Julia Willand

Julia Willand (born 6 April 1972 in Nuremberg) is a South African beach volleyball player.[1]

Julia Willand
Personal information
Nationality South Africa
Born (1972-04-06) April 6, 1972
Nuremberg, West Germany
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)

Willand was born in Nuremberg, West Germany, and came at the age of six years with her family to South Africa.[2] Between 1991 and 2002 she competed in indoor volleyball where she attended the 2001 Women's African Volleyball Championship in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, with the South African national team.[3]

In 2002 she decided to move to the beach volleyball and formed a duo with Leigh-Ann Naidoo.[3] They competed at the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour in 2003 and 2004 and qualified for the Summer Olympics, in Athens.[4] They lost all three matches in the group stage and did not advance to the medal round.[1]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Julia Willand". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  2. "Attorney Julia Aims to Leap Into Olympics". allAfrica.com. Archived from the original on 19 February 2003. Retrieved 18 May 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. "Julia Willand & Leigh-Ann Naidoo profile". Sisters of Africa. Archived from the original on 2 October 2006. Retrieved 18 May 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. "Julia Willand Season Summaries 2003-04". Beach Volleyball Database. Retrieved 18 May 2014.


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