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

(9) Laura Giombini/Marta Menegatti, Italy

Laura Giombini
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 4, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Perugia

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Shepparton 2018)

Career Winnings:

US$60,462.50

Marta Menegatti
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 16, 1990 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rovigo

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

161

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$575,716.93

Awards

Most Improved Player 2011

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	4	US$13,500.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2016	Rebecca Perry - 41st	Viktoria Orsi Toth - 5th

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sun, 8/7/2016

Pool D

Jamie Broder / Kristina May, Canada (16)

Lost 21-15, 18-21, 9-15

0:57

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Laura Giombini	Total	28	13	0	0.464	7	5	2	2
	1	28	13	0	0.464	7	5	2	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Marta Menegatti	Total	30	12	0	0.400	0	13	2	2
	1	30	12	0	0.400	0	13	2	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Tue, 8/9/2016

Pool D

Doaa Elghobashy / Nada Meawad, Egypt (21)

Won 21-10, 21-13

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Laura Giombini	Total	21	13	0	0.619	2	6	2	2
	1	21	13	0	0.619	2	6	2	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Marta Menegatti	Total	22	16	0	0.727	0	11	2	1
	1	22	16	0	0.727	0	11	2	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Thu, 8/11/2016

Pool D

Laura Ludwig / Kira Walkenhorst, Germany (4)

Lost 18-21, 21-18, 9-15

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Laura Giombini	Total	18	6	0	0.333	3	6	1	4
	1	18	6	0	0.333	3	6	1	4
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Marta Menegatti	Total	35	21	0	0.600	0	10	2	2
	1	35	21	0	0.600	0	10	2	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Fri, 8/12/2016

Winner 1

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

Lost 10-21, 16-21

0:32

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Laura Giombini	Total	19	8	0	0.421	1	1	0	2
	1	19	8	0	0.421	1	1	0	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Marta Menegatti	Total	26	11	0	0.423	0	7	1	1
	1	26	11	0	0.423	0	7	1	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Laura Giombini	86	40	0	0.465	13	18	5	10
Marta Menegatti	113	60	0	0.531	0	41	7	6
Total	199	100	0	0.503	13	59	12	16
Opponents	210	119	0	0.567	12	62	7	17

Olympic Games, World Championships, World Tour Finals Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2011	World Championships	Rome	Valeria Rosso - 37th	Greta Cicolari - 9th
2012	Olympic Games	London	Did not play	Greta Cicolari - 5th
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Daniela Gioria - 17th	Greta Cicolari - 5th
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Did not play	Viktoria Orsi Toth - 9th
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro	Marta Menegatti - 9th	Laura Giombini - 9th
2016	World Tour Finals	Toronto	Marta Menegatti - 9th	Laura Giombini - 9th
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Did not play	Rebecca Perry - 37th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Did not play	Viktoria Orsi Toth - 5th
2019	World Tour Finals	Rome	Did not play	Viktoria Orsi Toth - 9th
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo	Did not play	Viktoria Orsi Toth - 19th
2021	World Tour Finals	Cagliari	Did not play	Valentina Gottardi - 9th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Did not play	Valentina Gottardi - 5th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Did not play	Valentina Gottardi - 9th
2024	Olympic Games	Paris	Did not play	Valentina Gottardi - 9th

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	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$4,000.00
Total	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	0	$13,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Laura Giombini												Marta Menegatti
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,200.00	World Championships	7	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	$45,200.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,750.00	World Tour Finals	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$11,500.00
28	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	4	0	$30,200.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	71	0	3	3	10	12	21	11	10	0	$372,725.00
29	0	0	0	0	1	3	9	5	0	$18,312.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	52	2	4	4	2	8	14	7	6	0	$132,350.00
5	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	$2,400.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	14	1	3	1	1	1	3	2	2	0	$12,800.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	$600.00	Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$475.00
											Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00
73	0	0	1	0	4	9	20	10	0	$60,462.50	Total	161	3	12	8	13	27	50	23	18	0	$575,225.00

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
2016	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	1	3	25.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	1	3	25.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Laura Giombini													Marta Menegatti
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$475.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$0.00	2007	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2008	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2009	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	$9,850.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2009	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2010	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	1	5	3	1	0	$37,800.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$600.00	2010	FIVB C&S
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	$8,975.00	2011	FIVB	13	0	1	2	2	2	4	0	2	0	$75,925.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	6	$7,100.00	2012	FIVB	9	0	2	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	$68,250.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	3	$15,550.00	2013	FIVB	11	0	0	0	2	4	3	1	1	0	$45,875.00
10	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	3	$14,787.50	2014	FIVB	12	0	1	0	1	1	5	3	1	0	$73,187.50
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB C&S
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	$1,800.00	2015	FIVB	10	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	3	0	$59,000.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	5	$4,500.00	2016	FIVB	13	0	1	1	1	4	5	1	0	0	$48,437.50
62	0	0	0	0	3	6	19	9	25	$53,312.50	Total	Total	92	1	8	6	8	17	32	12	8	0	$418,975.00

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	8	61.5%	3	23.1%	2	15.4%	11-2	84.6%	1	6.3%	4	25.0%	11	68.8%	1-15	6.3%	8-11	42.1%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	12-17	41.4%
2015-2016	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	40.0%	3	60.0%	0-5	0.0%	1-3	25.0%	0-3	0.0%	0	0	1-6	14.3%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0-3	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0-6	0.0%	0	0	1-4	20.0%

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	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	2	0	4	2	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	9	5
Total	0	0	4	4	5	8	0	0	2	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	12	17

Head to Head Results
Giombini/Menegatti trail the series against the field 1-3 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Ross/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
8/12/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Winner 1	Ross/Walsh Jennings	3	Giombini/Menegatti	9	21-10, 21-16	0:32
Trail the series against # 4 Ludwig/Walkenhorst, Germany 0-1
8/11/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Pool D	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	4	Giombini/Menegatti	9	21-18, 18-21, 15-9	0:51
Trail the series against # 16 Broder/May, Canada 0-1
8/7/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Pool D	Broder/May	16	Giombini/Menegatti	9	15-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:57
Lead the series against # 21 Elghobashy/Meawad, Egypt 1-0
8/9/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Pool D	Giombini/Menegatti	9	Elghobashy/Meawad	21	21-10, 21-13	0:35