	45.9%
2025-2026	16	59.3%	7	25.9%	4	14.8%	23-4	85.2%	6	17.6%	5	14.7%	23	67.6%	6-28	17.6%	16-23	41.0%	13-9	59.1%	1	0	30-32	48.4%
Against the Field	6	54.5%	1	9.1%	4	36.4%	7-4	63.6%	2	7.1%	4	14.3%	22	78.6%	2-26	7.1%	12-44	21.4%	6-16	27.3%	0	0	9-30	23.1%

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
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	15	11	11	20	0	1	2	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	28	39
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	20	9	27	35	1	1	15	18	0	3	2	1	0	0	65	67
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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	4	12	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	16
Total	0	0	35	21	62	87	2	3	24	38	0	4	2	2	0	0	125	155

Head to Head Results
Placette/Richard trail the series against the field 9-30 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 11 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Brasher/Cruz, United States 0-4
7/3/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool A	Brasher/Cruz	1	Placette/Richard	24, Q11	21-13, 21-19	0:34
11/25/23	FIVB	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Winner 2	Brasher/Cruz	2	Placette/Richard	13, Q1	21-12, 21-15	0:40
8/18/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Pool C	Brasher/Cruz	3	Placette/Richard	14, Q10	21-13, 21-18	0:36
3/18/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Winner 2	Brasher/Cruz	2	Placette/Richard	8	25-27, 21-18, 15-9	1:07
Trail the series against # 3 Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson, Canada 0-2
9/18/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Pool F	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	6	Placette/Richard	19, Q5	21-14, 21-17	0:33
4/11/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Winner 1	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	7	Placette/Richard	22, Q9	21-18, 21-14	0:35
Trail the series against # 4 Gottardi/Orsi Toth, Italy 0-2
7/1/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool D	Gottardi/Orsi Toth	4	Placette/Richard	21, Q10	21-16, 21-14	0:30
8/28/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Hamburg	Pool F	Gottardi/Orsi Toth	6	Placette/Richard	19, Q4	26-24, 21-16	0:40
Trail the series against # 6 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
Series tied with # 7 Schoon/Stam, Netherlands 2-2
7/3/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Lucky Loser	Schoon/Stam	7	Placette/Richard	21, Q10	21-14, 21-14	0:34
10/3/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Veracruz	Winner 2	Schoon/Stam	26, Q4	Placette/Richard	17	21-15, 21-12	0:28
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 # 8 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
Series tied with # 9 Coradello/Lopes, Brazil 1-1
7/2/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool D	Placette/Richard	21, Q10	Coradello/Lopes	9	21-23, 21-19, 15-8	0:47
11/19/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1	Coradello/Lopes	1	Placette/Richard	28	21-17, 15-21, 19-17	0:51
Trail the series against # 11 Lisboa/Silva, Brazil 0-4
4/17/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool C	Lisboa/Silva	10	Placette/Richard	22, Q11	21-16, 21-12	0:27
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 # 12 Rodriguez/Shaw, United States 0-1
11/17/24	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Semi-Finals	Rodriguez/Shaw	19, Q7	Placette/Richard	21, Q8	21-13, 21-18	0:33
Trail the series against # 16 Verge-Depre/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 0-1
7/3/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool D	Verge-Depre/Verge-Depre	16	Placette/Richard	21, Q10	21-13, 21-16	0:33
Trail the series against # 19, Q5 Murakami/Shiba, Japan 0-1
6/12/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Pool B	Murakami/Shiba	31	Placette/Richard	18, Q3	21-19, 19-21, 15-13	0:47
Lead the series against # 24, Q15 Klinger/Klinger, Austria 2-1
4/26/24	FIVB	Challenge Xiamen	Pool B	Placette/Richard	14	Klinger/Klinger	11	21-17, 21-17	0:39
4/17/24	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Qualifier 1	Klinger/Klinger	14, Q8	Placette/Richard	Q9	15-21, 24-22, 15-12	0:58
7/16/22	FIVB	Espinho Challenge	Winner 1	Placette/Richard	14, Q2	Klinger/Klinger	20, Q11	18-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:55
Trail the series against # Q3 Durish/Koenig, United States 0-1
5/16/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Semi-Finals	Durish/Koenig	14	Placette/Richard	15	21-16, 18-21, 18-16	0:50
Trail the series against # Q6 Bianchi/Scampoli, Italy 0-1
4/18/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Winner 1	Bianchi/Scampoli	17, Q1	Placette/Richard	22, Q11	21-18, 21-13	0:32
Series tied with # Q7 Loreen/Quiggle, United States 1-1
7/1/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Qualifier 1	Placette/Richard	21, Q10	Loreen/Quiggle	Q7	21-19, 21-19	0:35
10/2/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Veracruz	Pool A	Loreen/Quiggle	1	Placette/Richard	17	21-23, 21-17, 15-13	0:45
Lead the series against # Q12 Bock/Lippmann, Germany 1-0
3/20/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Pool C	Placette/Richard	19	Bock/Lippmann	30, Q16	21-16, 21-14	0:25
Lead the series against # Q13 Phillips/Van Winkle, United States 1-0
5/16/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Winner 3	Placette/Richard	15	Phillips/Van Winkle	5	21-18, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # Q16 Bentele/Niederhauser, Switzerland 1-0
8/13/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Montréal	Qualifier 1	Placette/Richard	Q7	Bentele/Niederhauser	Q10	22-20, 21-19	0:35