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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
London 2012 Olympic Games
July 28 - August 8, 2012

(19) Marie-Andree Lessard/Annie Martin, Canada

Marie-Andrée Lessard
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 6, 1977 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bolton-Est, QC

Height:

167 cm (5'6")

Weight:

62 kg (136 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

142

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Cagliari 2004)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Dubai 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$150,270.00

Annie Martin
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 7, 1981 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Lachine

Height:

170 cm (5'7")

Weight:

58 kg (128 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

113

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Eboli 2006)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (Stavanger 2004)

Career Winnings:

US$141,800.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	44	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	5	9	1	5	12	1	4	US$124,550.00

Previous London Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/16-22/2012	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q11	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/12-17/2012	Grand Slam Rome	Q12	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/6-11/2012	Moscow Grand Slam	Q10	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	5/7-12/2012	Beijing Grand Slam	Q12	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	4/30-5/5/2012	Shanghai Grand Slam	Q17	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	4/24-29/2012	Sanya Open	Q9	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	4/15-20/2012	Brasília Open	Q11	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	11/1-6/2011	Phuket Open	Q5	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	8/23-28/2011	The Hague Open	23	25th	60	US$2,000.00

London 2012 Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sun, 7/29/2012

Pool F

Zara Dampney / Shauna Mullin, England (6)

Lost 21-17, 14-21, 13-15

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Marie-Andree Lessard	Total	26	12	0	0.462	0	6	2	0
	1	26	12	0	0.462	0	6	2	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Annie Martin	Total	22	10	0	0.455	3	6	3	0
	1	22	10	0	0.455	3	6	3	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Tue, 7/31/2012

Pool F

Ekaterina Birlova / Evgenia Ukolova, Russia (18)

Lost 18-21, 30-28, 13-15

1:09

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Marie-Andree Lessard	Total	34	17	0	0.500	0	10	5	2
	1	34	17	0	0.500	0	10	5	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Annie Martin	Total	47	21	0	0.447	4	9	1	2
	1	47	21	0	0.447	4	9	1	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Thu, 8/2/2012

Pool F

Greta Cicolari / Marta Menegatti, Italy (7)

Lost 12-21, 25-23, 10-15

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Marie-Andree Lessard	Total	50	25	0	0.500	0	11	1	7
	1	50	25	0	0.500	0	11	1	7
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Annie Martin	Total	18	12	0	0.667	0	9	0	1
	1	18	12	0	0.667	0	9	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Marie-Andree Lessard	110	54	0	0.491	0	27	8	9
Annie Martin	87	43	0	0.494	7	24	4	3
Total	197	97	0	0.492	7	51	12	12
Opponents	212	125	0	0.590	8	82	10	18

Olympic Games, World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Nancy Gougeon - 17th	Did not play
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Did not play	Guylaine Dumont - 9th
2004	Olympic Games	Athens	Did not play	Guylaine Dumont - 5th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Sarah Maxwell - 17th	Marie-Christine Pruneau - 33rd
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Sarah Maxwell - 37th	Dana Cooke - 17th
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Annie Martin - 17th	Marie-Andree Lessard - 17th
2011	World Championships	Rome	Annie Martin - 37th	Marie-Andree Lessard - 37th

Head to Head Results
Lessard/Martin trail the series against the field 9-31 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 11 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-3
8/12/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 2	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Lessard/Martin	16	21-12, 21-12	0:32
8/5/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 2	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Lessard/Martin	16	21-17, 21-16	0:38
7/10/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Felisberta/Maestrini	3	Lessard/Martin	26, Q4	21-8, 21-13	0:32
Trail the series against # 2 Xue/Zhang, China 0-2
8/11/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 2	Xue/Zhang	3	Lessard/Martin	14	21-17, 21-16	0:37
6/30/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool F	Xue/Zhang	6	Lessard/Martin	22, Q3	21-14, 21-18	0:38
Trail the series against # 4 Kessy/Ross, United States 0-5
7/22/11	FIVB	Québec Open	Contender 3	Kessy/Ross	1	Lessard/Martin	9	21-12, 21-19	0:42
7/7/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	1	Lessard/Martin	25	21-12, 21-12	0:31
7/21/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	4	Lessard/Martin	20	21-11, 21-14	0:37
11/5/09	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open powered by PTT	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	1	Lessard/Martin	16	21-17, 21-14	0:42
7/15/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Kessy/Ross	2	Lessard/Martin	18, Q3	21-17, 21-16	0:35
Trail the series against # 5 Antonelli/Antunes, Brazil 0-2
6/30/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool E	Antonelli/Antunes	5	Lessard/Martin	21	21-17, 21-17	0:37
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool B	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Lessard/Martin	15	21-17, 21-19	0:35
Lead the series against # 6 Dampney/Mullin, England 2-1
7/29/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool F	Dampney/Mullin	6	Lessard/Martin	19	17-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:53
8/11/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Lessard/Martin	14	Dampney/Mullin	19, Q2	21-15, 21-18	0:37
7/1/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool D	Lessard/Martin	28	Dampney/Mullin	45	21-12, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 7 Cicolari/Menegatti, Italy 0-2
8/2/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool F	Cicolari/Menegatti	7	Lessard/Martin	19	21-12, 23-25, 15-10	0:55
6/18/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Cicolari/Menegatti	18	Lessard/Martin	15, Q4	21-14, 21-19	0:41
Trail the series against # 8 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-2
7/6/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Ludwig/Niedrig	8	Lessard/Martin	25	21-19, 21-17	0:40
6/10/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	Lessard/Martin	22, Q4	21-13, 16-21, 15-11	0:56
Trail the series against # 10 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 0-2
8/25/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 1	Kolocova/Slukova	10	Lessard/Martin	23	21-17, 22-20	0:39
7/28/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Kolocova/Slukova	32, Q28	Lessard/Martin	Q5	21-19, 21-18	0:49
Series tied with # 11 Kuhn/Zumkehr, Switzerland 2-2
7/6/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Kuhn/Zumkehr	9	Lessard/Martin	25	21-14, 25-23	0:43
6/11/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kuhn/Zumkehr	13	Lessard/Martin	22, Q4	21-19, 21-18	0:41
11/6/09	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open powered by PTT	Contender 3	Lessard/Martin	16	Kuhn/Zumkehr	8	21-18, 21-19	0:41
8/12/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Lessard/Martin	16	Kuhn/Zumkehr	17	21-19, 22-20	0:39
Series tied with # 12 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 1-1
6/14/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool I	Holtwick/Semmler	40	Lessard/Martin	16	21-15, 21-14	0:29
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool B	Lessard/Martin	15	Holtwick/Semmler	31	21-17, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # 13 Hajeckova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 1-0
8/6/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lessard/Martin	26	Hajeckova/Skalnikova	17	31-29, 21-13	0:48
Lead the series against # 14 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-0
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool B	Lessard/Martin	15	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	18	21-17, 21-13	0:34
Trail the series against # 15 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 1-4
5/1/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	28, Q1	Lessard/Martin	Q17	27-29, 21-19, 15-6	0:57
7/22/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 3	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	12	Lessard/Martin	20	21-18, 21-13	0:38
6/30/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool F	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	11	Lessard/Martin	22, Q3	21-17, 21-18	0:43
6/9/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Lessard/Martin	22, Q4	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	11	16-21, 21-17, 15-8	0:48
10/9/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Contender 6	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	10	Lessard/Martin	21	21-16, 19-21, 15-12	0:58
Trail the series against # 16 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 0-1
8/5/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool G	Baquerizo/Fernandez	23, Q7	Lessard/Martin	26	22-20, 20-22, 15-13	1:04
Series tied with # 17 Bawden/Palmer, Australia 1-1
5/19/11	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Bawden/Palmer	15, Q2	Lessard/Martin	18	21-11, 21-15	0:37
7/21/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lessard/Martin	22	Bawden/Palmer	43, Q7	21-18, 21-16	0:44
Trail the series against # 18 Birlova/Ukolova, Russia 0-2
7/31/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool F	Birlova/Ukolova	18	Lessard/Martin	19	21-18, 28-30, 15-13	1:09
5/8/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Birlova/Ukolova	26, Q5	Lessard/Martin	Q12	17-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:52
Trail the series against # 20 Meppelink/van Gestel, Netherlands 0-1
8/25/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 1	Meppelink/van Gestel	26	Lessard/Martin	23	21-14, 16-21, 15-9	0:46