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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 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Lima Peru

Resides:

Brisbane

Height:

174 cm (5'9")

Weight:

66 kg (145 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$302,575.00

Nicole Laird
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 18, 1993 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sydney

Resides:

Adelaide

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

69 kg (152 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$49,370.28

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	25	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/7-11/2016	Major Hamburg	23	25	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/24-29/2016	Moscow Grand Slam	24, Q4	25	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	3/8-13/2016	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	30, Q9	17	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	9/23-27/2015	Xiamen Open	17	25	120	US$800.00
FIVB	6/26-7/4/2015	Netherlands World Championships	27	17	400	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/17-21/2015	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Q18	33	80	US$0.00
FIVB	6/8-13/2015	Stavanger Major Series	30, Q25	17	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/25-31/2015	Moscow Grand Slam	Q19	41	40	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	11/5-9/2014	Pattaya Challenger	2	5	192	US$0.00

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

Olympic Games, World Championships Results

Year	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Stare Jablonki	Jessyka Ngauamo - 37th	Did not play
2015	The Hague	Nicole Laird - 17th	Mariafe Artacho - 17th
2017	Vienna	Did not play	Jessyka Ngauamo - 37th
2019	Hamburg	Taliqua Clancy - 3rd	Becchara Palmer - 33rd
2021	Tokyo	Taliqua Clancy - 2nd	Did not play
2022	Rome	Taliqua Clancy - 5th	Did not play
2023	Tlaxcala	Taliqua Clancy - 4th	Did not play

Head to Head Results
Artacho/Laird trail the series against the field 2-16

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