Annie Martin

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Annie Martin Volleyball (beach)
Annie Martin
Olympic Games 2012
portrait
birthday 7th September 1981
place of birth Lachine, Canada
size 1.70 m
Partner 2002–2004 Guylaine Dumont
2005 Marie-Christine Pruneau
2006 Katherine Zakrzewski
2007–2008 Dana Cooke
2008–2012 Marie-Andrée Lessard
successes
2004 - Olympic participant
2012 - Olympic participant
6 times Canadian champion
(As of May 17, 2013)

Annie Martin (born September 7, 1981 in Lachine ) is a Canadian beach volleyball player .

Career

Martin played her first international tournaments in 2002 with Guylaine Dumont . In 2003 the Canadians finished fifth at the Lianyungang Open. At the World Cup in Rio de Janeiro , they won their preliminary group and the first knockout game against their compatriots Boileau / Morin before they were defeated by the Americans McPeak / Youngs in the second round . In the 2004 Olympic tournament they finished second behind McPeak / Young's group and reached the quarter-finals with a victory against the Cubans Larrea Peraza / Fernandez Grasset , in which they had to admit defeat to the later gold medal winners Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor from the USA. After the tournament, they parted ways.

In 2005 she and Marie-Christine Pruneau had to say goodbye to the World Cup in Berlin early after two defeats . The next year she succeeded in winning a tournament in Eboli with Katherine Zakrzewski . In 2007 she formed a new duo with Dana Cooke . At the World Cup in Gstaad , Martin / Cooke lost second in the group in the first main round against the Brazilians Maria Clara / Carol . They then finished ninth in the Kristiansand Open.

Martin made her first appearance in Guarujá in 2008 with her last partner Marie-Andrée Lessard . Martin / Lessard finished fifth in Dubai and ninth in Sanya . At the 2009 World Cup , they got into the knockout round in third place and failed in three sets against the US duo Turner / Akers . In 2009 and 2010 they got several ninth places. In 2011 Lessard / Martin reached 13th place in Mysłowice . At the World Cup in Rome they met a Brazilian duo and the Germans Holtwick / Semmler and Brink-Abeler / Grün in the preliminary round , and they only managed to win one set.

In 2012 Lessard / Martin qualified for the Olympic Games in London . There they reached the tiebreaker in every preliminary round game, but couldn't win any of the three games. After the tournament, the two Canadians ended their sporting careers together.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Marie-Andrée Lessard: "Il n'y a pas de meilleure fin". lapresse.ca, August 2, 2012, accessed on May 17, 2013 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Martin, Annie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian beach volleyball player
DATE OF BIRTH 7th September 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Lachine