Joana Heidrich
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{short description|Swiss beach volleyball player}}
{{BLP sources|date=August 2016}}
{{Infobox volleyball biography
| name = Joana Mäder
| image = Joana Heidrich 2017.jpg
| caption = Heidrich in 2017
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| nationality = Swiss
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|10|2|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Zurich, Switzerland
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| nationalteam = {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Switzerland
| height = 1.90 m
| weight = 158 lbs
| currentteammate = Anouk Vergé-Dépré
| years = 2013–16
2017–
| teammates = Nadine Zumkehr
Anouk Vergé-Dépré
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Women's beach volleyball}}
{{MedalCountry | {{SUI}} }}
{{MedalOlympic}}
{{MedalBronze|2020 Tokyo|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2020 Jurmala|Beach}}
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Joana Mäder ({{née|Heidrich}}, born 2 October 1991) is a Swiss beach volleyball player. She competed with Nadine Zumkehr in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Following Zumkehr's retirement at the close of the 2016 season, she partnered with Anouk Vergé-Dépré, whose own former partner, Isabelle Forrer, likewise retired.
In July 2021, Heidrich and Vergé-Dépré represented Switzerland at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and won the bronze medal.
Professional career
The pair participated in the 2016 Summer Olympics with a 14th seed,{{Cite web|url=http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/OGRanking_W.asp|title=FIVB - Beach Volleyball Rankings}} as of 12 June 2016, placement. They lost against Brazil's #1 seed team of Talita Antunes and Larissa França in a 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 and settled at 5th place.{{cite web|url=http://www.fivb.org/en/BeachVolleyball/viewPressRelease.asp?No=64335&Language=en|title=FIVB – Beach Volleyball News|publisher=FIVB}}[http://www.fivb.org/vis_web/beach/RIO2016W/RIO2016W_MatchReport_047.pdf PDF with full results]
=FIVB World Tour 2016=
She competed with Zumkehr at the 2016 FIVB World Tour Finals in Toronto. The duo played against fellow country mates of Isabelle Forrer and Anouk Verge-Depre in the semifinals and won in 3 sets of (14–21, 21–15, 15–10). They advanced to the gold medal match against Germany's Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst but they lost to the Germans in straight sets of (18–21, 16–21) and finished with the silver medal.{{Cite web |url=https://ca.swatchmajorseries.com/en/matches/elimination?gender=f |title=Results |access-date=19 September 2016 |archive-date=12 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012064023/https://ca.swatchmajorseries.com/en/matches/elimination?gender=f |url-status=dead }}
References
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External links
{{Commons}}
- {{FIVB beach player}}
- {{Beach Volleyball Database}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{Olympics.com|joana-heidrich}}
- [https://www.vergedepre-maeder.com/team Joana Heidrich] at Swiss Team Heidrich / Verge-Depre
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{{Succession box
| before = {{flagathlete|Linline Matauatu | VAN}}
| title = Women's FIVB World Tour "Most Improved"
| years = 2016
| after = {{flagathlete|Melissa Humana-Paredes | CAN}}
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Category:Swiss beach volleyball players
Category:Women's beach volleyball players
Category:Beach volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic beach volleyball players for Switzerland
Category:FIVB World Tour award winners
Category:Beach volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland
Category:Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic medalists in beach volleyball
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