Nicole Laird (born 18 February 1993) is an Australian

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 ...

player. She represented her country 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.

Professional career

Rio de Janeiro - 2016 Olympics

Laird made her Olympic debut in Rio with her beach volleyball partner

Mariafe Artacho del Solar Mariafe Artacho del Solar (born 24 October 1993) is an Australian beach volleyball player. She represented Australia at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in 2021. Artacho del Solar plays as a righ ...

, whom she met while studying at

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-edu ...

. 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 volleyball players of Australia 21st-century Australian women {{Australia-volleyball-bio-stub