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The women’s team biographical sketches have been developed by using the information available at www.bvbinfo.com. The individual and team statistics are based on all SWATCH FIVB World Tour and FIVB Challenger/Satellite events through November 16. 2008. The women’s biographical sketch book was last updated on April 14, 2009.

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Team, Country ...... Page Team, Country...... Page · Heike Jensen/Becchara Palmer, Australia ...... 3 · Daniela Gioria/Giulia Momoli, ...... 18 · Louise Bawden/Alice Rohkamper, Australia...... 3 · Carolina Costagrande/Valeria Rosso, Italy...... 18 · Lani Dibben/Carla Scott, Australia...... 3 · Miwa Asao/Takemi Nishibori, Japan ...... 19 · Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria ...... 4 · Chiaki Kusuhara/Satoko Urata, Japan ...... 19 · Barbara Hansel/Sara Montagnolli, Austria...... 4 · Ayumi Kusano/Mutsumi Ozaki, Japan...... 10 · Magdalena Jirak/Cornelia Rimser, Austria ...... 4 · Sayaka Mizoe/Kaoru Sugayama, Japan ...... 20 · Liesbeth Mouha/Liesbet Van Breedam, Belgium...... 5 · Hiromi Suzuki/Shinako Tanaka, Japan ...... 20 · Stephanie Van Bree/Goedele Van Cauteren, Belgium...... 5 · Miyuki Matsumura/Kei Watanabe Fujiwara, Japan ...... 20 · Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil...... 5 · Chie Iwana/Yoko Miki, Japan...... 20 · Ana Paula Connelly/Shelda Bede, Brazil...... 6 · Eiko Koizumi/Remi Sudo, Japan ...... 21 · Maria Clara Salgado/Carolina Salgado, Brazil ...... 6 · Junko Komada/Ayako Nakatsuka, Japan...... 21 · Maria Antonelli/Talita Antunes, Brazil...... 6 · Inese Jursone/Inguna Minusa, Latvia...... 21 · Vanilda Leão/Renata Ribeiro, Brazil...... 7 · Bibiana Candelas/Mayra Garcia, Mexico ...... 22 · Angela Vieira/Vivian Cunha, Brazil...... 7 · Xitlali Herrera/Rosario Reyes, Mexico...... 22 · Taiana Lima/Elize Secomandi Maia, Brazil ...... 7 · /, ...... 22 · Shaylyn Bede/Fabiane Aires Boogaerdt, Brazil...... 8 · Madelein Meppelink/Margo Wiltens, Netherlands ...... 23 · Barbara Seixas Figueiredo, Brazil ...... 8 · Merel Mooren/Marloes Wesselink, Netherlands...... 23 · Izabel Bezerra/Michelle Soares, Brazil...... 8 · Susan Blundell/Anna Scarlett, New Zealand...... 23 · Camila Fonseca/Thatiana Damasio B. Soares, Brazil...... 8 · Micah Brown/Hayley Griffiths, New Zealand ...... 24 · Michelle Cristina Carvalho Santos/Semirames Perazzo · Aminat Adesola Omotoye/Kafilat Omotosho, Nigeria...... 24 Marins, Brazil...... 9 · Tolulope Busola/Aminat Omowunmi Lawal, Nigeria...... 24 · Érica Letícia Freitas Almeida/Maria Aparecida Santos, · Nila Ann Håkedal/Ingrid Tørlen, Norway ...... 24 Brazil ...... 9 · Ragnhild Aas/Siri Bjorkesett, Norway...... 25 · Luana Amorim Madeira/Liliane Maestrini, Brazil ...... 9 · Janne Kongshavn/Kathrine Maaseide, Norway...... 25 · Claudinere Bento Sabino/ · Kjersti Hansen/Siri Herredsvela, Norway ...... 25 · Marie-Andree Lessard/Annie Martin, Canada ...... 9 · Katarzyna Urban/Joanna Wiatr, ...... 26 · Elizabeth Maloney/ · Monika Brzostek/Karolina Sowala, Poland...... 26 Katherine Zakrzewski, Canada, Canada ...... 10 · Juliana Antunes/Francisca Esteves, Portugal ...... 26 · Lu Wang/Ying Li, China ...... 10 · Raquel Lacerda/Susana Monteiro, Portugal...... 27 · Jie Wang/Man Zuo, China ...... 10 · Ana Rita Gomes Costa/Ana Catarina Carvalho, Portugal.27 · Xi Zhang/Ying Huang, China ...... 11 · Maria Bratkova/Evgenia Ukolova, Russia ...... 27 · Chen Xue/Ying Zhang, China ...... 11 · Natalia Stepanova/Daria Yarzutkina, Russia...... 28 · Zhongji Jiang/Jieqiong Jin, China...... 11 · Galina Boyko/Anastasia Vasina, Russia ...... 28 · Yuan Yue/Dan Zhang, China ...... 12 · Ekaterina Khomyakova/Anna Vozakova, Russia ...... 28 · Dalixia Fernandez Grasset/ · Ester Alcon/Olga Matveeva, Spain...... 29 Imara Esteves Ribalta, Cuba...... 12 · Elsa Baquerizo/Liliana Fernandez Steiner, Spain ...... 29 · Hana Klapalova/Tereza Petrova, Czech Republic...... 12 · Benigna Fernandez Rodriguez/ · Stine Andreasen/Lotte Vestergaard, Denmark...... 13 Catalina Pol Borrás, Spain ...... 29 · Natalja Bratuhhina/Mari-Liis Graumann, Estonia...... 13 · Nadia Campisi/Ester Ribera Boter, Spain ...... 30 · Polina Bratuhhina/Kadri Puri, Estonia ...... 13 · Cristina Hopf/Alejandra Simon, Spain ...... 30 · Emilia Nystrom/Erika Nystrom, Finland ...... 14 · Angelica Ljungquist/Karin Lundquist, Sweden ...... 30 · Tatiana Barrera/Virginie Sarpaux, ...... 14 · Tora Hansson/Camilla Nilsson, Sweden, Sweden ...... 31 · Andrezza "Rtvelo" Martins/Cristine "Saka" Santanna, · Maria Hallberg/Frida Stahre, Sweden ...... 31 Georgia...... 14 · Martina Grossen/Romana Kayser, Switzerlan...... 31 · Stephanie Pohl/Okka Rau, ...... 15 · Simone Kuhn/Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland...... 32 · Sara Goller/Laura Ludwig, Germany ...... 15 · Annik Skrivan/Karin Trussel, Switzerland...... 32 · Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany ...... 15 · Svitlana Baburina/Galyna Osheyko, Ukraine ...... 32 · Claudia Lehmann/Julia Sude, Germany...... 16 · Alona Malysheva/Natalya Shumeyko, Ukraine...... 33 · Geeske Banck/Anja Günther, Germany ...... 16 · Nicole Branagh/Elaine Youngs, United States ...... 33 · Frederike Fischer/Julia Großner, Germany ...... 16 · Jen Kessy/April Ross, United States...... 34 · Karla Borger/Rieke Brink-Abeler, Germany...... 17 · Lauren Fendrick/Ashley Ivy, United States...... 34 · Lucy Boulton/Denise Johns, Great Britain...... 17 · Angie Akers/Tyra Turner, United States...... 34 · Zara Dampney/Shauna Mullin, Great Britain...... 17 · Kristin Batt/Megan Wallin, United States...... 34 · Vassiliki Arvaniti/Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece...... 18

Women’s Countries (32) · Australia · Czech Republic · Great Britain · New Zealand · Switzerland · Austria · Denmark · Greece · Nigeria · Sweden · Belgium · Finland · Italy · Norway · Ukraine · Brazil · France · Japan · Poland · United States · Canada · Estonia · Latvia · Portugal · China · Georgia · Mexico · Russia · Cuba · Germany · Netherlands · Spain

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