BORGER Karla

Beach Volleyball

Date of Birth: 22 Nov 1988

Age: 32

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.79/5'10''

Place of birth: HEPPENHEIM

Birth Country:

Germany

Place of residence : STUTTGART

Residence Country:

Germany

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Beach Volleyball	Women GER Sude/Borger	19

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Shiokaze Park - Centre Court	Women's Preliminary - Pool A #07 SUI Verge-Depre, A./Heidrich 2 GER Sude/Borger 1	Finished
	Shiokaze Park - Centre Court	Women's Preliminary - Pool A #13 CAN Pavan/Melissa 2 GER Sude/Borger 0	Finished
	Shiokaze Park - Centre Court	Women's Preliminary - Pool A #25 GER Sude/Borger 0 NED Stam/Schoon 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
9	Women	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women	2013	Stare Jablonki, POL
9	Women	2019	Hamburg, GER
17	Women	2017	Vienna, AUT
17	Women	2015	Netherlands

European Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
9	Women	2018	Netherlands
9	Women	2017	Jurmala, LAT
17	Women	2019	Moscow, RUS

World Tour - Tally of rank achieved per season since 2017

Year	Event	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	7th	9th	17th	19th-37th
2021	Women	-	-	-	-	1x	-	4x	-	1x
2020	Women	1x	-	-	1x	-	-	1x	-	-
2019	Women	-	-	1x	2x	2x	-	1x	3x	2x
2018	Women	-	-	1x	-	2x	-	2x	4x	1x
2017	Women	-	-	-	-	1x	-	2x	2x	-

World Tour - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
1	2020	Women	Qinzhou	Qinzhou, CHN
3	2019	Women	Kuala Lumpur	Kuala Lumpur, MAS
3	2018	Women	Ostrava	Ostrava, CZE
4	2020	Women	Baden	Baden, AUT
4	2019	Women	Moscow	Moscow, RUS
4	2019	Women	Tokyo	Tokyo, JPN
5	2021	Women	Cancun	Cancun, MEX
5	2019	Women	Jinjiang	Jinjiang, CHN
5	2019	Women	Sydney	Sydney, NSW, AUS
5	2018	Women	Itapema	Itapema, BRA
5	2018	Women	Fort Lauderdale Major	Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
5	2017	Women	Moscow	Moscow, RUS

Crosswords, playing the saxophone, dancing. (volleyball-verband.de, 2019; fivb.org, 2019)

Occupation:

Armed Forces, Athlete, Student

International Management

Languages spoken:

English, German

DJK TuSA 06 Dusseldorf [Germany]

Burkhard Sude, GER

Position style:

Left side, defender (hamburg2019.com, 01 Jun 2019)

Right (hamburg2019.com, 01 Jun 2019)

Sporting relatives:

Her mother Cordula [nee Putter] competed in the sport at international level and won the 1995 European title alongside Beate Paetow. Her father Werner played basketball at domestic level in Germany. Her brothers Paul and Anton Borger have played volleyball at domestic level in Germany. (echo-online.de, 16 Aug 2012; ruesselsheimer-echo.de, 22 Feb 2016; munzinger.de, 10 Dec 2013)

Other sports:

She has played volleyball in the German national league, and also represented Germany in volleyball at youth level. (proudtobeathletic.com, 02 Apr 2020)

2008 for Germany (bvbinfo.com, 26 Jun 2016)

She needed surgery on a disc in her spine in August 2015 and was unable to compete for six months. (stuttgarter-nachrichten.de, 14 Aug 2015; proudtobeathletic.com, 02 Apr 2020)

She was introduced to volleyball as a child. (proudtobeathletic.com, 02 Apr 2020)

"I've been crazy about beach volleyball since I first toured with my mother Cordula. There is no sport with more action, athleticism, humour, flair and fairness." (borger-buethe.de, 10 Sep 2015)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (stimme.de, 02 Jul 2019)

Competing at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (proudtobeathletic.com, 02 Apr 2020)

Philosophy:

"Full throttle!" (borger-buethe.de, 10 Sep 2015)

General Interest

Previous teammates
Margareta Kozuch, Britta Buthe, Elena Kiesling, Julia Grossner, Rieke Brink-Abeler (fivb.org, 2019)

General
PARTNER
In 2019 the retirement of German player Kira Walkenhorst caused a shuffle in German beach volleyball partnerships, leading Borger to team up with Julia Sude. As children she and Sude had played together at beach volleyball events where Borger's mother and Sude's father were competing. "We used to play together in the sand as kids when we were at beach volleyball tournaments with our parents, so it was finally time for us to come together as experienced players to create a solid team. Becoming a team was a bit like coming home. Everything is very familiar." (beachmajorseries.com, 06 Feb 2019; 10 Jan 2019; stimme.de, 02 Jul 2019; bild.de, 27 Jun 2019)

EARLY DAYS
She has grown up around the sport, as her mother would take her and her brothers to tournaments. "My mum has been really influential on me playing beach volleyball. Often during holidays or on the weekends, she took my two brothers and me to her tournaments. We loved it. It was a massive playground to us. No matter if at the beach or in the city we always had a great time. We were probably a pain for some of those players because we always wanted to throw the ball back and forth with them. It was a time that left an indelible mark on us all." (proudtobeathletic.com, 02 Apr 2020)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/karla.borger
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/karlaborgerofficial
Facebook Team: https://www.facebook.com/borgersude
https://instagram.com/karlaborger
Team Instagram: https://instagram.com/borgersude
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karla-borger-9334527b
https://twitter.com/karlaborger
Twitter Team Profile: https://twitter.com/borgersude
Athlete Website: https://www.borgersude.de

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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