Katie Bartoli & Sarah Battaglene
Ages Mixed
Sport Played Beach Volleyball
Years Played Varied
Tell us about yourselves
About Katie
Katie began her beach volley career at the tender age of 12 years old. Since then, she has enjoyed both national and international success and was
invited to join the Australian Institute of Sport for beach volleyball at age15.
Throughout her young career, Katie has been the one to watch, with even Olympic Gold Medallist Kerri Pottharst tipping Katie as the next beach volleyball superstar.
Some of Katie’s achievements to date:
Gold at QOB Tournament U17s, Adel. ‘05
Gold at Australasian Challenge U17s, Adel. ‘05
Gold at Australasian Challenge U15s, Adel. ‘05
Ranked No.1 U17’s girl player in Australia, ‘06
Gold at Australasian Jnr Masters, QLD ‘06
Gold at Australian Champs U17s, Adel. ‘06
Ranked No.1 U17's girl player in Australia, ‘07
Gold at Australian Jnr Champs, QLD ‘07
Rep. AUS at World U19 Jnr Champs, Poland ‘07
Gold in U19’s Australian Jnr Champs, ‘07
Gold at 3 consecutive NSW Open events, ‘07
Selected into AIS 2016/2020 Olympic Squad
Gold at Victorian Open, ‘08
Gold at Perth Open, ’08
Gold at Australian Junior Champs U23s, ‘08
Rep. AUS at World Jnr Champs, Turkey ‘09
Gold at Australian Jnr Champs U23s, ‘09
Gold at Perth Open, ‘09
Gold at every NSW Open played, ‘09
Gold at NSW Open, ’10
Gold at NSW Open, ’10
Gold at Australian Jnr Champs U23s, ‘11
Gold at Karapiro Open, New Zealand ‘11
About Sarah
At only 22 years of age, Sarah is already one of Manly’s most experienced beach volleyball players. Sarah has been competing on the Australian Tour for the last 6 years and has also represented Australia on the FIVB World Tour with very credible performances. Sarah’s unbelievable speed on the court makes her an exciting defender to watch and a crowd favourite.
Some of Sarah’s achievements to date:
Gold at AUS Jnr Champs, ‘04
Gold at AUS Jnr Champs, ‘05
Gold at AUS Jnr Champs, ‘06
Gold at Aus. Jnr Champs, ‘07
Silver at Aus. Jnr Champs, ‘08
NSW Overall Champion, ‘08
Gold at NSW Open, ‘09
Silver at VIC Reg. Series, ‘09
Silver at NZ Pro. Tour Event, ‘09
Silver at QLD Open, ‘10
Gold at VIC Reg. Series, ‘10
Silver at VIC Open, ‘10
Rep. Aus. on Asian Professional Tour, ‘10
Rep. Aus. on FIVB World Tour, France ‘10
Gold at NSW Open,’10
Gold at NSW Open ’10
Gold at Brighton Beach Open ‘11
What are you hoping to achieve
Katie’s goal is to play professional beach volleyball on the FIVB World Tour, win gold at the Olympics and to one day start her own beach volleyball coaching school.
Sarah’s goal is to play professional beach volleyball on the FIVB World Tour and win an Olympic Gold medal for her country.
Our Blog
13/09/11
LineBreak Athlete Katie Bartoli gives our CalfGuards a run for their money
16/08/11
I took a photo last week of Katie in her LineBreak mid air. Pretty cool. Thought I'd send it to you.
I'm also putting together a small video of the girls in their LineBreak gear which I'll send over to you as well.
Hope all is well with you and LineBreak - Katie and Sarah still rock their tights every single day. Love them.
30/3/11
SARAH Battaglene and Katie Bartoli both freely admit they haven’t been genetically blessed with height - but the pair are convinced they have the attributes to be a competitive force on the international stage.
After forming mid-season, they have chalked up a series of impressive results locally, and finished third at the recent Victorian Open. Early next month they head to Asia, for tournaments in Thailand and Indonesia.
Seaforth based Battaglene is looking forward to the challenge.
“It will be a good test for us, we need to take on teams from all parts of the world if we are to go to the next level,” the 23-year-old said. I have known Katie for a long time, we have similar games and figured we would mesh well. So far the signs are good, we have been training hard and are always improving.”
19-year-old Bartoli is equally confident of success abroad.
“I don’t see why not, height doesn’t guarantee success,” she said. “If you have the skills you can compensate (for lack of height). We just have to base our game differently than other girls, even though we are both under six foot, we know what works for us. The past few weeks we have worked very hard on our fitness, we know the conditions in Asia will be energy sapping. We are confident we will do well.”
Battaglene would like to devote all her energies to beach volleyball, but for the moment is happy to juggle training with work.
“I have quite a bit on at the moment, but I don’t mind,” she said. 'I work at a child care centre and also a few days in an office job. Once we get back from Asia we will see where we are at. Obviously playing full-time professionally would be fantastic, but we both realise it won’t happen overnight. We are also very lucky to have a number of sponsors who have been great."
