Mariafe Artacho del Solar

Mariafe Artacho del Solar
Personal information
Nationality Australian
Born (1993-10-24) 24 October 1993
Peru
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 68 kg (150 lb)
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
Years Teammate
2017–present Taliqua Clancy
Previous teammates
Years Teammate
2016–2017
2013–2016
2012–2013		 Jessyka Ngauamo
Nicole Laird
Taliqua Clancy
Medal record
Representing  Australia
Women's beach volleyball
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold Coast
FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour
2018Espinho Open
2018Lucerne Open
2018Sydney Open
2018Qinzhou Open
2017Sydney Open
2018World Tour Finals
2018Xiamen Open
Asian Beach Volleyball Championships
2018Satun
2016Sydney
2015Hong Kong

Mariafe Artacho del Solar (born 24 October 1993)[1] is an Australian beach volleyball player. She represented her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Artacho del Solar moved with her mother from Peru to Sydney when she was 11 years old.[2]

Artacho del Solar plays as a right-side defender.[3] According to the Women's FIVB World Rankings, she is ranked 12th with partner Taliqua Clancy as of May 7, 2018.

Professional career

Rio de Janeiro - 2016 Olympics

Mariafe Artacho del Solar made her Olympic debut in Rio with her beach volleyball partner Nicole Laird. The young guns didn’t win a match in Rio, losing to the USA, Switzerland and China in their preliminary pool matches to finish the tournament in 19th place.[4]

Gold Coast - 2018 Commonwealth Games

Mariafe participated in the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast with partner Taliqua Clancy. The Australian pairing won their 3 preliminary pool matches without losing a set, with wins over Greece's Manolina Konstantinou and Mariota Angelopoulou (21-14, 21-9), Grenada's Renisha Stafford and Thornia Williams (21-2, 21-11), and Scotland's Lynne Beattie and Melissa Coutts (21-9, 21-9). Finishing top of their pool they advanced to the quarter-finals, where they easily dispatched of Rwanda's Charlotte Nzayisenga and Denyse Mutatsimpundu (21-9, 21-8) to advance to the semi-finals. After winning the opening set of their semi-final against Vanuatu's pairing of Linline Matauatu and Miller Pata, the Aussie duo lost their first set of the tournament to send the match to the decider, which they won convincingly to advance to the gold medal match (21–19, 16–21, 15–9). In the match of the tournament, the Australian team came up agonisingly short against their more experience and higher ranked Canadian opponents, Melissa Humana-Paredes and Sarah Pavan (19–21, 20–22). Although their winning run came to an end, they secured a silver medal at their first Commonwealth Games together.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Mariafe Artacho del Solar". Rio 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  2. ↑ https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/2017/03/11/the-beach-mariafe-artacho-del-solar-23-beach-volleyball-player/14891508004323
  3. ↑ "Players Details: Mariafe Artacho". Beach Volleyball Major Series. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  4. ↑ Beach volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
  5. ↑ Beach volleyball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament


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