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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final
July 28 - August 1, 2015

(16) Taru Lahti/Riikka Lehtonen, Finland

Taru Lahti-Liukkonen
Finland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 9, 1992 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tampere

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Weight:

69 kg (152 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

139

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

1 (Alanya 2017)

Career Winnings:

US$226,369.81

Riikka Lehtonen
Finland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 24, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kangasrla

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

5th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$127,392.43

Awards

Top Rookie 2015

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
CEV	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	3	0	0	0	US$4,807.80
CEV C&S	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$6,573.68
FIVB	37	0	1	0	1	3	0	12	0	10	5	1	3	1	US$160,625.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$750.00
Overall	48	2	1	0	1	4	1	14	1	11	8	1	3	1	US$172,756.48

Previous Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Kirsi Hyttinen - 25th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/21-26/2015	Yokohama Grand Slam	27, Q6	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/6-11/2015	Gstaad Major Series	28, Q4	17th	240	US$7,000.00
CEV	6/16-20/2015	1st European Games	12	9th	160	€ 0.00
FIVB	6/8-13/2015	Stavanger Major Series	26, Q7	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/1-6/2015	Porec Major Series	28, Q10	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	5/25-31/2015	Moscow Grand Slam	27, Q8	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/19-24/2015	Prague Open	16	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	5/11-17/2015	Lucerne Open	16	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	4/22-26/2015	Fuzhou Open	14	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	12/9-14/2014	Mangaung Open	2	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/8-12/2014	Xiamen Open	10	9th	240	US$2,000.00
CEV	9/10-13/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baku Masters	11, Q2	9th	160	€ 750.00
FIVB	8/19-23/2014	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Q12	33rd	80	US$0.00
CEV C&S	8/6-9/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Vaduz	7	1st	280	€ 3,300.00

2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/28/2015	Pool A	Lena Plesiutschnig / Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria (17)	Lost 14-21, 21-23	0:43
Wed, 7/29/2015	Pool A	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (32)	Won 21-17, 24-22	0:42
Thu, 7/30/2015	Pool A	Madelein Meppelink / Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands (1)	Lost 20-22, 28-30	0:53

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	4	4	0	$106,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	17	0	1	0	1	3	0	4	0	6	1	0	$41,625.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00
Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$1,500.00
Total	41	0	1	0	1	3	0	12	1	10	8	0	$162,875.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Taru Lahti												Riikka Lehtonen
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$14,900.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
41	0	0	0	0	2	11	17	5	0	$88,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	22	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	5	0	$61,000.00
55	1	3	1	2	10	16	15	5	0	$91,112.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	37	0	1	0	1	4	4	13	7	0	$40,812.50
6	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$7,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	$4,550.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$375.00	Challenger	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$725.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00	Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
13	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	7	0	$8,750.00	Confederation Championship	9	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	4	0	$5,625.00
124	3	4	2	3	14	33	36	18	0	$210,737.50	Total	77	0	1	0	1	6	19	21	16	0	$118,387.50

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2011	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2012	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$2,000.00	0	3	0.0 %
2012	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00	2	2	50.0 %
2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2014	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	$4,000.00	5	6	45.5 %
2014	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	$2,750.00	7	8	46.7 %
2014	CEV C&S	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,525.00	9	3	75.0 %
2015	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	2	0	$39,575.00	22	19	53.7 %
2015	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$500.00	3	4	42.9 %
Total	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	3	3	4	$45,575.00	27	29	48.2 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	CEV	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	2	0	$3,250.00	11	13	45.8 %
Total	CEV C&S	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,525.00	9	3	75.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Taru Lahti													Riikka Lehtonen
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00	2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00
											2006	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	CEV Under Age
											2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
											2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$350.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2008	CEV Under Age
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2009	CEV Under Age
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2011	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	$4,800.00	2012	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$375.00	2012	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$375.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2013	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$250.00	2013	CEV
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$37.50	2013	CEV C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	CEV Under Age
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	$2,000.00	2014	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	$2,000.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$1,375.00	2014	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$1,375.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,762.50	2014	CEV C&S	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,762.50
8	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	0	$19,787.50	2015	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	0	$19,787.50
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$250.00	2015	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$250.00
36	1	0	0	1	4	10	7	7	6	$30,737.50	Total	Total	29	1	0	0	0	3	9	4	6	6	$28,075.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	11	91.7%	1	8.3%	0	0.0%	12-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	5	33.3%	10	66.7%	0-15	0.0%	11-10	52.4%	1-5	16.7%	0	0	12-15	44.4%
2014-2015	9	90.0%	1	10.0%	0	0.0%	10-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	4	33.3%	8	66.7%	0-12	0.0%	9-8	52.9%	1-4	20.0%	0	0	10-12	45.5%
Against the Field	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	2	25.0%	6	75.0%	0-8	0.0%	6-12	33.3%	0-4	0.0%	0	0	3-8	27.3%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	14	4	18	24	0	0	4	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	36	38
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	1	27	16	0	0	12	14	1	1	0	1	0	1	42	35
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7
Total	0	0	16	5	50	49	0	0	19	27	1	1	0	1	0	1	87	86

Head to Head Results
Lahti/Lehtonen trail the series against the field 13-15 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 9 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Meppelink/Van Iersel, Netherlands 1-1
7/30/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool A	Meppelink/Van Iersel	1	Lahti/Lehtonen	16	22-20, 30-28	0:53
7/8/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool E	Lahti/Lehtonen	28, Q4	Meppelink/Van Iersel	5	21-19, 23-21	0:41
Series tied with # 3 Borger/Buthe, Germany 1-1
5/27/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Lahti/Lehtonen	27, Q8	Borger/Buthe	11	19-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:56
6/4/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool C	Borger/Buthe	3	Lahti/Lehtonen	30	22-20, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # 4 Ludwig/Walkenhorst, Germany 1-2
7/23/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Pool F	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	11	Lahti/Lehtonen	27, Q6	21-10, 21-17	0:32
7/8/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool E	Lahti/Lehtonen	28, Q4	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	12	24-22, 14-21, 16-14	0:53
6/3/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool E	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	12	Lahti/Lehtonen	28, Q10	21-19, 19-21, 15-8	0:52
Trail the series against # 6 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 0-1
5/29/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Holtwick/Semmler	2	Lahti/Lehtonen	27, Q8	21-18, 21-19	0:40
Series tied with # 7 Laboureur/Sude, Germany 1-1
4/24/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool C	Lahti/Lehtonen	14	Laboureur/Sude	3	21-16, 21-13	0:36
9/11/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baku Masters	Pool C	Laboureur/Sude	3	Lahti/Lehtonen	11, Q2	21-17, 21-12	0:38
Trail the series against # 9 Birlova/Ukolova, Russia 0-1
6/4/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool E	Birlova/Ukolova	21	Lahti/Lehtonen	28, Q10	21-18, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 11 Brzostek/Wojtasik, Poland 0-1
9/11/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baku Masters	Pool C	Brzostek/Wojtasik	6	Lahti/Lehtonen	11, Q2	21-18, 16-21, 15-12	0:49
Trail the series against # 12 Nestarcova/Pridalova, Slovakia 0-1
5/30/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Winner 1	Nestarcova/Pridalova	4	Lahti/Lehtonen	13, Q10	21-15, 19-21, 15-12	0:55
Trail the series against # 13 Goricanec/Huberli, Switzerland 0-1
6/11/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool G	Goricanec/Huberli	23	Lahti/Lehtonen	26, Q7	21-17, 21-14	0:38
Trail the series against # 15 Mader/Zumkehr, Switzerland 0-1
5/14/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Pool A	Mader/Zumkehr	1	Lahti/Lehtonen	16	21-19, 25-23	0:50
Series tied with # 17 Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer, Austria 2-2
7/28/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool A	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	17	Lahti/Lehtonen	16	21-14, 23-21	0:43
8/9/14	CEV C&S	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Vaduz	Semi-Finals	Lahti/Lehtonen	7	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	1, Q1	21-11, 21-17	0:36
5/31/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Contender 3	Lahti/Lehtonen	13, Q10	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	9	21-16, 21-18	0:39
5/9/14	CEV C&S	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Antalya	Winner 3	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	3	Lahti/Lehtonen	22	3-0	0:33
Trail the series against # 19 Prokopeva/Syrtseva, Russia 0-1
6/18/15	CEV	1st European Games	Winner 2	Prokopeva/Syrtseva	10	Lahti/Lehtonen	12	21-18, 21-17	0:45
Lead the series against # 21 Kjolberg/Kongshavn, Norway 1-0
5/30/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Contender 2	Lahti/Lehtonen	13, Q10	Kjolberg/Kongshavn	10	21-14, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # 23 Dumbauskaite/Paulikiene, Lithuania 0-1
5/10/14	CEV C&S	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Antalya	Contender 5	Dumbauskaite/Paulikiene	5	Lahti/Lehtonen	22	3-2	1:02
Lead the series against # 25 Giombini/Toti, Italy 1-0
7/7/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Qualifier 2	Lahti/Lehtonen	28, Q4	Giombini/Toti	Q13	21-17, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # 26 Hasu/Parkkinen, Finland 1-0
8/8/14	CEV C&S	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Vaduz	Contender 2	Lahti/Lehtonen	7	Hasu/Parkkinen	12, Q12	21-18, 21-11	0:39
Lead the series against # 27 Brunner/Eiholzer, Switzerland 1-0
5/21/15	FIVB	Prague Open	Pool A	Lahti/Lehtonen	16	Brunner/Eiholzer	32, Q28	21-16, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # 28 Lobato/Soria, Spain 2-0
10/10/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 1	Lahti/Lehtonen	10	Lobato/Soria	18	21-9, 21-16	0:33
8/8/14	CEV C&S	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Vaduz	Contender 4	Lahti/Lehtonen	7	Lobato/Soria	6	21-17, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 32 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-0
7/29/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool A	Lahti/Lehtonen	16	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	32	21-17, 24-22	0:42