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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
XXIX Olympic Games
August 9 - 21, 2008

(9) Laura Ludwig/Sara Niedrig, Germany

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

Sara Goller Niedrig
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 21, 1984 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Hürth

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (7 times)

Career Winnings:

US$386,350.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	CQ	Money
FIVB	87	0	7	5	3	17	7	21	3	7	6	2	4	5	US$767,000.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,700.00
Overall	88	0	7	6	3	17	7	21	3	7	6	2	4	5	US$768,700.00

Previous Beijing Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/21-26/2008	Gstaad Grand Slam	8	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/23-28/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	13	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/16-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	16	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	10	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	3	13th	180	US$3,900.00
FIVB	5/26-31/2008	Barcelona Open	5	7th	300	US$7,000.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	10	5th	360	US$8,500.00
FIVB	9/25-29/2007	Brazil Open	6	7th	300	US$8,000.00

Beijing XXIX Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sun, 8/10/2008

Pool D

Judith Augoustides / Vitalila Nel, South Africa (21)

Won 21-12, 21-14

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Laura Ludwig	Total	10	6	1	0.500	0	3	6	5
	1	10	6	1	0.500	0	3	6	5
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Sara Niedrig	Total	27	17	5	0.444	2	6	3	4
	1	27	17	5	0.444	2	6	3	4
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Tue, 8/12/2008

Pool D

Chen Xue / Xi Zhang, China (4)

Lost 14-21, 18-21

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Laura Ludwig	Total	11	6	1	0.455	0	1	1	3
	1	11	6	1	0.455	0	1	1	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Sara Niedrig	Total	31	18	6	0.387	1	2	1	8
	1	31	18	6	0.387	1	2	1	8
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Thu, 8/14/2008

Pool D

Efthalia Koutroumanidou / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (16)

Won 24-22, 21-12

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Laura Ludwig	Total	18	8	5	0.167	0	3	1	2
	1	18	8	5	0.167	0	3	1	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Sara Niedrig	Total	25	11	3	0.320	2	3	6	5
	1	25	11	3	0.320	2	3	6	5
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Fri, 8/15/2008

Winner 1

Doris Schwaiger / Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria (18)

Lost 21-23, 21-11, 16-18

0:54

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Laura Ludwig	Total	22	17	1	0.727	0	6	4	4
	1	22	17	1	0.727	0	6	4	4
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Sara Niedrig	Total	36	15	5	0.278	0	3	10	3
	1	36	15	5	0.278	0	3	10	3
	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
Laura Ludwig	61	37	8	0.475	0	13	12	14
Sara Niedrig	119	61	19	0.353	5	14	20	20
Total	180	98	27	0.394	5	27	32	34
Opponents	166	79	18	0.367	5	21	12	24

Olympic Games, World Championships, World Tour Finals Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Sara Niedrig - 17th	Laura Ludwig - 17th
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Sara Niedrig - 17th	Laura Ludwig - 17th
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Sara Niedrig - 9th	Laura Ludwig - 9th
2011	World Championships	Rome	Sara Niedrig - 9th	Laura Ludwig - 9th
2012	Olympic Games	London	Sara Niedrig - 5th	Laura Ludwig - 5th
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Kira Walkenhorst - 5th	Did not play
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Kira Walkenhorst - 17th	Did not play
2015	World Tour Finals	Fort Lauderdale	Kira Walkenhorst - 2nd	Did not play
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro	Kira Walkenhorst - 1st	Did not play
2016	World Tour Finals	Toronto	Kira Walkenhorst - 1st	Did not play
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Kira Walkenhorst - 1st	Did not play
2017	World Tour Finals	Hamburg	Kira Walkenhorst - 1st	Did not play
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Margareta Kozuch - 17th	Did not play
2019	World Tour Finals	Rome	Margareta Kozuch - 1st	Did not play
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo	Margareta Kozuch - 5th	Did not play
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Louisa Lippmann - 17th	Did not play
2024	Olympic Games	Paris	Louisa Lippmann - 19th	Did not play

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 36-36 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 6 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Tian/Wang, China 2-2
6/12/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool G	Tian/Wang	7	Ludwig/Niedrig	10	21-18, 21-15	0:41
3/28/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 3	Ludwig/Niedrig	10	Tian/Wang	2	21-14, 24-22	0:42
8/2/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool B	Ludwig/Niedrig	15	Tian/Wang	2	21-12, 21-16	0:38
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool C	Tian/Wang	3	Ludwig/Niedrig	14	32-30, 19-21, 15-12	1:10
Trail the series against # 2 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-4
6/19/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool A	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Ludwig/Niedrig	16	21-13, 21-19	0:35
7/13/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Ludwig/Niedrig	14	19-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:52
6/30/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Ludwig/Niedrig	17, Q6	21-15, 21-13	0:36
6/27/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool A	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Ludwig/Niedrig	17, Q6	26-28, 21-15, 15-8	0:48
Lead the series against # 4 Xue/Zhang, China 3-2
8/12/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool D	Xue/Zhang	4	Ludwig/Niedrig	9	21-14, 21-18	0:41
6/26/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool D	Ludwig/Niedrig	13	Xue/Zhang	4	21-19, 21-18	0:40
8/4/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Ludwig/Niedrig	15	Xue/Zhang	4	21-15, 21-19	0:39
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	17, Q6	Xue/Zhang	5	17-21, 21-18, 15-13	1:03
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool F	Xue/Zhang	6	Ludwig/Niedrig	11, Q5	19-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:52
Trail the series against # 5 Branagh/Youngs, United States 0-3
5/30/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 5	Branagh/Youngs	2	Ludwig/Niedrig	5	21-15, 16-21, 15-13	0:57
3/29/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Contender 6	Branagh/Youngs	4	Ludwig/Niedrig	10	21-14, 21-17	0:42
7/27/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 1	Branagh/Youngs	9	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	21-17, 21-19	0:40
Trail the series against # 6 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 1-6
9/27/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 3	Antunes/Ribeiro	3	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	21-14, 21-14	0:39
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 3	Ludwig/Niedrig	15	Antunes/Ribeiro	7	21-17, 12-21, 18-16	0:55
5/24/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Winner 2	Antunes/Ribeiro	3	Ludwig/Niedrig	14	21-15, 21-11	0:31
10/28/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Contender 6	Antunes/Ribeiro	3	Ludwig/Niedrig	23, Q12	21-14, 21-16	0:38
10/19/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Antunes/Ribeiro	3	Ludwig/Niedrig	30	13-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:50
8/26/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 4	Antunes/Ribeiro	3, Q1	Ludwig/Niedrig	23, Q2	18-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:56
7/12/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Antunes/Ribeiro	7, Q1	Ludwig/Niedrig	Q17	21-17, 21-15	0:36
Series tied with # 7 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 1-1
6/15/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Semi-Finals	Ludwig/Niedrig	13, Q6	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	18	21-19, 23-21	0:46
6/1/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	7	Ludwig/Niedrig	26, Q9	21-18, 17-21, 15-12	1:02
Lead the series against # 8 Pohl/Rau, Germany 2-0
7/26/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool F	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	Pohl/Rau	19	26-24, 17-21, 15-13	1:06
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 3	Ludwig/Niedrig	17, Q6	Pohl/Rau	14	19-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:50
Trail the series against # 11 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 2-3
6/27/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Hakedal/Torlen	10	Ludwig/Niedrig	13	21-17, 14-21, 15-10	0:53
6/19/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	16	Hakedal/Torlen	22	21-19, 21-16	0:42
5/29/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 3	Ludwig/Niedrig	5	Hakedal/Torlen	13	21-18, 21-16	0:48
5/5/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 5	Hakedal/Torlen	5	Ludwig/Niedrig	22	21-16, 18-21, 15-8	0:48
6/21/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 1	Hakedal/Torlen	17	Ludwig/Niedrig	48	18-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:58
Trail the series against # 12 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 1-2
6/1/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 2	Glesnes/Maaseide	11	Ludwig/Niedrig	12	18-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:49
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Glesnes/Maaseide	6	Ludwig/Niedrig	22	21-19, 21-17	0:39
10/27/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Contender 5	Ludwig/Niedrig	23, Q12	Glesnes/Maaseide	11	21-19, 21-15	0:44
Lead the series against # 13 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 2-1
6/4/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 2	Mouha/Van Breedam	19	Ludwig/Niedrig	3	27-25, 21-14	0:47
8/2/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool B	Ludwig/Niedrig	15	Mouha/Van Breedam	31, Q14	21-15, 21-18	0:40
7/18/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	4	Mouha/Van Breedam	29, Q2	28-30, 21-17, 15-13	1:06
Lead the series against # 14 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 4-3
6/25/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool D	Ludwig/Niedrig	13	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	20	18-21, 21-16, 15-9	0:52
9/27/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 4	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	10	21-12, 21-15	0:39
6/20/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool F	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	27	Ludwig/Niedrig	11, Q5	21-16, 22-20	0:35
6/13/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	13, Q6	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	20	18-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:49
5/25/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Contender 2	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	13	Ludwig/Niedrig	14	21-18, 14-21, 15-9	0:53
9/28/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Contender 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	26, Q5	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	9	By Forfeit
10/19/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 1	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	14	Ludwig/Niedrig	30	21-11, 21-18	0:31
Lead the series against # 15 Moiseeva/Uryadova, Russia 1-0
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	10	Moiseeva/Uryadova	23	21-19, 21-18	0:42
Lead the series against # 16 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 4-2
8/14/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool D	Ludwig/Niedrig	9	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	16	24-22, 21-12	0:39
7/20/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 6	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	20	Ludwig/Niedrig	4	21-19, 21-19	0:51
7/18/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	20	Ludwig/Niedrig	4	21-12, 20-22, 15-13	0:50
7/13/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	14	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	25	21-14, 19-21, 20-18	1:03
6/20/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool F	Ludwig/Niedrig	11, Q5	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	22, Q2	21-15, 18-21, 15-13	1:00
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 4	Ludwig/Niedrig	13, Q6	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	24, Q1	21-19, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 17 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 1-3
6/18/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool A	Ludwig/Niedrig	16	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	17	18-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:54
6/27/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool A	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	16	Ludwig/Niedrig	17, Q6	28-26, 21-15	0:49
10/26/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Winner 2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	7	Ludwig/Niedrig	23, Q12	19-21, 21-13, 15-7	1:08
9/27/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	7	Ludwig/Niedrig	26, Q5	17-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:55
Series tied with # 18 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 1-1
8/15/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Winner 1	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	18	Ludwig/Niedrig	9	23-21, 11-21, 18-16	0:54
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	5	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	27	21-18, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # 20 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 3-1
6/25/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool D	Ludwig/Niedrig	13	Kadijk/Mooren	29, Q10	19-21, 31-29, 15-13	1:05
6/20/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	16	Kadijk/Mooren	31, Q10	21-14, 19-21, 15-13	0:48
8/2/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool B	Ludwig/Niedrig	15	Kadijk/Mooren	18	24-26, 21-17, 15-13	0:59
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kadijk/Mooren	25	Ludwig/Niedrig	11, Q5	21-16, 22-20	0:36
Lead the series against # 21 Augoustides/Nel, South Africa 1-0
8/10/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool D	Ludwig/Niedrig	9	Augoustides/Nel	21	21-12, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # 22 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 2-0
7/24/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	8	Martins/Santanna	16	19-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:56
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool C	Ludwig/Niedrig	14	Martins/Santanna	30, Q12	21-12, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 23 Kusuhara/Teru Saiki, Japan 2-1
6/11/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool G	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	23, Q7	Ludwig/Niedrig	10	20-22, 23-21, 15-13	1:04
5/29/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	5	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	22, Q4	23-21, 21-18	0:52
10/25/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Qualifier 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	23, Q12	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	Q5	21-15, 21-19	0:48
Lead the series against # 24 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 3-1
7/25/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Kuhn/Schwer	10	Ludwig/Niedrig	8	24-22, 26-24	0:58
5/29/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 4	Ludwig/Niedrig	5	Kuhn/Schwer	24	21-17, 21-14	0:41
10/27/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Contender 3	Ludwig/Niedrig	23, Q12	Kuhn/Schwer	15	21-14, 23-21	0:55
8/13/05	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Semi-Finals	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	Kuhn/Schwer	1	14-21, 13-21	0:34