Marie-Andrée Lessard

Marie- Andrée Lessard ( born December 6, 1977 in Guatemala City ) is a Canadian beach volleyball player of Guatemalan origin.

Career

Lessard completed her first international tournament at the 1999 Toronto Open with Christy Goodfellow. The following year, she formed a duo with Nancy Gougeon, which came on the 41st place at the first Grand Slam in Chicago. At the 2001 World Championships in Rome Lessard / Gougeon sat in the first round against their countrymen their compatriots Boileau / Morin and the Austrians Swoboda / Mellitzer through before they had to admit defeat to the Greek duo Sfyri / Karadassiou in the tiebreak of the first knockout game. 2002 was followed by other open tournaments and Grand Slams with two 17th places as the best results.

At the last open tournament of the year in Vitória Lessard formed a new duo of Sarah Dawn Maxwell, with which it was begun in 2001 in Fortaleza ever for a tournament. 2003 managed Lessard / Maxwell their best results in the Grand Slam in Berlin (Rank 17) and the Osaka Open ( rank 25). Similar results they achieved at the end of 2004, in which they also won the Challenger tournament in Cagliari. In 2005, she reached in Milan for the first time the top ten of an open tournament. In the subsequent World Championships in Berlin after the opening win against Hu / Zhang were also built in China bronze medalists Tian Jia / Wang Fei too strong for the Canadians, but still came up on the losing side in the third round and after losing to the Swiss duo Kuhn / Schwer 17th place occupied. When playing at home in Montreal Lessard / Maxwell came with the seventh place, the best open outcome of the joint career. In the same year they were Canadian champion for the first time.

In 2006, she achieved her best international placement also in Montreal. The Espinho Open 2007, the two Canadians were ninth. The World Cup in Gstaad was less successful. Behind three the teams themselves Lessard / Maxwell had to say goodbye with three defeats in the group stage. In the national championship they won again this year for the title. In 2008, she arrived at the international tournaments no longer on the 25th square.

In Guarujá Lessard had her first appearance in 2008 with their last partner Annie Martin. Lessard / Martin finished fifth in Dubai and Ninth in Sanya. In the 2009 World Cup as they came third group in the knockout stage and failed in three sets in the U.S. duo Turner / Akers. 2009 and 2010, they still get several ninth places. In addition, Lessard 2009 could win the national championship for the third time. 2011 reached Lessard / Martin among others the 13th rank in Mysłowice. At the World Championships in Rome, they met in the first round on a Brazilian duo and the Germans Holt Wick / Semmler and Brink-Abeler/Grün, where they managed a total of only one set of profit.

2012, Lessard / Martin qualified for the Olympic Games in London. There she achieved in each group match the tiebreak, but could any of the three games to decide for themselves. After the tournament, the two Canadians finished together their sports career. Lessard, reaching the longest career in the Canadian Football.