Anouk Vergé-Dépré (born 11 February 1992) is a Swiss

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player. Representing her country with teammate Joana Heidrich, she won the bronze medal at the

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and the gold medal at the 2020 European Beach Volleyball Championships. With former teammate Isabelle Forrer, she won third place at the 2016 FIVB World Tour Finals and competed at the

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Career

Vergé-Dépré and partner Isabelle Forrer won the

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Open of the 2016 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour in April. Later in August, at the

, Vergé-Dépré and Forrer were eliminated in the round of 16 by German pair Laura Ludwig and

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. Vergé-Dépré and Forrer then competed at the 2016 World Tour Finals in Toronto and won the bronze medal. They defeated Larissa Franca and

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of Brazil in straight sets of 21–19 and 21–18. At the close of the 2016 season, Forrer announced her retirement. Vergé-Dépré then partnered with Joana Heidrich, who was likewise left partnerless upon the retirement of Nadine Zumkehr. Seeded No. 12 at the

, Vergé-Dépré and Heidrich lost the semifinal to eventual gold medalists Alix Klineman and

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of the USA. In the bronze medal game, they won against Latvians Anastasija Kravčenoka and Tīna Graudiņa in straight sets of 19–21 and 15–21. Vergé-Dépré and Heidrich won Switzerland's first-ever

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in women's beach volleyball. Vergé-Dépré and Heidrich won the gold medal at the 2020 European Beach Volleyball Championships, defeating the German pair Kim Behrens and Cinja Tillmann in the final.

Personal life

Her younger sister, Zoé Vergé-Dépré, is also a beach volleyball player. Vergé-Dépré attended the

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References

External links

* Website
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Beach Volleyball Swiss Team
Website of Swiss Team Forrer/Vergé-Dépré * * * 1992 births Living people Swiss beach volleyball players Beach volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic beach volleyball players for Switzerland Beach volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in beach volleyball Sportspeople from Bern Women's beach volleyball players {{Switzerland-volleyball-bio-stub