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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
Olympic Games Paris 2024
July 27 - August 10, 2024

(12) Valentina Gottardi/Marta Menegatti, Italy

Valentina Gottardi
Italy

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 19, 2002 (21 yrs old)

Home Town:

Modena

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Saquarema 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$74,968.50

Marta Menegatti
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 16, 1990 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rovigo

Resides:

Ariano Polesine

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

159

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$563,716.93

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	Money
FIVB	25	1	3	1	4	4	0	6	2	1	1	0	1	US$148,880.66

Previous Paris Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Marta Menegatti - 13th	Valentina Gottardi - 13th
2023	Marta Menegatti - 4th	Valentina Gottardi - 4th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/9-14/2024	Elite16 Vienna			0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/3-7/2024	Elite16 Gstaad	8		0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/5-9/2024	Elite16 Ostrava	6	5	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2024	BPT Elite16 Espinho	6	9	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	4/17-21/2024	Elite16 Tepic	10	4	900	US$10,000.00
FIVB	3/5-9/2024	Elite16 Doha	10	5	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	10	9	800	US$11,000.00
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2023	Elite16 Paris	10	4	900	US$10,000.00
FIVB	8/16-20/2023	Elite16 Hamburg	13, Q1	9	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/20-23/2023	Challenge Edmonton	7	2	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2023	Elite16 Gstaad	13, Q2	5	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2023	Elite16 Ostrava	15, Q4	13	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	4/26-30/2023	Elite16 Uberlândia	Q1	17	400	US$0.00
FIVB	4/13-16/2023	Challenge Saquarema	3	1	800	US$10,000.00
FIVB	3/22-26/2023	Elite16 Tepic	15, Q10	4	900	US$10,000.00
FIVB	3/16-19/2023	La Paz Challenge	4	9	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	9/28-10/2/2022	Paris Elite 16	5	13	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	8/10-14/2022	Hamburg Elite 16	12	9	600	US$6,000.00

Olympic Games Paris 2024 Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 7/27/2024	Pool A	Liliana Fernandez / Paula Soria, Spain (13)
Sat, 7/27/2024	Pool A	Marwa Abdelhady / Doaa Elghobashy, Egypt (24)
Sun, 7/28/2024	Pool A	Duda Lisboa / Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil (1)

Olympic Games, World Championships Results

Year	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2011	Rome	Did not play	Greta Cicolari - 9th
2012	London	Did not play	Greta Cicolari - 5th
2013	Stare Jablonki	Did not play	Greta Cicolari - 5th
2015	The Hague	Did not play	Viktoria Orsi Toth - 9th
2016	Rio de Janeiro	Did not play	Laura Giombini - 9th
2017	Vienna	Did not play	Rebecca Perry - 37th
2019	Hamburg	Did not play	Viktoria Orsi Toth - 5th
2021	Tokyo	Did not play	Viktoria Orsi Toth - 19th
2022	Rome	Marta Menegatti - 5th	Valentina Gottardi - 5th
2023	Tlaxcala	Marta Menegatti - 9th	Valentina Gottardi - 9th

Head to Head Results
Gottardi/Menegatti trail the series against the field 23-30

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Lisboa/Silva, Brazil 0-1
7/8/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Winner 2	Lisboa/Silva	1	Gottardi/Menegatti	13, Q2	21-14, 21-14	0:29
Trail the series against # 2 Kloth/Nuss, United States 1-3
3/6/24	FIVB	Elite16 Doha	Pool B	Gottardi/Menegatti	10	Kloth/Nuss	2	17-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:52
9/30/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Semi-Finals	Kloth/Nuss	2	Gottardi/Menegatti	10	21-13, 21-17	0:36
9/28/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Pool B	Kloth/Nuss	2	Gottardi/Menegatti	10	21-13, 21-16	0:35
7/6/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool D	Kloth/Nuss	5	Gottardi/Menegatti	13, Q2	21-19, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 3 Cheng/Hughes, United States 1-2
4/18/24	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Pool B	Gottardi/Menegatti	10	Cheng/Hughes	2	13-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:53
8/17/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Pool D	Cheng/Hughes	5	Gottardi/Menegatti	13, Q1	11-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:46
3/25/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Semi-Finals	Cheng/Hughes	5	Gottardi/Menegatti	15, Q10	30-28, 21-19	0:49
Series tied with # 4 Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson, Canada 1-1
6/8/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Winner 2	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	4	Gottardi/Menegatti	6	22-20, 21-12	0:40
3/25/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Winner 2	Gottardi/Menegatti	15, Q10	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	9	21-10, 19-21, 15-7	0:52
Trail the series against # 5 Salgado/Seixas, Brazil 3-4
6/7/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool C	Gottardi/Menegatti	6	Salgado/Seixas	3	21-17, 21-19	0:39
5/24/24	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Pool C	Gottardi/Menegatti	6	Salgado/Seixas	3	21-19, 13-21, 15-9	0:56
4/21/24	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Bronze Medal	Salgado/Seixas	4	Gottardi/Menegatti	10	22-20, 21-23, 25-23	1:19
3/7/24	FIVB	Elite16 Doha	Pool B	Salgado/Seixas	7	Gottardi/Menegatti	10	21-15, 21-16	0:40
9/30/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Winner 2	Gottardi/Menegatti	10	Salgado/Seixas	6	21-16, 21-18	0:40
7/23/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Gold Medal	Salgado/Seixas	2	Gottardi/Menegatti	7	21-14, 21-16	0:42
7/6/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool D	Salgado/Seixas	12	Gottardi/Menegatti	13, Q2	16-21, 25-23, 15-12	1:04
Series tied with # 6 Placette/Richard, France 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 # 7 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 1-3
8/19/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Winner 1	Brunner/Huberli	6	Gottardi/Menegatti	13, Q1	21-18, 16-21, 16-14	0:53
7/7/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool D	Gottardi/Menegatti	13, Q2	Brunner/Huberli	4	21-17, 21-18	0:51
9/30/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Pool D	Brunner/Huberli	4	Gottardi/Menegatti	5	16-21, 21-17, 15-7	0:53
10/6/21	FIVB	World Tour Finals - Italy	Pool A	Brunner/Huberli	5	Gottardi/Menegatti	1	21-16, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 8 Schoon/Stam, Netherlands 0-5
4/20/24	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Semi-Finals	Schoon/Stam	6	Gottardi/Menegatti	10	23-21, 21-10	0:39
10/1/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Bronze Medal	Schoon/Stam	11	Gottardi/Menegatti	10	21-17, 22-20	0:42
6/2/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool B	Schoon/Stam	2	Gottardi/Menegatti	15, Q4	18-21, 21-16, 15-6	0:50
3/24/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Pool B	Schoon/Stam	2	Gottardi/Menegatti	15, Q10	21-16, 21-15	0:37
4/15/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Pool B	Schoon/Stam	2	Gottardi/Menegatti	23	21-14, 21-16	0:33
Series tied with # 9 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 2-2
5/25/24	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Winner 1	Graudina/Samoilova	8	Gottardi/Menegatti	6	14-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:52
3/8/24	FIVB	Elite16 Doha	Winner 2	Graudina/Samoilova	13, Q1	Gottardi/Menegatti	10	21-19, 21-13	0:34
7/8/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Winner 1	Gottardi/Menegatti	13, Q2	Graudina/Samoilova	15, Q6	21-19, 21-17	0:42
3/23/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Pool B	Gottardi/Menegatti	15, Q10	Graudina/Samoilova	7	22-20, 21-16	0:40
Trail the series against # 10 Muller/Tillmann, Germany 1-3
6/7/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool C	Muller/Tillmann	11	Gottardi/Menegatti	6	19-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:47
4/20/24	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Winner 2	Gottardi/Menegatti	10	Muller/Tillmann	8	21-10, 21-16	0:33
8/18/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Pool D	Muller/Tillmann	4	Gottardi/Menegatti	13, Q1	21-19, 21-19	0:42
6/2/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool B	Muller/Tillmann	10	Gottardi/Menegatti	15, Q4	21-17, 13-21, 16-14	0:52
Lead the series against # 13 Fernandez/Soria, Spain 2-0
4/19/24	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Pool B	Gottardi/Menegatti	10	Fernandez/Soria	7, Q3	24-22, 21-19	0:46
7/21/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Pool F	Gottardi/Menegatti	7	Fernandez/Soria	18, Q8	21-18, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 14 Artacho/Clancy, Australia 1-3
5/24/24	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Pool C	Artacho/Clancy	11	Gottardi/Menegatti	6	9-21, 21-16, 18-16	0:55
10/12/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 2	Artacho/Clancy	5	Gottardi/Menegatti	10	21-18, 15-21, 15-11	0:54
9/29/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Pool B	Gottardi/Menegatti	10	Artacho/Clancy	7	21-16, 27-25	0:45
3/26/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Bronze Medal	Artacho/Clancy	4	Gottardi/Menegatti	15, Q10	16-21, 21-17, 19-17	0:55
Lead the series against # 16 Bobner/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 4-1
3/7/24	FIVB	Elite16 Doha	Pool B	Gottardi/Menegatti	10	Bobner/Verge-Depre	15, Q5	21-14, 19-21, 15-13	0:50
7/23/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Semi-Finals	Gottardi/Menegatti	7	Bobner/Verge-Depre	9	21-14, 21-15	0:36
9/29/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Pool D	Bobner/Verge-Depre	13, Q6	Gottardi/Menegatti	5	21-19, 25-23	0:47
8/11/22	FIVB	Hamburg Elite 16	Pool D	Gottardi/Menegatti	12	Bobner/Verge-Depre	13, Q3	21-16, 10-21, 15-12	0:49
7/22/22	FIVB	Agadir Challenge	Pool C	Gottardi/Menegatti	3	Bobner/Verge-Depre	10	24-22, 21-16	0:41
Lead the series against # 17 Paulikiene/Raupelyte, Lithuania 2-0
6/6/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool C	Gottardi/Menegatti	6	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	14, Q9	21-17, 21-14	0:34
4/16/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Semi-Finals	Gottardi/Menegatti	3	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	24, Q16	21-19, 21-23, 18-16	1:04
Series tied with # 18 Alvarez/Moreno, Spain 1-1
5/23/24	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Pool C	Alvarez/Moreno	14, Q6	Gottardi/Menegatti	6	21-19, 19-21, 18-16	1:00
7/5/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Qualifier 2	Gottardi/Menegatti	13, Q2	Alvarez/Moreno	Q7	21-17, 14-21, 15-11	0:53
Lead the series against # 19 Lippmann/Ludwig, Germany 1-0
6/8/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Winner 1	Gottardi/Menegatti	6	Lippmann/Ludwig	15, Q10	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 22 Hermannova/Stochlova, Czech Republic 1-0
7/21/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Pool F	Gottardi/Menegatti	7	Hermannova/Stochlova	19, Q11	23-21, 21-16	0:41