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US$250,000 BPT Challenge Nuvali
May 20 - 24, 2026

(7) 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$103,776.05

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$103,251.80

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	77	0	0	2	2	6	1	20	3	11	9	5	9	7	0	2	US$192,504.50
FIVB Age Group WC	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	US$0.00
Overall	87	0	0	2	2	6	1	21	3	16	9	5	12	7	1	2	US$200,363.05

Previous Nuvali Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Alexia Richard - 4th	Lezana Placette - 4th
2024	Alexia Richard - 19th	Lezana Placette - 19th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	16	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	18, Q3	25th	220	US$1,500.00

BPT Challenge Nuvali Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/21/2026	Pool G	Mila Konink / Emi van Driel, Netherlands (26)	Lost 13-21, 19-21	0:36
Thu, 5/21/2026	Pool G	Wies Bekhuis / Desy Poiesz, Netherlands (23, Q2)	Won 21-15, 21-15	0:30
Fri, 5/22/2026	Winner 1	Ieva Dumbauskaite / Gerda Grudzinskaite, Lithuania (5)	Won 21-17, 16-21, 15-9	0:42
Sat, 5/23/2026	Winner 2	Taliqua Clancy / Stefanie Fejes, Australia (15)	Lost 23-25, 21-13, 14-16	0:57

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	41	0	0	2	1	4	1	12	0	8	5	8	$95,250.00
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	87	0	0	2	2	6	1	21	3	30	12	10	$199,390.00

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
43	0	0	2	1	5	12	8	5	10	$48,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	43	0	0	2	1	5	12	9	5	9	$48,625.00
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
96	1	0	3	2	7	25	30	12	16	$101,385.00	Total	94	0	0	2	2	9	24	32	12	13	$101,095.00

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	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$12,250.00	7	3	70.0 %
Total	FIVB	75	0	0	2	2	6	1	19	3	24	9	9	$185,440.00	111	130	46.1 %
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
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$6,125.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$6,125.00
95	1	0	3	2	7	24	30	12	16	$97,910.00	Total	Total	92	0	0	2	2	9	23	31	12	13	$97,620.00

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	68	64.2%	20	18.9%	18	17.0%	88-18	83.0%	24	17.5%	23	16.8%	90	65.7%	24-113	17.5%	68-90	43.0%	44-41	51.8%	3	4	115-135	46.0%
2025-2026	18	60.0%	7	23.3%	5	16.7%	25-5	83.3%	6	17.1%	5	14.3%	24	68.6%	6-29	17.1%	18-24	42.9%	13-10	56.5%	1	0	32-34	48.5%
Against the Field	10	76.9%	2	15.4%	1	7.7%	12-1	92.3%	2	18.2%	2	18.2%	7	63.6%	2-9	18.2%	20-14	58.8%	8-6	57.1%	0	0	14-10	58.3%

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	15	11	11	20	0	1	2	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	28	39
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	20	9	28	36	1	1	16	19	0	3	2	1	0	0	67	69
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	63	88	2	3	25	39	0	4	2	2	0	0	127	157

Head to Head Results
Placette/Richard lead the series against the field 11-10 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 8 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Paulikiene/Raupelyte, Lithuania 2-3
9/19/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Pool F	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	18, Q4	Placette/Richard	19, Q5	21-13, 21-12	0:27
8/8/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Winner 2	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	27, Q6	Placette/Richard	18	21-19, 21-19	0:37
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 # 2 Loreen/Quiggle, United States 0-1
10/2/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Veracruz	Pool A	Loreen/Quiggle	1	Placette/Richard	17	21-23, 21-17, 15-13	0:45
Trail the series against # 4 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
Lead the series against # 5 Dumbauskaite/Grudzinskaite, Lithuania 2-0
5/22/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Winner 1	Placette/Richard	7	Dumbauskaite/Grudzinskaite	5	21-17, 16-21, 15-9	0:42
8/27/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Hamburg	Qualifier 1	Placette/Richard	19, Q4	Dumbauskaite/Grudzinskaite	Q13	21-13, 23-21	0:31
Lead the series against # 6 Xia/Yan, China 1-0
5/17/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Bronze Medal	Placette/Richard	15	Xia/Yan	1	21-10, 27-25	0:35
Lead the series against # 11 MacDonald/Polley, New Zealand 2-0
5/15/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Winner 2	Placette/Richard	15	MacDonald/Polley	8	21-14, 15-21, 15-12	0:48
11/14/24	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Pool D	Placette/Richard	21, Q8	MacDonald/Polley	4	11-21, 21-17, 19-17	0:52
Trail the series against # 13 Romaniuk/Serdiuk, Ukraine 0-1
8/29/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Hamburg	Pool F	Romaniuk/Serdiuk	18, Q3	Placette/Richard	19, Q4	21-18, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 15 Clancy/Fejes, Australia 0-1
5/23/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Winner 2	Clancy/Fejes	15	Placette/Richard	7	25-23, 13-21, 16-14	0:57
Lead the series against # 21, Q1 Dong/Kaiyue, China 1-0
5/14/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool B	Placette/Richard	15	Dong/Kaiyue	18	19-21, 21-12, 15-10	0:46
Lead the series against # 22 Makhno/Makhno, Ukraine 1-0
4/14/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Qualifier 2	Placette/Richard	21, Q8	Makhno/Makhno	Q9	21-16, 24-22	0:36
Lead the series against # 23, Q2 Bekhuis/Poiesz, Netherlands 1-0
5/21/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Pool G	Placette/Richard	7	Bekhuis/Poiesz	23, Q2	21-15, 21-15	0:30
Lead the series against # 24 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
Trail the series against # 26 Konink/van Driel, Netherlands 0-1
5/21/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Pool G	Konink/van Driel	26	Placette/Richard	7	21-13, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against # 30, Q11 Kvedaraite/Saule, Lithuania 0-1
7/31/25	CEV	EuroBeachVolley 2025	Winner 1	Kvedaraite/Saule	24	Placette/Richard	10	21-19, 14-21, 15-11	0:43
Trail the series against # Q6 Lunio/Okla, Poland 0-1
9/24/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Qualifier 1	Lunio/Okla	19, Q8	Placette/Richard	Q9	25-23, 21-18	0:42