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- Updated: August 9, 2016
Rio de Janeiro, August 9, 2016 – Germany’s Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst and Canada’s Jamie Broder/Kristina Valjas will be looking to take control of pool D in a day four match between opening winners. A win would almost certainly guarantee advancing to the elimination stage.
Head to Head
Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst have won five of the six meetings between the two teams on the FIVB World Tour. Broder/Valjas won a three-set, round of 16 match at the Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam in August, 2015, while the Germans won four pool play matches and a round of 24 match in the Berlin Grand Slam in August, 2013. Three of the four German wins were in straight sets, while the Canadians pushed a deciding set at the Fuzhou Open in 2014.
Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany, Seed #4, Pool D, 1-0, MAX Set Ratio, 1.5556 Point Ratio Qualified 4th with 6,500 Points in the 2015-16 Olympic qualification period
• Laura: January 13, 1986 (30y6m24d), 181 cm (5’11”), 70 kg (155 lbs.), Hometown Berlin, 130th FIVB World Tour event (ranks 19th), seven gold medals, $800,137 career winnings (ranks 11th)
• Kira: November 18, 1990 (25y8m19d), 184 cm (6’0″), 75 kg (167 lbs.), Hometown Essen, 43rd FIVB World Tour event, seven gold medals, $370,187 career winnings (ranks 43rd)
• Laura and Kira have been playing together since 2013. They are playing in their 37th FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour tournament together (ranks 86th), seven gold medals (ranks 10th), $721,275 career winnings (ranks 12th).
• Laura has played in 33 FIVB World Tour final fours with seven gold, 11 silver, nine bronze medals and six 4th place finishes.
• Kira has played in 17 FIVB World Tour final fours with seven gold, three silver, four bronze medals and three 4th place finishes.
• Laura and Kira have played in 11 Final Fours in 2015-2016 (4th Stavanger Major 2015, Gold Yokohama Grand Slam 2015, Bronze Long Beach Grand Slam 2015, Silver World Tour Finals 2015, Gold Puerto Vallarta Open 2015-16, Gold Antalya Open 2016, Gold Hamburg Major …
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