Joana Mäder (née Heidrich, born 2 October 1991) is a Swiss beach volleyball player. She played with

Nadine Zumkehr Nadine Zumkehr (born 5 February 1985) is a Swiss beach volleyball player. As of 2012, she played with Simone Kuhn. The pair participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics tournament and were eliminated in the round of 16 by the American pair of Jen ...

in the

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in Rio de Janeiro. Following Zumkehr's retirement at the close of the 2016 season, Heidrich partnered with

Anouk Vergé-Dépré Anouk Vergé-Dépré (born 11 February 1992) is a Swiss beach volleyball player. She represented her country at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. Her current partner is Joana Heidrich. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Vergé-Dépré and former part ...

, whose own former partner,

Isabelle Forrer Isabelle Forrer (born 28 March 1982) is a Swiss beach volleyball player. She represented her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics with doubles partner Anouk Vergé-Dépré. Forrer and Vergé-Dépré were eliminated in the round of 16 by German pa ...

, likewise retired. In July 2021, the pair again joined forces to represent Switzerland at the

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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, as of 12 June 2016, placement. They lost against Brazil's #1 seed team of Talita Antunes and

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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.

World tour 2016

She competed at the World Tour finals in Toronto. The pair played against fellow country mates of

and

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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.

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Joana Heidrich
at Swiss Team Heidrich / Verge-Depre 1991 births Living people Swiss beach volleyball players Women's beach volleyball players Beach volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic beach volleyball players for Switzerland FIVB World Tour award winners Beach volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in beach volleyball {{Switzerland-sport-bio-stub