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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
Tokyo Olympic Games
July 24 - August 6, 2021

(18) Margareta Kozuch/Laura Ludwig, Germany

Margareta Kozuch
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 30, 1986 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Hamburg

Height:

187 cm (6'2")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Rome 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$99,563.98

Laura Ludwig
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 13, 1986 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Berlin

Height:

180 cm (5'10")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

179

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,039,487.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	19	1	0	0	0	2	0	9	0	3	4	US$113,000.00

Previous Tokyo Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/5-11/2021	Gstaad 4 Star	11	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/1-6/2021	Ostrava 4 Star	6	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2021	Sochi 4 Star	7	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	4/22-26/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	7	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	7	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	3/8-12/2021	Doha 4-star	7	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	9/3-8/2019	World Tour Finals Rome	20	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	8/14-18/2019	Moscow Four Star	20, Q2	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/30-8/4/2019	Vienna Major Five Star	26, Q7	5th	720	US$12,000.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2019	Espinho Four Star	22, Q4	25th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/8-14/2019	Gstaad Major Series	28, Q7	25th	360	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/6/2019	World Championships Hamburg	34	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2019	Warsaw Four Star	29, Q8	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/29-6/2/2019	Ostrava Four Star	24, Q5	25th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2019	Jinjiang Four Star	23	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	4/29-5/4/2019	Kuala Lumpur Three Star	4	9th	300	US$2,000.00
FIVB	4/23-28/2019	Xiamen Four Star	21	25th	240	US$2,000.00

Tokyo Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 7/24/2021

Pool F

Nina Brunner / Tanja Huberli, Switzerland (7)

Lost 25-23, 20-22, 14-16

1:09

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Margareta Kozuch	Total	41	19	9	0.244	5	1	2	7
	1	17	8	5	0.176	2	0	0	3
	2	14	6	3	0.214	3	0	1	2
	3	10	5	1	0.400	0	1	1	2
Laura Ludwig	Total	17	8	2	0.353	1	6	3	3
	1	7	5	1	0.571	1	2	1	1
	2	3	1	0	0.333	0	3	0	2
	3	7	2	1	0.143	0	1	2	0

Mon, 7/26/2021

Pool F

Miki Ishii / Megumi Murakami, Japan (6)

Won 21-17, 22-20

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Margareta Kozuch	Total	24	12	4	0.333	2	2	1	1
	1	10	5	1	0.400	2	0	1	1
	2	14	7	3	0.286	0	2	0	0
Laura Ludwig	Total	20	14	3	0.550	0	13	4	1
	1	10	7	3	0.400	0	8	2	0
	2	10	7	0	0.700	0	5	2	1

Wed, 7/28/2021

Pool F

Barbora Hermannova / Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic (19)

Won By Forfeit

Sun, 8/1/2021

Winner 1

Agatha Bednarczuk / Duda Lisboa, Brazil (3)

Won 21-19, 19-21, 16-14

1:03

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Margareta Kozuch	Total	24	14	1	0.542	3	10	0	6
	1	9	7	0	0.778	0	4	0	2
	2	8	3	1	0.250	1	4	0	2
	3	7	4	0	0.571	2	2	0	2
Laura Ludwig	Total	42	23	5	0.429	0	13	0	2
	1	11	7	1	0.545	0	3	0	1
	2	20	10	2	0.400	0	6	0	1
	3	11	6	2	0.364	0	4	0	0

Tue, 8/3/2021

Winner 2

Alix Klineman / April Ross, United States (2)

Lost 19-21, 19-21

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Margareta Kozuch	Total	27	15	4	0.407	1	1	1	4
	1	17	8	4	0.235	1	0	0	3
	2	10	7	0	0.700	0	1	1	1
Laura Ludwig	Total	11	8	2	0.545	0	5	0	1
	1	3	3	0	1.000	0	2	0	1
	2	8	5	2	0.375	0	3	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Margareta Kozuch	116	60	18	0.362	11	14	4	18
Laura Ludwig	90	53	12	0.456	1	37	7	7
Total	206	113	30	0.403	12	51	11	25
Opponents	211	122	38	0.398	5	58	12	27

Olympic Games, World Championships, World Tour Finals Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Did not play	Sara Niedrig - 17th
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Did not play	Sara Niedrig - 17th
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing	Did not play	Sara Niedrig - 9th
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Did not play	Sara Niedrig - 9th
2011	World Championships	Rome	Did not play	Sara Niedrig - 9th
2012	Olympic Games	London	Did not play	Sara Niedrig - 5th
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Did not play	Kira Walkenhorst - 5th
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Did not play	Kira Walkenhorst - 17th
2015	World Tour Finals	Fort Lauderdale	Did not play	Kira Walkenhorst - 2nd
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro	Did not play	Kira Walkenhorst - 1st
2016	World Tour Finals	Toronto	Did not play	Kira Walkenhorst - 1st
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Karla Borger - 17th	Kira Walkenhorst - 1st
2017	World Tour Finals	Hamburg	Did not play	Kira Walkenhorst - 1st
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Laura Ludwig - 17th	Margareta Kozuch - 17th
2019	World Tour Finals	Rome	Laura Ludwig - 1st	Margareta Kozuch - 1st
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Did not play	Louisa Lippmann - 17th
2024	Olympic Games	Paris	Did not play	Louisa Lippmann - 19th

Head to Head Results
Kozuch/Ludwig trail the series against the field 14-21 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 9 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Humana-Paredes/Pavan, Canada 0-1
7/9/21	FIVB	Gstaad 4 Star	Winner 2	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	5	Kozuch/Ludwig	11	21-14, 22-20	0:37
Trail the series against # 2 Klineman/Ross, United States 0-3
8/3/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	2	Kozuch/Ludwig	18	21-19, 21-19	0:45
5/28/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	6	Kozuch/Ludwig	7	22-20, 21-13	0:36
4/26/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool E	Klineman/Ross	5	Kozuch/Ludwig	21	21-19, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 3 Bednarczuk/Lisboa, Brazil 2-1
8/1/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Winner 1	Kozuch/Ludwig	18	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	3	21-19, 19-21, 16-14	1:03
9/8/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Gold Medal	Kozuch/Ludwig	20	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	4	21-19, 21-17	0:43
8/2/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Winner 3	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	4	Kozuch/Ludwig	26, Q7	21-19, 19-21, 15-9	0:59
Trail the series against # 4 Cavalcanti/Silva, Brazil 1-2
7/8/21	FIVB	Gstaad 4 Star	Pool F	Kozuch/Ludwig	11	Cavalcanti/Silva	6	21-18, 21-18	0:39
3/10/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Winner 2	Cavalcanti/Silva	5	Kozuch/Ludwig	7	21-18, 21-14	0:32
7/10/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool E	Cavalcanti/Silva	5	Kozuch/Ludwig	28, Q7	17-21, 21-12, 15-7	0:41
Lead the series against # 6 Ishii/Murakami, Japan 3-0
7/26/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Pool F	Kozuch/Ludwig	18	Ishii/Murakami	6	21-17, 22-20	0:44
4/23/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Pool G	Kozuch/Ludwig	7	Ishii/Murakami	26	21-18, 21-19	0:44
5/24/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Winner 1	Kozuch/Ludwig	23	Ishii/Murakami	22	19-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:55
Trail the series against # 7 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 0-4
7/24/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Pool F	Brunner/Huberli	7	Kozuch/Ludwig	18	23-25, 22-20, 16-14	1:09
6/3/21	FIVB	Ostrava 4 Star	Pool F	Brunner/Huberli	11	Kozuch/Ludwig	6	21-17, 21-12	0:31
4/24/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Pool G	Brunner/Huberli	10	Kozuch/Ludwig	7	21-18, 21-18	0:44
7/31/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Pool G	Brunner/Huberli	7	Kozuch/Ludwig	26, Q7	18-21, 23-21, 17-15	0:58
Trail the series against # 8 Kholomina/Makroguzova, Russia 0-1
7/11/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool E	Kholomina/Makroguzova	12	Kozuch/Ludwig	28, Q7	21-17, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 10 Bansley/Wilkerson, Canada 1-2
4/18/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Winner 2	Bansley/Wilkerson	17	Kozuch/Ludwig	7	20-22, 21-15, 22-20	1:02
8/1/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Winner 1	Kozuch/Ludwig	26, Q7	Bansley/Wilkerson	11	21-17, 21-15	0:35
6/13/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Pool D	Bansley/Wilkerson	4	Kozuch/Ludwig	29, Q8	22-24, 21-14, 15-10	0:54
Trail the series against # 11 Keizer/Meppelink, Netherlands 1-2
4/24/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Winner 1	Keizer/Meppelink	21	Kozuch/Ludwig	7	21-16, 21-15	0:40
7/31/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Pool G	Kozuch/Ludwig	26, Q7	Keizer/Meppelink	10	18-21, 24-22, 15-10	0:48
4/25/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool E	Keizer/Meppelink	12	Kozuch/Ludwig	21	18-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:48
Lead the series against # 12 Mader/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 1-0
9/7/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Semi-Finals	Kozuch/Ludwig	20	Mader/Verge-Depre	10	24-22, 21-13	0:46
Trail the series against # 13 Borger/Sude, Germany 0-2
9/5/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Pool D	Borger/Sude	13	Kozuch/Ludwig	20	21-19, 27-25	0:44
5/23/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Pool G	Borger/Sude	10	Kozuch/Ludwig	23	21-12, 25-23	0:40
Trail the series against # 14 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 0-1
8/15/19	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Pool D	Baquerizo/Fernandez	13	Kozuch/Ludwig	20, Q2	21-19, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 15 Wang/Xia, China 1-0
9/7/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Winner 3	Kozuch/Ludwig	20	Wang/Xia	21	20-22, 21-13, 18-16	0:52
Series tied with # 16 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 1-1
5/27/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Pool G	Kozuch/Ludwig	7	Graudina/Samoilova	10	21-17, 21-18	0:39
5/31/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool H	Graudina/Samoilova	25, Q6	Kozuch/Ludwig	24, Q5	21-19, 15-21, 16-14	0:50
Series tied with # 17 Menegatti/Orsi Toth, Italy 1-1
8/16/19	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Winner 2	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	16	Kozuch/Ludwig	20, Q2	17-21, 33-31, 15-11	1:09
6/14/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Winner 1	Kozuch/Ludwig	29, Q8	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	18	17-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:53
Lead the series against # 19 Hermannova/Slukova, Czech Republic 2-0
7/28/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Pool F	Kozuch/Ludwig	18	Hermannova/Slukova	19	By Forfeit
3/9/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Pool G	Kozuch/Ludwig	7	Hermannova/Slukova	10	24-22, 16-21, 15-12	0:52