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'''Joana Heidrich''' (born 1991) is a Swiss beach volleyball player. As of 2016, she plays with [[Nadine Zumkehr]]. They have qualified for [[2016 Summer Olympics]] in Rio de Janeiro.
'''Joana Heidrich''' (born 1991) is a Swiss beach volleyball player. As of 2016, she plays with [[Nadine Zumkehr]]. They have qualified for [[2016 Summer Olympics]] in Rio de Janeiro. Joana will be looking for a new partner as Zumkehr has retired, as of the FIVB 2016 finals.<ref>[http://www.fivb.org/viewPressRelease.asp?No=65039&Language=en#.V-A4jq1TLZU Notable retirements at the SWATCH FIVB World Tour Finals</ref>


The pair participated in the 2016 summer Olympics in Rio with a 14th seed,<ref>http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/OGRanking_W.asp</ref> as of June 12, 2016, placement. They lost against Brazil's #1 seed team of [[Talita Antunes]] and [[Larissa Franca]] in a nail biting match of 3 sets (21-23, 27-25, 15-13),which was also the longest match at Rio, in the quarter final Played August 14, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fivb.org/en/BeachVolleyball/viewPressRelease.asp?No=64335&Language=en|title=FIVB - Beach Volleyball News|publisher=FIVB}}</ref><ref>[http://www.fivb.org/vis_web/beach/RIO2016W/RIO2016W_MatchReport_047.pdf PDF with full results]</ref>
The pair participated in the 2016 summer Olympics in Rio with a 14th seed,<ref>http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/OGRanking_W.asp</ref> as of June 12, 2016, placement. They lost against Brazil's #1 seed team of [[Talita Antunes]] and [[Larissa Franca]] in a nail biting match of 3 sets (21-23, 27-25, 15-13),which was also the longest match at Rio, in the quarter final Played August 14, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fivb.org/en/BeachVolleyball/viewPressRelease.asp?No=64335&Language=en|title=FIVB - Beach Volleyball News|publisher=FIVB}}</ref><ref>[http://www.fivb.org/vis_web/beach/RIO2016W/RIO2016W_MatchReport_047.pdf PDF with full results]</ref>

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Joana Heidrich
Joana Heidrich at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games
Personal information
NationalitySwiss
Born (1991-10-02) 2 October 1991 (age 32)
Height190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight158 lb (72 kg)
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
Teammate
Nadine Zumkehr
Previous teammates
Years Teammate
2013-16 Nadine Zumkehr
National team
Schweiz Schweiz

Joana Heidrich (born 1991) is a Swiss beach volleyball player. As of 2016, she plays with Nadine Zumkehr. They have qualified for 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Joana will be looking for a new partner as Zumkehr has retired, as of the FIVB 2016 finals.[1]

The pair participated in the 2016 summer Olympics in Rio with a 14th seed,[2] as of June 12, 2016, placement. They lost against Brazil's #1 seed team of Talita Antunes and Larissa Franca in a nail biting match of 3 sets (21-23, 27-25, 15-13),which was also the longest match at Rio, in the quarter final Played August 14, 2016.[3][4]


World tour 2016

She is competing at the World Tour finals in Toronto. The pair played against fellow country mates of Isabelle Forrer and Anouk Verge-Depre and won in 3 sets of (14-21, 21-15, 15-10). The pair advanced to Gold medal match against Germany's Olympic Gold medalists of Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst. They lost to the German's in straight sets of (18-21, 16-21) and finish with Silver medal.[5]

References

  1. ^ [http://www.fivb.org/viewPressRelease.asp?No=65039&Language=en#.V-A4jq1TLZU Notable retirements at the SWATCH FIVB World Tour Finals
  2. ^ http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/OGRanking_W.asp
  3. ^ "FIVB - Beach Volleyball News". FIVB.
  4. ^ PDF with full results
  5. ^ Results