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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
XXVII Olympic Games
September 16 - 26, 2000

(23) Matthew Grinlaubs/Joshua Slack, Australia

Matthew Grinlaubs
Australia

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 9, 1971 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

Christchurch (NZL)

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

7th (FIVB C&S Jona 1999)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$12,250.00

Joshua Slack
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 16, 1976 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Brisbane

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

136

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Montréal 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$268,020.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	37	41	49	57	Money
FIVB	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	1	3	8	1	4	US$24,000.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$500.00
Overall	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	4	1	3	8	1	4	US$24,500.00

Previous Sydney Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/9-13/2000	Belgium Open	14	9th	136	US$4,000.00
FIVB	8/2-6/2000	Austria Open	15	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2000	Portugal Open	14	9th	136	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/19-23/2000	France Open	14	9th	136	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2000	Italy Open	Q12	41st	14	US$0.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2000	Norway Open	15	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2000	U.S. Grand Slam	Q16	49th	12	US$0.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2000	Spain Open	Q11	41st	14	US$0.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2000	Canada Open	Q15	41st	14	US$0.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2000	Mexico Open	Q13	41st	14	US$0.00
FIVB	5/24-28/2000	Macau Open	25	9th	136	US$4,000.00
FIVB	1/18-23/2000	Brazil Open	Q15	41st	14	US$0.00
FIVB	1/12-16/2000	Argentina Open	31	17th	68	US$2,000.00

Sydney XXVII Olympic Games Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sun, 9/17/2000	Winner 1	Jose Loiola / Emanuel Rego, Brazil (2)	Lost 3-15	0:24
Tue, 9/19/2000	Contender 1	Mariano Baracetti / Jose Salema, Argentina (11)	Won 15-2	0:29
Tue, 9/19/2000	Contender 2	Nikolas Berger / Oliver Stamm, Austria (17)	Lost 10-15	0:38

Olympic Games, World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Joshua Slack - 41st	Matthew Grinlaubs - 41st
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney	Joshua Slack - 17th	Matthew Grinlaubs - 17th
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Did not play	Jarrod Novosel - 17th
2004	Olympic Games	Athens	Did not play	Andrew Schacht - 9th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Did not play	Andrew Schacht - 33rd
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Did not play	Andrew Schacht - 3rd
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing	Did not play	Andrew Schacht - 9th

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	3	1	0	$24,000.00
Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00
Total	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	4	1	0	$24,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Matthew Grinlaubs												Joshua Slack
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	World Championships	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$20,750.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	38	0	0	0	0	2	7	9	6	0	$68,700.00
25	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	1	0	$12,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	89	0	1	2	2	15	25	16	5	0	$177,570.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00	Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00
											Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00
30	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	1	0	$12,250.00	Total	136	0	1	3	2	18	35	27	11	0	$268,020.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
1999	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	$2,000.00	1	1	50.0 %
2000	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	0	6	$22,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	1	16	$24,000.00	2	3	40.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Matthew Grinlaubs													Joshua Slack
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	1997	FIVB
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	$1,000.00	1999	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00	1999	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00
14	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	6	$11,000.00	2000	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	6	$11,000.00
30	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	1	20	$12,250.00	Total	Total	26	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	1	16	$12,250.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches	3 Set Matches	By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall	Overall	Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0	0-0	0	0	2-3	40.0%
1999-2000	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0	0-0	0	0	2-3	40.0%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	0-0	0-0	0	0	1-3	25.0%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
World Championships	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Total	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3

Head to Head Results
Grinlaubs/Slack trail the series against the field 1-3 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Loiola/Rego, Brazil 0-1
9/17/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Winner 1	Loiola/Rego	2	Grinlaubs/Slack	23	15-3	0:24
Lead the series against # 11 Baracetti/Salema, Argentina 1-0
9/19/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Contender 1	Grinlaubs/Slack	23	Baracetti/Salema	11	15-2	0:29
Trail the series against # 16 Oetke/Scheuerpflug, Germany 0-1
7/20/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Oetke/Scheuerpflug	20	Grinlaubs/Slack	Q29	15-8	0:45
Trail the series against # 17 Berger/Stamm, Austria 0-1
9/19/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Contender 2	Berger/Stamm	17	Grinlaubs/Slack	23	15-10	0:38