Karla Borger (born 22 November 1988 in
Heppenheim) is a German
beach volleyball
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player. She won a silver medal at the 2013 World Championships alongside her teammate
Britta Büthe. In 2014 they won the
German Championship. At the
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 20 ...
in
Rio de Janeiro
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, she competed in
women's beach volleyball with teammate Britta Büthe. They were defeated by the
Brazil
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ian team of
Larissa França and
Talita Antunes in the round of 16. After Büthe quit professional beach volleyball in 2016, Borger teamed up with
Margareta Kozuch until 2018. When Kozuch decided to play with
Laura Ludwig, she formed a new team with
Julia Sude
Julia Sude (born 2 September 1987 in Gießen) is a German beach volleyball player.
Professional career
Since 2015 her teammate has been Chantal Laboureur.
World tour 2016
At the 2016 Grand Slam at Long Beach, California,
In semi final action ...
and won the German Championship in 2019. The team qualified for participation in the
Beach volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
She is the daughter of Cordula Pütter, European Champion in Beach Volleyball in 1995.
Borger is using bikinis and training products manufactured by
Adidas
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References
External links
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Personal Website of Karla Borger
German women's beach volleyball players
1988 births
Living people
Beach volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Beach volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic beach volleyball players of Germany
Universiade medalists in beach volleyball
Universiade gold medalists for Germany
People from Bergstraße (district)
Sportspeople from Darmstadt (region)
Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade
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