| Julia Willand | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Nationality |  South Africa |
| Born | April 6, 1972 Nuremberg, West Germany |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) |
Julia Willand (born 6 April 1972 in Nuremberg) is a South African beach volleyball player.[1]
Willand was born in Nuremberg, West Germany, and came at the age of six years with her family to South Africa.[2] Between 1991 and 2002 she competed in indoor volleyball where she attended the 2001 Women's African Volleyball Championship in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, with the South African national team.[3]
In 2002 she decided to move to the beach volleyball and formed a duo with Leigh-Ann Naidoo.[3] They competed at the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour in 2003 and 2004 and qualified for the Summer Olympics, in Athens.[4] They lost all three matches in the group stage and did not advance to the medal round.[1]