Karla Borger (born 22 November 1988 in Heppenheim) is a German beach volleyball player. She won a silver medal at the 2013 World Championships alongside her teammate Britta Büthe.[1] In 2014 they won the German Championship. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, she competed in women's beach volleyball with teammate Britta Büthe. They were defeated by the Brazilian team of Larissa França and Talita Antunes in the round of 16.[2] After Büthe quit professional beach volleyball in 2016, Borger teamed up with Margareta Kozuch until 2018. When Kozuch decided to play with Laura Ludwig, she formed a new team with Julia Sude and won the German Championship in 2019.[3] The team qualified for participation in the Beach volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
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| Full name | Karla Borger | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 November 1988 (age 35) Heppenheim, West Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Honours
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She is the daughter of Cordula Pütter, European Champion in Beach Volleyball in 1995.[4]
Borger is using bikinis and training products manufactured by Adidas[5]
References
edit- ^ FIVB 2013 World Beach Volleyball Championships
- ^ "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ^ FIVB Players Database
- ^ "Die Spuren der Borgers in der Bundesliga - Echo Online". www.echo-online.de. Archived from the original on 17 June 2016.
- ^ "Adidas neuer Partner von Holtwick-Semmler und Borger-Büthe | Pro Talents – Sports & Entertainment Management".
External links
edit- Karla Borger at FIVB beach volleyball database
- Karla Borger at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Karla Borger at Beach Volleyball Database
- Karla Borger at WorldofVolley
- Karla Borger at Deutscher Volleyball-Verband (in German)
- Personal Website of Karla Borger
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