Joana Heidrich

Joana Mäder (née Heidrich, born 2 October 1991) is a Swiss beach volleyball player. She played with Nadine Zumkehr in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Joana Mäder
Heidrich in 2017
Personal information
NationalitySwiss
Born (1991-10-02) 2 October 1991
Height190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight158 lb (72 kg)
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
Teammate
Anouk Vergé-Dépré
Previous teammates
Years Teammate
2013–16
2017–		 Nadine Zumkehr
Anouk Vergé-Dépré
National team
Switzerland Switzerland
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing   Switzerland
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2020 TokyoTeam
FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour
Silver medal – second place 2016 Toronto Beach
Silver medal – second place 2017 Hague Beach
Silver medal – second place 2018 Itapema Beach
Gold medal – first place 2019 Moscow Beach

Following Zumkehr's retirement at the close of the 2016 season, Heidrich partnered with Anouk Vergé-Dépré, whose own former partner, Isabelle Forrer, likewise retired.

In July 2021, the pair again joined forces to represent Switzerland at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo that had been delayed due to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic.

Professional career

The pair participated in the 2016 summer Olympics in Rio with a 14th seed,[1] as of 12 June 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 14 August 2016.[2][3]

World tour 2016

She competed 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 finished with the Silver medal.[4]

References
  1. "FIVB - Beach Volleyball Rankings".
  2. "FIVB – Beach Volleyball News". FIVB.
  3. PDF with full results
  4. "Results". Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.


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