Joana Heidrich

Joana Mäder
Joana Mäder
	Heidrich in 2017
Personal information
Nationality	Swiss
Born	2 October 1991 (age 33); Zurich, Switzerland
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	158 lb (72 kg)
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
Teammate
	Anouk Vergé-Dépré
Previous teammates
2013–16 ; 2017–	Nadine Zumkehr ; Anouk Vergé-Dépré
National team
	Switzerland
Honours
Women's beach volleyball
Representing Switzerland
Olympic Games
European Championships

Joana Mäder (née Heidrich, born 2 October 1991) is a Swiss beach volleyball player. She competed with Nadine Zumkehr in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Following Zumkehr's retirement at the close of the 2016 season, she partnered with Anouk Vergé-Dépré, whose own former partner, Isabelle Forrer, likewise retired.

In July 2021, Heidrich and Vergé-Dépré represented Switzerland at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and won the bronze medal.

Professional career

The pair participated in the 2016 Summer Olympics with a 14th seed,^[1] as of 12 June 2016, placement. They lost against Brazil's #1 seed team of Talita Antunes and Larissa França in a match of 3 sets (21–23, 27–25, 15–13), which was also the longest match at Rio, in the quarter-final played 14 August 2016 and settled at 5th place.^[2]^[3]

FIVB World Tour 2016

She competed with Zumkehr at the 2016 FIVB World Tour Finals in Toronto. The duo played against fellow country mates of Isabelle Forrer and Anouk Verge-Depre in the semifinals and won in 3 sets of (14–21, 21–15, 15–10). They advanced to the gold medal match against Germany's Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst but they lost to the Germans in straight sets of (18–21, 16–21) and finished with the silver medal.^[4]