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| Nationality |  Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1992-02-11) 11 February 1992 (age 32) Bern, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College / University | University of Fribourg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Anouk Vergé-Dépré (born 11 February 1992) is a Swiss beach volleyball player. Representing her country with teammate Joana Heidrich, she won the bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics 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 2016 Summer Olympics.
Career
Vergé-Dépré and partner Isabelle Forrer won the Xiamen Open of the 2016 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour in April. Later in August, at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Vergé-Dépré and Forrer were eliminated in the round of 16 by German pair Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst. Vergé-Dépré and Forrer then competed at the 2016 World Tour Finals in Toronto and won the bronze medal. They defeated Larissa Franca and Talita Antunes 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 2020 Summer Olympics, Vergé-Dépré and Heidrich lost the semifinal to eventual gold medalists Alix Klineman and April Ross 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 Olympic medal 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 University of Fribourg.
References
- ^ "Ludwig/Walkenhorst im Eiltempo ins Viertelfinale". sportschau.de. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
- "Isabelle Forrer/ Anouk Verge-Depre win World Tour beach volleyball title". Sportskeeda. 18 April 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
- "FIVB World Tour Finals". Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- Swiss net second SWATCH FIVB World Tour Finals medal
- Levinsohn, Dan (5 August 2021). "Switzerland's Heidrich, Verge-Depre avenge semis loss, win beach volleyball bronze". NBC Los Angeles. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
- "Digging into the stats of the EuroBeachVolley 2020 Finals". eurobeachvolley.cev.eu/. European Volleyball Confederation (CEV). 22 September 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
- "Meet Zoé and Anouk Vergé-Dépré I CEV EuroBeachVolley Munich 2022". eurobeachvolley.cev.eu. European Volleyball Confederation (CEV). 16 August 2022. Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
- "Swiss Students Sports Awards 2021 for Vergé-Dépré and Frehsner". fisu.net. Fédération Internationale du Sport Universitaire. 16 September 2021. Archived from the original on 13 December 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
External links
- Website: vergedepre-maeder.com/team
- Anouk Vergé-Dépré at FIVB.com
- Beach Volleyball Swiss Team Website of Swiss Team Forrer/Vergé-Dépré
- Anouk Vergé-Dépré at the Beach Volleyball Database
- Anouk Verge-Depre at Olympics.com
- Anouk Vergé-Dépré at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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- Olympic beach volleyball players for Switzerland
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- Olympic medalists in beach volleyball
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