Anouk Vergé-Dépré

Anouk Vergé-Dépré (born 11 February 1992)^[1] is a Swiss beach volleyball player. Representing her country with teammate Joana Heidrich, she won the bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics and the gold medal at the 2020 European Beach Volleyball Championships. With former teammate Isabelle Forrer, she won third place at the 2016 FIVB World Tour Finals and competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Anouk Vergé-Dépré
Vergé-Dépré at the 2022 European Volleyball Championships
Personal information
Nationality	Switzerland
Born	(1992-02-11) 11 February 1992 (age 33) Bern, Switzerland
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
College / University	University of Fribourg
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
Years Teammate 2018, 2025 Zoé Vergé-Dépré
Previous teammates
Years Teammate 2017–2024 2011–2016 Joana Heidrich Isabelle Forrer
Honours Women's Beach Volleyball Representing  Switzerland Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Beach European Championships 2020 Jūrmala Beach World Tour Finals 2016 Toronto Beach World Beach Pro Tour 2023 Goa Beach 2024 Xiamen Beach 2024 Vienna Beach 2025 Ostrava Beach World Tour 2016 Xiamen Beach 2019 Moscow Beach 2021 Ostrava Beach 2015 Sochi Beach 2017 The Hague Beach 2018 Itapema Beach 2020 Baden Beach 2021 Ostrava Beach 2015 Xiamen Beach

Career

Vergé-Dépré and partner Isabelle Forrer won the Xiamen Open of the 2016 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour in April.^[2] Later in August, at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Vergé-Dépré and Forrer were eliminated in the round of 16 by German pair Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst.^[1] Vergé-Dépré and Forrer then competed at the 2016 World Tour Finals in Toronto and won the bronze medal.^[3] They defeated Larissa Franca and Talita Antunes of Brazil in straight sets of 21–19 and 21–18.^[4] At the close of the 2016 season, Forrer announced her retirement. Vergé-Dépré then partnered with Joana Heidrich, who was likewise left partnerless upon the retirement of Nadine Zumkehr.

Seeded No. 12 at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Vergé-Dépré and Heidrich lost the semifinal to eventual gold medalists Alix Klineman and April Ross of the USA. In the bronze medal game, they won against Latvians Anastasija Kravčenoka and Tīna Graudiņa in straight sets of 19–21 and 15–21. Vergé-Dépré and Heidrich won Switzerland's first-ever Olympic medal in women's beach volleyball.^[5]

Vergé-Dépré and Heidrich won the gold medal at the 2020 European Beach Volleyball Championships, defeating the German pair Kim Behrens and Cinja Tillmann in the final.^[6]

Personal life

Her younger sister, Zoé Vergé-Dépré, is also a beach volleyball player.^[7]

Vergé-Dépré attended the University of Fribourg.^[8]