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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 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Perugia

Resides:

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 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rovigo

Resides:

Ariano Polesine

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

156

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$555,716.93

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

Olympic Games, World Championships Results

Year	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2011	Rome	Valeria Rosso - 37th	Greta Cicolari - 9th
2012	London	Did not play	Greta Cicolari - 5th
2013	Stare Jablonki	Daniela Gioria - 17th	Greta Cicolari - 5th
2015	The Hague	Did not play	Viktoria Orsi Toth - 9th
2017	Vienna	Did not play	Rebecca Perry - 37th
2019	Hamburg	Did not play	Viktoria Orsi Toth - 5th
2021	Tokyo	Did not play	Viktoria Orsi Toth - 19th
2022	Rome	Did not play	Valentina Gottardi - 5th
2023	Tlaxcala	Did not play	Valentina Gottardi - 9th

Head to Head Results
Giombini/Menegatti trail the series against the field 1-3

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