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Mariafe Artacho del Solar and Taliqua Clancy proudly show off their bronze medals after coming
third at the Beach Volleyball World Championships in Hamburg … their win is Australia’s first medal\u00a0victory in the competition since 2003 (Photo: FIVB.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

July 9, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kingaroy beach volleyball champion Taliqua Clancy and her partner Mariafe Artacho del Solar are celebrating winning bronze at the World Championships in Germany – the first medal Australians have won in the competition for 16 years.<\/p>\n

The finals of the Beach Volleyball World Championships were played in Hamburg on Sunday.<\/p>\n

They downed Swiss rivals Tanja H\u00fcberli and Nina Betschart 21-18, 22-20 in their match at the Red Bull Beach Arena in Rothenbaum Stadium, bouncing back from a semi-final loss to Americans April Ross and Alix Klineman the night before.<\/p>\n

The win is Australia’s first medal in the competition since 2003, when Natalie Cook and Nicole Sanderson also won bronze.<\/p>\n

A gold medal would have guaranteed the pair automatic qualification for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics but the bronze confirms their position as among the best beach volleyballers in the world.<\/p>\n

Clancy and her former on-court partner Louise Bawden only narrowly missed out on a medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics.<\/p>\n

Clancy, 27, grew up and was educated in Kingaroy.<\/p>\n

Apart from the bronze medal, Taliqua won four other honourable mentions at the world championships.<\/strong><\/p>\n

She was the best scorer of the tournament, putting the ball in the sand 172 times. Switzerland\u2019s Tanja H\u00fcberli was second, with 167, and recently crowned world champion Melissa Humana-Paredes of Canada ranked third with 164.<\/p>\n

Taliqua was also the most effective player from the service line, scoring 26 aces during her eight games, including three in the bronze medal match. The next two top-ranked servers were the USA\u2019s Alix Klineman (21) and Melissa Humana-Paredes (19).<\/p>\n

Finally, Taliqua’s 184cm height worked to her advantage, allowing her to score the highest block of the event (3.03m) and also the highest spike (3.02m).<\/p>\n

She beat Klineman (3.02m) and Germany\u2019s Maggie Kozuch (3m) in the first category, and Canada\u2019s Sarah Pavan (3.01m) and Klineman (2.99m) in the second.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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