Lucy Boulton

Lucy Boulton
Boulton (at the block) with Denise Johns at the 2007 Weymouth Beach Volleyball Classic
portrait
birthday	2nd January 1986
place of birth	Hornchurch, UK
size	1.75 m
Indoor volleyball
National team
	A national team
beach volleyball
Partner	2006–2008 Denise Johns 2008 Zara Dampney 2009–2012 Denise Johns 2013 Zara Dampney
successes
2007 - British Champion. 2009 - British Champion
As of May 26, 2016

Lucy Boulton (born January 2, 1986 in Hornchurch ) is a British volleyball and beach volleyball player .

Career

Boulton began volleyball while studying at Havering Sixth Form College, which she attended from 2002 to 2004. She then played in the Swedish league. In 2005 she studied at the University of Exeter . At the same time, she completed 37 international matches for the national team .

In 2006 Boulton switched to beach volleyball. She took part with Zara Dampney at the Junior World Championships in Mysłowice and finished 37th. In the same year she met her long-term partner Denise Johns through a talent program . Boulton / Johns played their first open tournaments on the FIVB World Tour and reached 25th place twice. The first Grand Slams followed in 2007. As the best international result of the year, they achieved 17th place at the Montreal Open. At the national level, they won the British championship. In 2008, the duo did not get past 41st place at the Open tournaments. The last four appearances of the year completed Boulton with Dampney and achieved a 17th place in Guarujá .

In 2009 Boulton and Johns were reunited. They took part in the World Cup in Stavanger . There, however, they couldn't decide a set for themselves and had to say goodbye after the preliminary round. Nationally, however, they won the title for the second time. The following year they achieved two 17th places on the World Tour and finished 13th at the Phuket Open. At the 2011 World Cup in Rome , they managed to win against the Dutch van der Hoeven / van der Vlist in the preliminary round , but they were eliminated early as one of the worse third party in the group. At the World Tour 2012, the 13th place in Sanya was the best result.

In 2013 Boulton formed a duo with Dampney again. Boulton / Dampney reached 17th place at the Fuzhou Open and the Grand Slam in Corrientes . At the 2013 World Cup in Stare Jabłonki, Boulton / Dampney were eliminated without a win after the preliminary round.

Web links

• Profile at FIVB (English)
• Profile in the Beach Volleyball Database (English)
• Boulton / Dampney in British volleyball (English)
• Portrait on the team website Boulton / Johns (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Former College student Lucy Boulton speaks about life as a professional beach volleyball player. (PDF; 92 kB) (No longer available online.) Havering Sixth Form College, 2009, formerly in the original ; accessed on June 14, 2013 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.