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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games
August 6 - 17, 2016

(22) Mariafe Artacho/Nicole Laird, Australia

Mariafe Artacho Del Solar
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 24, 1993 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Lima Peru

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

66 kg (145 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$310,950.00

Nicole Laird
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 18, 1993 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sydney

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

69 kg (152 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$49,370.28

Awards

Most Improved Player 2018

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	4	3	1	1	US$44,800.00
FIVB Age Group WC	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	17	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	1	4	3	1	1	US$44,800.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2016	Nicole Laird - 17th	Mariafe Artacho - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/25-30/2016	A1 Major Klagenfurt	14	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/7-11/2016	Major Hamburg	23	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/24-29/2016	Moscow Grand Slam	24, Q4	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	3/8-13/2016	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	30, Q9	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	9/23-27/2015	Xiamen Open	17	25th	120	US$800.00

2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sun, 8/7/2016

Pool C

April Ross / Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States (3)

Lost 14-21, 13-21

0:32

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mariafe Artacho	Total	39	14	0	0.359	0	7	1	1
	1	39	14	0	0.359	0	7	1	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Nicole Laird	Total	11	3	0	0.273	2	4	3	4
	1	11	3	0	0.273	2	4	3	4
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Mon, 8/8/2016

Pool C

Isabelle Forrer / Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland (10)

Lost 21-19, 16-21, 19-21

1:02

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mariafe Artacho	Total	51	23	0	0.451	0	15	0	2
	1	51	23	0	0.451	0	15	0	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Nicole Laird	Total	25	17	0	0.680	2	5	2	6
	1	25	17	0	0.680	2	5	2	6
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Wed, 8/10/2016

Pool C

Fan Wang / Yuan Yue, China (15)

Lost 16-21, 11-21

0:33

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mariafe Artacho	Total	10	5	0	0.500	0	2	4	1
	1	10	5	0	0.500	0	2	4	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Nicole Laird	Total	21	10	0	0.476	0	2	1	2
	1	21	10	0	0.476	0	2	1	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mariafe Artacho	100	42	0	0.420	0	24	5	4
Nicole Laird	57	30	0	0.526	4	11	6	12
Total	157	72	0	0.459	4	35	11	16
Opponents	138	86	0	0.623	13	37	11	10

Olympic Games, World Championships, World Tour Finals Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Jessyka Ngauamo - 37th	Did not play
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Nicole Laird - 17th	Mariafe Artacho - 17th
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro	Nicole Laird - 19th	Mariafe Artacho - 19th
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Did not play	Jessyka Ngauamo - 37th
2018	World Tour Finals	Hamburg	Taliqua Clancy - 3rd	Did not play
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Taliqua Clancy - 3rd	Becchara Palmer - 33rd
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo	Taliqua Clancy - 2nd	Did not play
2022	World Championships	Rome	Taliqua Clancy - 5th	Did not play
2022	World Tour Finals	Doha	Taliqua Clancy - 4th	Did not play
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Taliqua Clancy - 4th	Did not play
2023	World Tour Finals	Doha	Taliqua Clancy - 4th	Did not play
2024	Olympic Games	Paris	Taliqua Clancy - 4th	Did not play

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	0	$37,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$800.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
U23 World Championships	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	17	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	4	4	0	$44,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Mariafe Artacho												Nicole Laird
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	$45,700.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,600.00
3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	$60,000.00	World Tour Finals
32	0	1	4	0	3	10	3	5	0	$98,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	0	$23,000.00
24	5	2	2	1	2	5	0	3	0	$87,400.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	13	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	$4,400.00
13	3	1	0	1	2	2	3	0	0	$19,050.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	19	2	1	2	1	2	3	1	4	0	$14,050.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$550.00	Challenger	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$250.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
90	9	5	9	6	9	20	11	8	0	$310,950.00	Total	56	3	1	2	1	3	8	9	10	0	$49,300.00

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 Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	3	1	75.0 %
2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2013	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2014	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$11,000.00	5	2	71.4 %
2014	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	3	1	75.0 %
2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	9	1	90.0 %
2015	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	$14,800.00	7	9	43.8 %
2016	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	$19,000.00	5	14	26.3 %
Total	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	5	$44,800.00	18	27	40.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	3	1	75.0 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	12	2	85.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Mariafe Artacho													Nicole Laird
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2007	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2007	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2008	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2008	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2009	FIVB Age Group WC
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$2,125.00	2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$550.00	2012	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2012	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$4,450.00	2013	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$5,500.00	2014	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$5,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	$7,400.00	2015	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	$7,400.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	$9,500.00	2016	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	$9,500.00
31	1	0	1	0	1	5	7	6	10	$29,525.00	Total	Total	20	1	0	0	0	1	2	7	4	5	$22,650.00

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	15	71.4%	2	9.5%	4	19.0%	17-4	81.0%	1	4.2%	2	8.3%	21	87.5%	1-23	4.2%	15-21	41.7%	3-6	33.3%	0	0	18-27	40.0%
2015-2016	10	62.5%	2	12.5%	4	25.0%	12-4	75.0%	0	0.0%	2	10.5%	17	89.5%	0-19	0.0%	10-17	37.0%	2-6	25.0%	0	0	12-23	34.3%
Against the Field	2	40.0%	0	0.0%	3	60.0%	2-3	40.0%	0	0.0%	1	7.7%	12	92.3%	0-13	0.0%	4-24	14.3%	0-8	0.0%	0	0	2-16	11.1%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	8	3	7	11	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	17
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
Challenger	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
U23 World Championships	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	9	1
U18/19 World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Total	0	0	9	5	18	19	0	0	4	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	33	30

Head to Head Results
Artacho/Laird trail the series against the field 2-16 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 10 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Antunes/Maestrini, Brazil 0-1
7/1/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Winner 1	Antunes/Maestrini	2	Artacho/Laird	27	21-18, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 3 Ross/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-2
8/7/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Pool C	Ross/Walsh Jennings	3	Artacho/Laird	22	21-14, 21-13	0:32
6/29/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool C	Ross/Walsh Jennings	3	Artacho/Laird	27	18-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:49
Lead the series against # 4 Ludwig/Walkenhorst, Germany 1-0
5/1/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool B	Artacho/Laird	31, Q20	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	2	21-17, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against # 5 Bansley/Pavan, Canada 0-2
3/9/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool C	Bansley/Pavan	3	Artacho/Laird	30, Q9	17-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:52
6/27/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool C	Bansley/Pavan	22	Artacho/Laird	27	21-14, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 7 Bawden/Clancy, Australia 0-1
5/25/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool H	Bawden/Clancy	9	Artacho/Laird	24, Q4	24-22, 21-18	0:38
Trail the series against # 8 Borger/Buthe, Germany 0-1
6/8/16	FIVB	Major Hamburg	Pool G	Borger/Buthe	7	Artacho/Laird	23	21-18, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against # 10 Forrer/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 0-1
8/8/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Pool C	Forrer/Verge-Depre	10	Artacho/Laird	22	19-21, 21-16, 21-19	1:02
Trail the series against # 12 Brzostek/Wojtasik, Poland 0-1
7/28/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Pool C	Brzostek/Wojtasik	3	Artacho/Laird	14	21-14, 21-19	0:32
Lead the series against # 13 Fendrick/Sweat, United States 1-0
6/8/16	FIVB	Major Hamburg	Pool G	Artacho/Laird	23	Fendrick/Sweat	10	21-19, 25-23	0:37
Trail the series against # 15 Wang/Yue, China 0-3
8/10/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Pool C	Wang/Yue	15	Artacho/Laird	22	21-16, 21-11	0:33
9/24/15	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool A	Wang/Yue	1	Artacho/Laird	17	21-18, 21-12	0:35
5/3/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 2	Wang/Yue	10	Artacho/Laird	31, Q20	21-13, 21-10	0:31
Trail the series against # 19 Agudo/Pazo, Venezuela 0-1
5/26/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Agudo/Pazo	Q14	Artacho/Laird	Q19	21-14, 15-21, 15-11	0:46
Trail the series against # 24 Birlova/Ukolova, Russia 0-3
7/27/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Pool C	Birlova/Ukolova	19	Artacho/Laird	14	23-21, 21-19	0:37
6/9/16	FIVB	Major Hamburg	Pool G	Birlova/Ukolova	26, Q2	Artacho/Laird	23	21-13, 21-17	0:31
5/25/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool H	Birlova/Ukolova	8	Artacho/Laird	24, Q4	21-14, 21-11	0:29