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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
Olympic Games Paris 2024
Monday, July 29, 2024 Stadium Court 15:00

Match #4: Pool D

(4) Melissa Humana-Paredes/Brandie Wilkerson, Canada
vs.
(21) Giuliana Poletti/Michelle Valiente, Paraguay

Melissa Humana-Paredes
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 10, 1992 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Toronto, ON

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

63 kg (139 lb)

Seasons:

15

Tournaments:

96

Career Wins:

9

Career Winnings:

US$518,325.00

Brandie Wilkerson
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 1, 1992 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Lausanne, Switzerland

Height:

179 cm (5'10")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

11

Tournaments:

76

Career Wins:

5

Career Winnings:

US$301,075.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	16	2	3	1	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	US$194,000.00

Previous Paris Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Did not play	Sophie Bukovec - 9th
2023	Brandie Wilkerson - 5th	Melissa Humana-Paredes - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/3-7/2024	Elite16 Gstaad	2	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/5-9/2024	Elite16 Ostrava	4	2nd	1100	US$20,000.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2024	Elite16 Brasília	4	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	4/17-21/2024	Elite16 Tepic	5	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	3/5-9/2024	Elite16 Doha	4	2nd	1100	US$20,000.00
FIVB	12/6-9/2023	BPT Finals Doha 2023	5	5th	0	US$20,000.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	4	5th	960	US$18,000.00
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2023	Elite16 Paris	3	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	8/16-20/2023	Elite16 Hamburg	2	5th	760	US$8,000.00

Olympic Games Paris 2024 Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Mon, 7/29/2024

Pool D

Giuliana Poletti / Michelle Valiente, Paraguay (21)

Won 21-16, 21-12

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Melissa Humana-Paredes	Total	23	13	1	0.522	0	13	2	0
	1	12	5	1	0.333	0	6	1	0
	2	11	8	0	0.727	0	7	1	0
Brandie Wilkerson	Total	16	12	1	0.688	2	4	2	3
	1	8	7	0	0.875	2	1	0	1
	2	8	5	1	0.500	0	3	2	2

Wed, 7/31/2024

Pool D

Esmee Bobner / Zoe Verge-Depre, Switzerland (16)

Lost 18-21, 21-13, 11-15

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Melissa Humana-Paredes	Total	31	13	7	0.194	0	5	3	1
	1	15	7	4	0.200	0	3	1	1
	2	6	4	0	0.667	0	1	1	0
	3	10	2	3	-0.100	0	1	1	0
Brandie Wilkerson	Total	20	14	1	0.650	4	1	3	3
	1	7	6	0	0.857	0	0	0	2
	2	7	5	0	0.714	2	1	3	1
	3	6	3	1	0.333	2	0	0	0

Sat, 8/3/2024

Pool D

Tina Graudina / Anastasija Samoilova, Latvia (9)

Lost 14-21, 20-22

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Melissa Humana-Paredes	Total	30	12	6	0.200	0	10	0	2
	1	11	5	2	0.273	0	2	0	0
	2	19	7	4	0.158	0	8	0	2
Brandie Wilkerson	Total	24	12	5	0.292	1	3	0	2
	1	11	6	2	0.364	1	1	0	2
	2	13	6	3	0.231	0	2	0	0

Sat, 8/3/2024

Lucky Loser

Barbora Hermannova / Marie-Sara Stochlova, Czech Republic (22)

Won 21-15, 21-12

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Melissa Humana-Paredes	Total	23	16	2	0.609	0	11	4	0
	1	9	7	1	0.667	0	5	1	0
	2	14	9	1	0.571	0	6	3	0
Brandie Wilkerson	Total	12	8	4	0.333	1	3	1	1
	1	10	7	3	0.400	0	1	1	1
	2	2	1	1	0.000	1	2	0	0

Mon, 8/5/2024

Winner 1

Taryn Kloth / Kristen Nuss, United States (2)

Won 21-19, 21-18

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Melissa Humana-Paredes	Total	36	15	7	0.222	0	9	4	1
	1	16	5	4	0.063	0	6	2	0
	2	20	10	3	0.350	0	3	2	1
Brandie Wilkerson	Total	22	11	3	0.364	5	5	1	2
	1	14	7	2	0.357	3	3	0	1
	2	8	4	1	0.375	2	2	1	1

Wed, 8/7/2024

Winner 2

Daniela Alvarez / Tania Moreno, Spain (18)

Won 21-18, 21-18

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Melissa Humana-Paredes	Total	25	13	2	0.440	0	11	0	2
	1	10	7	0	0.700	0	4	0	1
	2	15	6	2	0.267	0	7	0	1
Brandie Wilkerson	Total	25	14	2	0.480	3	2	0	5
	1	14	10	0	0.714	1	1	0	3
	2	11	4	2	0.182	2	1	0	2

Thu, 8/8/2024

Semi-Finals

Nina Brunner / Tanja Huberli, Switzerland (7)

Won 14-21, 22-20, 15-12

0:54

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Melissa Humana-Paredes	Total	35	10	4	0.171	0	20	2	0
	1	12	3	1	0.167	0	5	0	0
	2	13	4	2	0.154	0	10	2	0
	3	10	3	1	0.200	0	5	0	0
Brandie Wilkerson	Total	35	17	6	0.314	7	2	1	3
	1	11	5	1	0.364	3	0	0	1
	2	13	8	2	0.462	2	1	1	2
	3	11	4	3	0.091	2	1	0	0

Fri, 8/9/2024

Gold Medal

Duda Lisboa / Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil (1)

Lost 24-26, 21-12, 10-15

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Melissa Humana-Paredes	Total	32	12	5	0.219	0	17	3	1
	1	16	7	3	0.250	0	8	1	0
	2	7	3	0	0.429	0	7	2	1
	3	9	2	2	0.000	0	2	0	0
Brandie Wilkerson	Total	40	25	3	0.550	4	2	1	2
	1	17	11	2	0.529	2	0	0	1
	2	15	9	0	0.600	1	1	0	1
	3	8	5	1	0.500	1	1	1	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Melissa Humana-Paredes	235	104	34	0.298	0	96	18	7
Brandie Wilkerson	194	113	25	0.454	27	22	9	21
Total	429	217	59	0.368	27	118	27	28
Opponents	442	210	66	0.326	24	103	17	43

Olympic Games, World Championships, World Tour Finals Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Taylor Pischke - 9th	Did not play
2016	World Tour Finals	Toronto	Sarah Pavan - Country Quota	Heather Bansley - 9th
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Sarah Pavan - 4th	Heather Bansley - 5th
2017	World Tour Finals	Hamburg	Sarah Pavan - 4th	Heather Bansley - 9th
2018	World Tour Finals	Hamburg	Sarah Pavan - 7th	Heather Bansley - 5th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Sarah Pavan - 1st	Heather Bansley - 17th
2019	World Tour Finals	Rome	Sarah Pavan - 5th	Heather Bansley - 17th
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo	Sarah Pavan - 5th	Heather Bansley - 5th
2021	World Tour Finals	Cagliari	Sarah Pavan - 2nd	Did not play
2022	World Championships	Rome	Sarah Pavan - 5th	Sophie Bukovec - 2nd
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Brandie Wilkerson - 5th	Melissa Humana-Paredes - 5th
2023	World Tour Finals	Doha	Brandie Wilkerson - 5th	Melissa Humana-Paredes - 5th

Giuliana Poletti Corrales
Paraguay

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 30, 2000 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Asuncion

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

76 kg (167 lb)

Seasons:

6

Tournaments:

10

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Battipaglia 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$3,721.65

Michelle Sharon Valiente Amarilla
Paraguay

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 7, 1998 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fernando de la Mora

Height:

170 cm (5'7")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

10

Tournaments:

34

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Battipaglia 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$15,682.48

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	US$1,845.43
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	US$1,845.43

Previous Paris Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/23-26/2024	Futures Battipaglia	3	1st	400	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	5/16-19/2024	Futures Cervia	3	2nd	360	€ 700.00

Olympic Games Paris 2024 Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Mon, 7/29/2024

Pool D

Melissa Humana-Paredes / Brandie Wilkerson, Canada (4)

Lost 16-21, 12-21

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Giuliana Poletti	Total	24	10	3	0.292	0	3	2	6
	1	13	7	2	0.385	0	0	2	3
	2	11	3	1	0.182	0	3	0	3
Michelle Valiente	Total	27	9	3	0.222	0	5	0	1
	1	16	4	2	0.125	0	4	0	1
	2	11	5	1	0.364	0	1	0	0

Wed, 7/31/2024

Pool D

Tina Graudina / Anastasija Samoilova, Latvia (9)

Lost 19-21, 15-21

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Giuliana Poletti	Total	25	11	4	0.280	1	2	1	5
	1	12	5	2	0.250	1	1	1	3
	2	13	6	2	0.308	0	1	0	2
Michelle Valiente	Total	19	10	2	0.421	0	5	3	0
	1	17	9	1	0.471	0	5	2	0
	2	2	1	1	0.000	0	0	1	0

Sat, 8/3/2024

Pool D

Esmee Bobner / Zoe Verge-Depre, Switzerland (16)

Lost 21-23, 21-18, 12-15

0:54

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Giuliana Poletti	Total	41	19	5	0.341	3	4	1	6
	1	19	10	2	0.421	0	2	1	4
	2	11	4	0	0.364	1	1	0	1
	3	11	5	3	0.182	2	1	0	1
Michelle Valiente	Total	22	12	2	0.455	0	8	2	2
	1	8	2	2	0.000	0	2	2	0
	2	11	8	0	0.727	0	5	0	2
	3	3	2	0	0.667	0	1	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Giuliana Poletti	90	40	12	0.311	4	9	4	17
Michelle Valiente	68	31	7	0.353	0	18	5	3
Total	158	71	19	0.329	4	27	9	20
Opponents	144	88	14	0.514	4	45	12	15

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Did not play	Patricia Caballero - 37th
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Did not play	Gabriela Filippo - 17th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Did not play	Patricia Caballero - 37th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Erika Bobadilla - 33rd	Did not play
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Did not play	Erika Bobadilla - 33rd

Head to Head Results
Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson lead the series 1-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
7/29/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Pool D	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	4	Poletti/Valiente	21	21-16, 21-12	0:39