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Nicole Laird
Nicole Laird (born 18 February 1993) is an Australian beach volleyball player. She represented her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Professional career Rio de Janeiro - 2016 Olympics Laird made her Olympic debut in Rio with her beach volleyball partner Mariafe Artacho del Solar, whom she met while studying at Killara High School. The pair did not win a match in Rio, losing to the U.S., Switzerland and China in their preliminary pool matches to finish the tournament in 19th place.Beach volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament The women's beach volleyball tournament at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, took place at the Copacabana Stadium. The competition was held from 6 to 17 August 2016. Twenty four teams with 48 athletes around the world competed for ... References 1993 births Living people Australian women's beach volleyball players Beach volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic beach volleyb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Becchara Palmer
Becchara Palmer (born 18 June 1988) is an Australian female beach volleyball player. She represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the beach volleyball women's tournament. Personal Palmer was born in Adelaide, and is from South Australia. , she lives in Sydney. Palmer is tall and weighs . Beach volleyball Palmer is a beach volleyball player. She started competing in beach volleyball in 2005, and retired in 2021. In 2006, she won the Junior World Champion in Bermunda with her first partner, Alice Rohkamper. In 2007, Palmer switched from juniors to seniors, alternatively playing with Rohkamper and Eileen Romanowski. She became partners with Louise Bawden in 2009. At the 2009 Mazury Open in Poland, she and partner Bawden finished second. The competition was part of the FIVB World Tour. She and Bawden twice won the Australian Championships, once in 2010 and again in 2011. In 2011, Palmer and Bawden were Australia's number one ranked team. At the 2011 World Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Asian Beach Volleyball Championships
The 2017 Asian Beach Volleyball Championships were staged from 14 to 17 April 2017 in Songkhla, Thailand. The Asian Beach Volleyball Championships are organized every years and Thailand hosted the event for the third time. Medal summary Participating nations Men * (3) * (2) * (2) * (2) * (2) * (2) * (2) * (1) * (2) * (3) * (2) * (2) * (1) * (1) * (2) * (3) Women * (3) * (2) * (2) * (2) * (3) * (2) * (1) * (3) * (1) * (2) * (4) * (1) * (2) Men's tournament Preliminary round Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Pool E Pool F Pool G Pool H Knockout round Women's tournament Preliminary round Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Pool E Pool F Pool G Pool H Knockout round ReferencesMen's Results [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beach Volleyball Players At The 2016 Summer Olympics
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Australian Women's Beach Volleyball Players
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1993 Births
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Beach Volleyball At The 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's Tournament
The women's beach volleyball tournament at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, took place at the Copacabana Stadium. The competition was held from 6 to 17 August 2016. Twenty four teams with 48 athletes around the world competed for the gold medal. The medals for the tournament were presented by Anita DeFrantz, IOC Member, Olympian one Bronze Medal, United States of America, and the gifts were presented by Dr. Ary Graça Filho, FIVB President. Qualification Pools composition Twenty-four teams were drawn in six pools of four teams. The top six teams from the FIVB beach volleyball Olympic ranking as of 12 June 2016 were seeded at the first row of each pools from pool A to F. The seventh to ninth from the ranking were drawn first in pool F, E, or D. Then, the tenth to twelfth were drawn in pool C, B, or A. The next row was filled by the teams ranked thirteenth to seventeenth. These teams were drawn in pool A to E. The remaining spot of third row was filled by one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Saturday Paper
''The Saturday Paper'' is an Australian weekly newspaper, launched on 1 March 2014 in hard copy, as an online newspaper and in mobile news format. The paper is circulated throughout Australian capital cities and major regional centres. Since its launch ''The Saturday Paper'' has maintained a focus on long-form journalism and in-depth coverage of current affairs, arts and Australian politics. Publication ''The Saturday Paper'' is published by Morry Schwartz via Schwartz Media, which also publishes books via Black Inc, the magazine ''The Monthly'' and the ''Quarterly Essay''. Upon its launch Schwartz stated he expected ''The Saturday Paper'' to be profitable within several years, and the paper should sell "between 60,000 and 80,000 copies a week". Editors Author Erik Jensen was the paper's editor from its founding until June 2018, when Vice Media features editor Maddison Connaughton was appointed to the position. Jensen became the paper's editor-in-chief. He was the paper's re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killara High School
, motto_translation = The preservation of the best of the past and continued development into the future , slogan = A great school close to home , established = 1968 , principal = Robin Chand , teaching_staff = ~110 , type = Public, co-educational, day school , grades = 7–12 , affiliations = , founder = , chairman = , enrolment = ~1580 , colours = Bottle green and yellow , campus = Urban ( Ku-ring-gai, Sydney) , city = Koola Avenue, East Killara , state = New South Wales , country = Australia , coordinates = , sister_school = Ehime Prefectural Mishima High School, Japan , website = Killara High School is a coeducational public secondary school, located on Koola Avenue in East Killara, Sydney. Established in 1968, Killara High School is one of the highest performing comprehensive non-selective public schools in the state. The success of the school in the Higher School Certificate (HSC) and its reputation as a school with an extensive program of cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events in some sports beginning on 3 August. Rio de Janeiro was announced as the host city at the 121st IOC Session in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 2 October 2009. 11,238 athletes from 207 nations took part in the 2016 Games, including first-time entrants Kosovo at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Kosovo, South Sudan at the 2016 Summer Olympics, South Sudan, and the Refugee Olympic Team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Refugee Olympic Team. With 306 sets of medals, the Games featured 28 Olympic sports, including rugby sevens and golf, which were added to the Olympic program in 2009. These sporting events took place at 33 venues in the host city and at five separate venues in the Brazilian cities of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Asian Beach Volleyball Championships
The 2015 Asian Beach Volleyball Championship was a beach volleyball event, that was held from October 1 to 4, 2015 in Hong Kong, China. The competition included only women's event. Medal summary Participating nations * (2) * (2) * (2) * (2) * (3) * (2) * (2) * (2) * (2) * (1) * (2) * (1) * (1) Tournament Preliminary round Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Pool E Pool F Pool G Pool H Knockout round References Results External linksAsian Volleyball Confederation {{Asian Beach Volleyball Asian Championships Beach volleyball Beach volleyball Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two or more players on a sand court divided by a net. Similar to indoor volleyball, the objective of the game is to send the ball over the net and to ground it on the opponent's side of the ... Asian Beach Volleyball Championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Asian Beach Volleyball Championships
The 2016 Asian Beach Volleyball Championship was a beach volleyball event, that was held from 25 to 28 March, 2016 in Sydney, Australia. Medal summary Participating nations Men * (4) * (2) * (2) * (2) * (2) * (2) * (2) * (2) * (1) * (2) * (2) Women * (4) * (2) * (2) * (2) * (2) * (2) * (2) * (2) * (2) * (2) Men's tournament Preliminary round Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Pool E Pool F Pool G Pool H Knockout round Women's tournament Preliminary round Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Pool E Pool F Pool G Pool H Knockout round References Men's Results External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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