Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41.21.345.3535 Semi Finals - Ana Gallay/Georgina Klug, Argentina vs. Joana Heidrich/Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland Ana Gallay Georgina Klug Personal Info Personal Info Birth Date: January 16, 1986 (30 yrs old) Birth Date: June 11, 1984 (32 yrs old) Home Town: Nogoya Home Town: Santa Fe Resides: Entre Rios Resides: Mar del Plata Height: 173 cm (5'8") Height: 172 cm (5'8") Weight: 66 kg (147 lbs.) Weight: 63 kg (140 lbs.) Seasons: 7 Seasons: 4 Photo:FIVB Photo:FIVB Tournaments: 50 Tournaments: 45 Best Finish: 2nd (Xiamen 2015) Best Finish: 2nd (Xiamen 2015) Career Winnings: $131,213 Career Winnings: $130,738 Team Career Summary Tour Played 1 2 3 4 5 7 9 13 17 25 33 37 Money FIVB 44 0 1 0 3 8 0 12 0 12 4 2 1 US$258,725.00 Previous Klagenfurt Results Year Partner - Result Partner - Result 2014 Georgina Klug - 25th Ana Gallay - 25th Klagenfurt Matches Date Bracket Opponent Score Time Wed, 7/27/2016 Pool D Melissa Humana-Paredes / Taylor Pischke, Canada (20) Won 21-19, 21-17 0:40 Wed, 7/27/2016 Pool D Nadine Strauss / Teresa Strauss, Austria (29) Won 21-9, 21-18 0:29 Thu, 7/28/2016 Pool D Chantal Laboureur / Julia Sude, Germany (4) Lost 13-21, 24-26 0:41 Thu, 7/28/2016 Winner 1 Jamie Broder / Kristina Valjas, Canada (16) Won 21-18, 21-15 0:34 Fri, 7/29/2016 Winner 2 Juliana Felisberta / Taiana Lima, Brazil (9) Won 19-21, 21-18, 15-10 0:52 Fri, 7/29/2016 Winner 3 Karla Borger / Britta Buthe, Germany (2) Won 21-18, 15-21, 15-13 0:49 Sat, 7/30/2016 Semi-Finals Joana Heidrich / Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland (5) Ana Gallay and Georgina Klug have been playing together since 2013. They are playing in their 44th FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour tournament together. Ana is playing in her 5th FIVB World Tour final four with one silver medal and three 4th place finishes. Georgina is playing in her 5th FIVB World Tour final four with one silver medal and three 4th place finishes. This is Ana's and Georgina's 4th Final Four of 2016 (4th Antalya Open, 4th Maceió Open, 4th Antalya Open). Ana and Georgina will be playing in pool B as the 14th seed in the Olympic Games in 2016 (Rio de Janeiro). Ana finished 19th in the Olympic Games with Virginia Zonta in 2012 (London). Ana and Georgina finished 37th in the FIVB World Championships in 2015 (The Hague). Ana and Georgina are currently ranked 9th in FIVB World Tour points in 2016 with 3,970 points and 17th in winnings with $80,825. Ana and Georgina rank 66th on the all-time FIVB World Tour team tournament list with 44, and 69th on the all-time FIVB World Tour team winnings list with $258,725. Ana and Georgina have a career 117-94 (55.5%) match record in FIVB World Tour Events, a 41-28 (59.4%) record in 2016, and an all-time record of 5-4 (55.6%) in Klagenfurt. Ana (50) ranks 201st and Georgina (45) ranks 222nd in all-time FIVB World Tour individual tournaments. Ana ($131,212) ranks 142nd and Georgina ($130,737) ranks 143rd in all-time FIVB World Tour individual earnings. Ana and Georgina won the gold medal at the South American Beach Volleyball Tour Final in 2015 (Parque Sarmiento, ARG). Ana and Georgina won the gold medal at the XVII Pan Am Games in 2015 (Toronto). Page 1 of 9 Joana Heidrich Nadine Zumkehr Personal Info Personal Info Birth Date: October 2, 1991 (24 yrs old) Birth Date: February 5, 1985 (31 yrs old) Home Town: Kloten Home Town: Niederwangen Resides: Zurich/Kloten Resides: Bern Height: 190 cm (6'3") Height: 172 cm (5'8") Weight: 72 kg (160 lbs.) Weight: 64 kg (142 lbs.) Seasons: 8 Seasons: 12 Photo:FIVB Photo:FIVB Tournaments: 61 Tournaments: 124 Best Finish: 1st (3 times) Best Finish: 1st (4 times) Best WT Finish: 1st (2 times) Career Winnings: $373,000 Career Winnings: $179,750 Team Career Summary Tour Played 1 2 3 4 5 7 9 13 17 25 33 Money FIVB 42 2 0 2 0 6 0 12 0 16 2 1 US$331,300.00 Previous Klagenfurt Results Year Partner - Result Partner - Result 2005 Did not play Annik Skrivan - 33rd 2006 Did not play Annik Skrivan - 33rd 2007 Did not play Annik Skrivan - 41st 2008 Did not play Muriel Graessli - 25th 2009 Did not play Simone Kuhn - 17th 2010 Isabelle Forrer - 33rd Simone Kuhn - 9th 2011 Did not play Simone Kuhn - 9th 2012 Romana Kayser - 17th Simone Kuhn - 17th 2014 Nadine Zumkehr - 9th Joana Heidrich - 9th Klagenfurt Matches Date Bracket Opponent Score Time Wed, 7/27/2016 Pool E Lena Plesiutschnig / Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria (28) Lost 20-22, 18-21 0:42 Wed, 7/27/2016 Pool E Vasiliki Arvaniti / Penny Karagkouni, Greece (21) Won 21-17, 21-18 0:34 Thu, 7/28/2016 Pool E Maria Antonelli / Liliane Maestrini, Brazil (12) Won 21-11, 27-25 0:44 Fri, 7/29/2016 Winner 2 Ekaterina Birlova / Evgeniya Ukolova, Russia (19) Won 21-16, 21-10 0:31 Fri, 7/29/2016 Winner 3 Elsa Baquerizo / Liliana Fernandez, Spain (7) Won 21-17, 21-17 0:41 Sat, 7/30/2016 Semi-Finals Ana Gallay / Georgina Klug, Argentina (13) Joana Heidrich and Nadine Zumkehr have been playing together since 2013. They are playing in their 42nd FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour tournament together. Joana is playing in her 5th FIVB World Tour final four with two gold medals and two bronze medals. Nadine is playing in her 9th FIVB World Tour final four with four gold medals, three bronze medals and one 4th place finish. This is Joana's and Nadine's 3rd Final Four of 2016 (Bronze Fuzhou Open, Gold Sochi Open). This is the third time that Switzerland has placed two women's teams in the Final Four of an FIVB World Tour event (Sochi 2015 silver,bronze and Xiamen 2015 gold,bronze) Joana and Nadine will be playing in pool E as the 17th seed in the Olympic Games in 2016 (Rio de Janeiro). Nadine finished 9th in the Olympic Games with Simone Kuhn in 2012 (London). Joana and Nadine finished 17th in the FIVB World Championships in 2013 (Stare Jablonki) and finished 33rd in 2015 (The Hague). Nadine finished 37th in the FIVB World Championships with Annik Skrivan in 2007 (Gstaad), and finished 17th in 2009 (Stavanger) and 17th in 2011 (Rome), both with Simone Kuhn. Joana and Nadine are currently ranked 11th in FIVB World Tour points in 2016 with 3,780 points and 14th in winnings with $92,150. They have one win in 2016 (Sochi Open). Joana and Nadine rank 26th on the all-time FIVB World Tour team gold medal list with two, 68th on the all-time FIVB World Tour team tournament list with 42, and 49th on the all-time FIVB World Tour team winnings list with $331,300. Joana and Nadine have a career 110-86 (56.1%) match record in FIVB World Tour Events, a 39-19 (67.2%) record in 2016, and an all-time record of 6-4 (60.0%) in Klagenfurt. Joana (2) ranks 38th and Nadine (4) ranks 29th in all-time FIVB World Tour individual gold medals. Joana (58) ranks 159th and Nadine (119) ranks 24th in all-time FIVB World Tour individual tournaments. Joana ($179,750) ranks 97th and Nadine ($371,800) ranks 42nd in all-time FIVB World Tour individual earnings. Joana and Nadine won the silver medal at the 2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters in 2013 (Baden, Austria). Joana and Nadine won the gold medal at the 2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters in 2015 (Biel, Switzerland). Joana won the gold medal at the Under 21 World Championships with Nina Betschart in 2011 (Halifax, Canada). Nadine won the bronze medal at the European Championship Final with Simone Kuhn in 2009 (Sochi, Russia). Page 2 of 9 Joana Heidrich/Nadine Zumkehr lead the series 4-0 Date Tournament Round Winning Team Score Time 5/7/2016 Sochi Open Winner 3 Joana Heidrich/Nadine Zumkehr 16-21, 21-14, 22-20 0:56 4/22/2016 Fuzhou Open Pool G Joana Heidrich/Nadine Zumkehr 13-21, 21-17, 17-15 0:46 9/27/2015 Xiamen Open Gold Medal Joana Heidrich/Nadine Zumkehr 21-18, 21-17 0:40 8/22/2013 Moscow Grand Slam Pool D Joana Heidrich/Nadine Zumkehr 21-19, 17-21, 15-8 0:53 Page 3 of 9 Semi Finals - Nina Betschart/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland vs. Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany Nina Betschart Tanja Hüberli Personal Info Personal Info Birth Date: October 14, 1995 (20 yrs old) Birth Date: August 27, 1992 (23 yrs old) Home Town: Cham Home Town: Reichenburg Resides: Steinhausen Resides: Reichenburg Height: 173 cm (5'8") Height: 190 cm (6'3") Weight: 60 kg (133 lbs.) Weight: 75 kg (167 lbs.) Seasons: 6 Seasons: 6 Photo:CEV Photo:FIVB Tournaments: 24 Tournaments: 45 Best Finish: 1st (2 times) Best Finish: 5th (3 times) Best WT Finish: 5th (2 times) Career Winnings: $110,050 Career Winnings: $42,100 Team Career Summary Tour Played 1 2 3 4 5 7 9 13 17 25 33 Money FIVB 10 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 4 0 1 US$72,600.00 Previous Klagenfurt Results Year Partner - Result Partner - Result 2014 Did not play Tanja Goricanec - 17th Klagenfurt Matches Date Bracket Opponent Score Time Wed, 7/27/2016 Pool B Taru Lahti / Riikka Lehtonen, Finland (15) Lost 14-21, 15-21 0:35 Wed, 7/27/2016 Pool B Karla Borger / Britta Buthe, Germany (2) Lost 18-21, 12-21 0:31 Thu, 7/28/2016 Pool B Angela Lobato / Paula Soria, Spain (31, Q22) Won 21-18, 21-17 0:37 Thu, 7/28/2016 Winner 1 Kelly Claes / Sara Hughes, United States (32) Won 14-21, 21-18, 15-9 0:40 Fri, 7/29/2016 Winner 2 Fernanda Alves / Josemari Alves, Brazil (26, Q7) Won 21-10, 21-17 0:32 Fri, 7/29/2016 Winner 3 Barbora Hermannova / Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic (11) Won By Forfeit 0:09 Sat, 7/30/2016 Semi-Finals Laura Ludwig / Kira Walkenhorst, Germany (1) Nina Betschart and Tanja Huberli are playing in their first season together.