ARTACHO del SOLAR Mariafe

Beach Volleyball

Date of Birth: 24 Oct 1993

Age: 27

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.73/5'8''

Place of birth: LIMA

Birth Country:

Peru

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Beach Volleyball	Women AUS Artacho Del Solar/Clancy	2

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Shiokaze Park - Centre Court	Women's Preliminary - Pool E #05 AUS Artacho Del Solar/Clancy 2 CUB Lidy/Leila 0	Finished
	Shiokaze Park - Centre Court	Women's Preliminary - Pool E #17 AUS Artacho Del Solar/Clancy 2 ITA Menegatti/Orsi Toth 0	Finished
	Shiokaze Park - Centre Court	Women's Preliminary - Pool E #35 AUS Artacho Del Solar/Clancy 1 ROC Makroguzova/Kholomina 2	Finished
	Shiokaze Park - Centre Court	Women's Round of 16 #40 AUS Artacho Del Solar/Clancy 2 CHN Xue/Wang X.X. 0	Finished
	Shiokaze Park - Centre Court	Women's Quarterfinal #47 CAN Pavan/Melissa 1 AUS Artacho Del Solar/Clancy 2	Finished
	Shiokaze Park - Centre Court	Women's Semifinal #51 AUS Artacho Del Solar/Clancy 2 LAT Graudina/Kravcenoka 0	Finished
	Shiokaze Park - Centre Court	Women's Gold Medal Match #54 AUS Artacho Del Solar/Clancy 0 USA April/Alix 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

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

World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Women	2019	Hamburg, GER
17	Women	2015	Netherlands
37	Women	2013	Stare Jablonki, POL

Asian Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2019	Maoming, CHN
1	Women	2018	Satun, THA

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	-	-	-	1x	-	2x	-	-
2020	Women	1x	-	-	1x	-	-	-	-	-
2019	Women	1x	1x	1x	-	-	-	2x	-	-
2018	Women	4x	-	2x	-	-	-	4x	1x	1x
2017	Women	-	1x	-	-	2x	-	-	2x	1x

World Tour - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
1	2021	Women	Cancun	Cancun, MEX
1	2020	Women	Chetumal	Chetumal, MEX
1	2019	Women	Warsaw	Warsaw, POL
1	2018	Women	Espinho	Espinho, POR
1	2018	Women	Lucerne	Lucerne, SUI
1	2018	Women	Sydney	Sydney, NSW, AUS
1	2018	Women	Qinzhou	Qinzhou, CHN
2	2019	Women	Jinjiang	Jinjiang, CHN
2	2017	Women	Sydney	Sydney, NSW, AUS
3	2019	Women	Siming	Xiamen, CHN
3	2018	Women	World Tour Final	Hamburg, GER
3	2018	Women	Siming	Xiamen, CHN

Mfe (fivb.com, 14 Apr 2020)

Cooking, watching TV. (bodyandsoul.com.au, 16 Jun 2021)

Occupation:

Husband Jack Curtin

Languages spoken:

English, Spanish

Kirk Pitman, NZL

Sporting relatives:

Her husband Jack Curtin has competed in rugby sevens at national level in Australia. Her sister represented Peru at age-group level in beach volleyball, and her grandfather, Oscar Artacho, was a footballer commentator in Peru. (Instagram profile, 25 Jun 2021; nine.com.au, 01 Jun 2021; Jack Curtin Instagram profile, 10 Jul 2016; adelaideunited.com.au, 16 Jan 2016)

2007 for Australia, in Montreal, Canada (bvbinfo.com, 17 Jul 2016)

She sustained a medical collateral ligament [MCL] injury in her knee, in her second round game at the 2019 World Championships in Hamburg, Germany. She continued through the tournament and won a bronze medal with playing partner Taliqua Clancy. Following the event, she was out of action for four months. (olympics.com, 02 Dec 2020)

She started playing volleyball at age three in Peru, then began playing beach volleyball at age 11 at Manly Beach in Sydney, NSW, Australia. (themermaidsociety.com.au, 07 Jul 2014; my-manager.com.au, 11 Jul 2016)

She was inspired to play beach volleyball after her sister received a postcard in Peru from Australian players Natalie Cook and Kerri Pottharst, who had recently won gold at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. "My auntie got them to dedicate this postcard to my sister saying, 'Go for gold, always follow your dreams'. That was the very first taste of the Olympics I got and of who they were. It wasn't until I came to Australia in 2004 when I was 11 that I got to meet Nat and Kerri, and that's when it all connected and I started playing beach volleyball, and I said, 'This is what I want to do, I want to be like them, I want to win gold and go to the Olympics'." (nine.com.au, 01 Jun 2021)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Twitter profile, 24 Jun 2021)

She trains in the gym for 90 minutes in the mornings and on the sand in the afternoons. "We only stop if there's lightning. Otherwise play on." (bodyandsoul.com.au, 16 Jun 2021)

Philosophy:

"Focus on the process, not the results." (Instagram athlete, 12 Jul 2021)

General Interest

Previous teammates
Jessyka Ngauamo, Taliqua Clancy, Taylor Schulz, Jennifer Sadler, Zina Stone, Sarah Battaglene (bvbinfo.com, 17 Jul 2016)

General
FIGHTING SPIRIT
She says she has tenacious qualities on court. "I'd like to think I am a fighter, I believe fighting comes from my Latin background, where we have to fight to survive. I am very passionate, I love doing what I do and I'm very grateful for it. I bring a lot energy into our team and I am always positive and calm, and as a person, I think I'm very caring, passionate and easy going." (fivb.com, 14 Apr 2020)

PLAYING PARTNER
She teamed up with playing partner Taliqua Clancy in 2017. The pair had previously had a brief spell on court together in 2012. "We respect each other's space if we need it, but we also enjoy doing things together and growing as a team." (bodyandsoul.com.au, 16 Jun 2021; nine.com.au, 01 Jun 2021; olympics.com, 02 Dec 2020; fivb.org, 11 Jul 2021)

FROM PERU TO AUSTRALIA
She was born in Lima, Peru, but moved to Australia with her family at age 11. (themermaidsociety.com.au, 07 Jul 2014; my-manager.com.au, 11 Jul 2016)

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Legend

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

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