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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
XXVIII Olympic Games
August 14 - 24, 2004

(23) Leigh-Ann Naidoo/Julia Willand, South Africa

Leigh-Ann Naidoo
South Africa

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 12, 1976 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Durban

Height:

181 cm (6'0")

Weight:

72 kg (158 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB C&S Cagliari 2004)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (Bali 2003)

Career Winnings:

US$9,850.00

Julia Willand
South Africa

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 4, 1972 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Nurehberg

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB C&S Cagliari 2004)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (Bali 2003)

Career Winnings:

US$6,450.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	3	7	1	US$11,000.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,900.00
Overall	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	3	7	1	US$12,900.00

Previous Athens Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/28-31/2004	Austria Grand Slam	Q12	33rd	28	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	7/24-25/2004	Italy Challenger	6	5th	36	US$1,900.00
FIVB	6/29-7/3/2004	Norway Open	Q17	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2004	Germany Grand Slam	Q16	41st	20	US$0.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Japan Open	Q12	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	China Open	Q11	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	Greece Open	19	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	3/9-14/2004	Brazil Open	Q11	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	10/7-12/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	16	17th	160	US$5,000.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	Q17	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	8/22-24/2003	Bali Open	14	9th	120	US$4,000.00

Athens XXVIII Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sun, 8/15/2004

Pool B

Shelda Bede / Adriana Behar, Brazil (2)

Lost 7-21, 10-21

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Leigh-Ann Naidoo	Total	16	4	0	0.250	0	7	1	0
	1	16	4	0	0.250	0	7	1	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Julia Willand	Total	33	7	0	0.212	1	6	0	3
	1	33	7	0	0.212	1	6	0	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Tue, 8/17/2004

Pool B

Dalixia Fernandez Grasset / Tamara Larrea Peraza, Cuba (11)

Lost 19-21, 16-21

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Leigh-Ann Naidoo	Total	23	12	0	0.522	0	6	2	2
	1	23	12	0	0.522	0	6	2	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Julia Willand	Total	25	6	0	0.240	1	5	1	3
	1	25	6	0	0.240	1	5	1	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Thu, 8/19/2004

Pool B

Daniela Gattelli / Lucilla Perrotta, Italy (14)

Lost 18-21, 14-21

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Leigh-Ann Naidoo	Total	22	6	0	0.273	1	8	1	0
	1	22	6	0	0.273	1	8	1	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Julia Willand	Total	29	14	0	0.483	0	11	0	2
	1	29	14	0	0.483	0	11	0	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Leigh-Ann Naidoo	61	22	0	0.361	1	21	4	2
Julia Willand	87	27	0	0.310	2	22	1	8
Total	148	49	0	0.331	3	43	5	10
Opponents	149	89	0	0.597	3	68	3	14

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Julia Willand - 17th	Leigh-Ann Naidoo - 17th
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Judith Augoustides - 33rd	Did not play

Head to Head Results
Naidoo/Willand trail the series against the field 0-11 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 11 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-1
8/15/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool B	Bede/Behar	2	Naidoo/Willand	23	21-7, 21-10	0:35
Trail the series against # 6 Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 0-1
10/7/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool J	Karadassiou/Sfyri	9	Naidoo/Willand	16	21-16, 26-24	0:48
Trail the series against # 7 Tian/Wang, China 0-1
5/21/04	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 1	Tian/Wang	3	Naidoo/Willand	19	21-14, 21-13	0:30
Trail the series against # 11 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 0-1
8/17/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool B	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	11	Naidoo/Willand	23	21-19, 21-16	0:41
Trail the series against # 12 Celbova Rysava/Novakova, Czech Republic 0-1
8/23/03	FIVB	Bali Open	Winner 1	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	1	Naidoo/Willand	14	21-13, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 13 Kadijk/Leenstra, Netherlands 0-1
5/21/04	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Kadijk/Leenstra	14	Naidoo/Willand	19	21-13, 22-20	0:37
Trail the series against # 14 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 0-1
8/19/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool B	Gattelli/Perrotta	14	Naidoo/Willand	23	21-18, 21-14	0:46
Trail the series against # 15 Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou, Greece 0-1
6/30/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 3	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	21, Q1	Naidoo/Willand	Q17	21-17, 26-28, 15-8	0:54
Trail the series against # 16 Dumont/Martin, Canada 0-1
6/12/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 3	Dumont/Martin	31, Q23	Naidoo/Willand	Q58	21-15, 21-9	0:29
Trail the series against # 17 Wang/You, China 0-1
8/22/03	FIVB	Bali Open	Pool C	Wang/You	3	Naidoo/Willand	14	21-14, 21-13	0:27
Trail the series against # 20 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 0-1
7/28/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	27, Q5	Naidoo/Willand	Q12	21-15, 18-21, 15-9	0:48