Ethel-Julie Puig-Arjona

Ethel-Julie Puig-Arjona
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birthday	June 12, 1981
place of birth	Narbonne, France
Partner	1998–2000 Tatiana Barrera 2001, 2007 Marion Castelli 2002–2006 Virginie Kadjo
(As of September 6, 2011)

Ethel-Julie Puig-Arjona (born June 12, 1981 in Narbonne ) is a former French beach volleyball player .

Career

Puig-Arjona played her first international tournaments with Tatiana Barrera in Marseille from 1998 to 2000 . At the 1999 World Cup , however, the duo did not get past the shared last place. In 2001 Puig-Arjona took part in the Junior World Championships in Le Lavandou with Marion Castelli . At the 2002 European Championships in Basel , she and her new partner Virginie Kadjo were eliminated early after two defeats against the Spaniards Alcon / Cati Pol and the Germans Ahmann / Vollmer . A year later they finished fifth at the Milan Open, but did not get past last place in the group stage of the World Cup in Rio de Janeiro .

At the 2004 European Championships in Timmendorfer Strand they prevailed against two Ukrainian duos in the preliminary round and were defeated by the Germans Pohl / Rau in three sets in the round of 16 . In the same year they finished ninth in three tournaments and seventh in Milan. In their first game of the 2005 World Cup in Berlin they lost to the Norwegians Håkedal / Tørlen and failed on the losing side to the Cuban team Ribalta / Crespo . They then reached two finals of satellite tournaments and finished fifth in the Montreal Open. In 2007 Arjona played her last two tournaments with Castelli in Paris and Marseille.

Web links

• Profile at FIVB (English)
• Profile in the Beach Volleyball Database (English)