European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 European Championships
Tuesday, August 16, 2022 Court #2 11:30
Match #6: Pool C
(14) Lezana Placette/Alexia Richard, France
vs.
(19) Taru Lahti/Anniina Parkkinen, Finland
Lézana Placette
France
Photo: FIVB
Personal Info
Birth Date: Dec 11, 1997 (26 yrs old)
Home Town: Croix
Resides: Grenoble
Height: 180 cm (5'11")
Weight: 70 kg (154 lb)
Seasons: 11
Tournaments: 76
Career Wins: 1 (FIVB Montpellier 2019)
Career CEV Best: 9th (Moscow 2019)
Career Winnings: US$65,305.60
Alexia Richard
France
Photo: FIVB
Personal Info
Birth Date: Apr 3, 1996 (28 yrs old)
Home Town: La Teste de Buch
Resides: Toulon
Height: 183 cm (6'0")
Weight: 76 kg (167 lb)
Seasons: 11
Tournaments: 71
Career Wins: 1 (CEV C&S Siofok 2017)
Career CEV Best: 9th (Moscow 2019)
Career Winnings: US$65,166.84
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed123456791317192125333741Money
CEV50000000102002000 US$6,273.50
CEV C&S10000000001000000 US$0.00
CEV Under Age20001010000000000 US$0.00
FIVB4900025001415526702 US$116,804.50
FIVB Age Group WC30000000002000010 US$0.00
Overall60000351015110528712 US$123,078.00
Previous Munich Results  Neither player has played in this venue before
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 8/10-14/2022 Hamburg Elite 16 Q6 17 400 US$0.00
FIVB 7/14-17/2022 Espinho Challenge 14, Q2 5 600 US$3,750.00
FIVB 6/10-19/2022 Beach Volleyball World Championships 34 17 640 US$7,000.00
FIVB 5/5-8/2022 Doha Challenge 19, Q3 19 300 US$1,000.00
FIVB 4/14-17/2022 Itapema Challenge 21, Q8 19 300 US$1,000.00
FIVB 3/16-20/2022 Tlaxcala Challenge Q11 25 220 US$0.00
FIVB 11/10-14/2021 Itapema Four Star 19 9 400 US$4,000.00
FIVB 8/26-29/2021 Brno 2 Star 8 9 200 € 640.00
CEV 8/11-14/2021 EuroBeachVolley 2021 29 25 180 € 500.00
FIVB 7/5-11/2021 Gstaad 4 Star 31, Q9 25 240 US$2,000.00
FIVB 6/1-6/2021 Ostrava 4 Star Q15 33 160 US$0.00
FIVB 4/28-5/2/2021 Cancun 4 Star - 3rd Q7 41 40 US$0.00
FIVB 4/22-26/2021 Cancun 4 Star - 2nd 28, Q11 25 240 US$2,000.00
FIVB 4/16-20/2021 Cancun 4 Star - 1st Q9 33 160 US$0.00
FIVB 3/8-12/2021 Doha 4-star 28, Q7 25 240 US$2,000.00
CEV 9/15-20/2020 EuroBeachVolley 2020 24 17 240 € 1,000.00
European Championships Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Tue, 8/16/2022 Pool C Taru Lahti / Anniina Parkkinen, Finland (19) Lost 19-21, 21-16, 17-19 1:00
Wed, 8/17/2022 Pool C Sofia Bisgaard / Clara Windeleff, Denmark (30) Lost 15-21, 17-21 0:37

Taru Lahti-Liukkonen
Finland
Photo: FIVB
Personal Info
Birth Date: Dec 9, 1992 (31 yrs old)
Home Town: Tampere
Resides: Vantaa
Height: 178 cm (5'10")
Weight: 69 kg (152 lb)
Seasons: 17
Tournaments: 119
Career Wins: 5
Career CEV Wins: 1 (Alanya 2017)
Career Winnings: US$192,307.81
Anniina Parkkinen
Finland
Photo: FIVB
Personal Info
Birth Date: Jul 30, 1996 (27 yrs old)
Home Town: Pieksamdki
Resides: Helsinki
Height: 174 cm (5'9")
Weight: 61 kg (134 lb)
Seasons: 13
Tournaments: 73
Career Wins: 2
Career CEV Wins: 1 (Alanya 2017)
Career Winnings: US$70,873.71
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed123457913172533Money
CEV810102000220 US$19,812.73
CEV Under Age100000010000 US$0.00
FIVB2401102040844 US$87,469.80
FIVB Age Group WC100010000000 US$0.00
Overall34112140501064 US$107,282.53
Previous Munich Results  Neither player has played in this venue before
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 7/14-17/2022 Espinho Challenge 16, Q5 9 460 US$2,500.00
FIVB 8/19-22/2021 Prague 2 Star 7 5 240 € 1,000.00
CEV 8/11-14/2021 EuroBeachVolley 2021 32 25 180 € 500.00
European Championships Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Tue, 8/16/2022 Pool C Lezana Placette / Alexia Richard, France (14) Won 21-19, 16-21, 19-17 1:00
Wed, 8/17/2022 Pool C Tina Graudina / Anastasija Samoilova, Latvia (3) Lost 16-21, 14-21 0:34
Thu, 8/18/2022 Winner 1 Sara Breidenbach / Reka Orsi Toth, Italy (22) Lost 18-21, 25-27 0:44
Head to Head Results
Lahti/Parkkinen lead the series 1-0
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
8/16/22CEVEuropean Championships Pool C Lahti/Parkkinen 19 Placette/Richard 14 21-19, 16-21, 19-17 1:00