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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$540,000 A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia
July 28 - August 1, 2004

(Q9) Kjell Goranson/Tarjei Skarlund, Norway

Kjell Arne Goranson
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 13, 1970 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

Baerum

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Jona 1999)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$55,635.00

Tarjei Viken Skarlund
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 6, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Alesund

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

148

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Porto Santo 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Stavanger 2010)

Career Winnings:

US$286,217.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	1	3	1	US$27,250.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,000.00
Overall	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	3	1	3	1	US$28,250.00

Previous Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1998	Iver Horrem - 57th	Did not play
2000	Iver Horrem - 33rd	Did not play
2001	Espen Goranson - 33rd	Did not play
2002	Espen Goranson - 37th	Did not play
2003	Did not play	Jarle Huseby - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/21-25/2004	Mazury Open	20	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	7/14-18/2004	France Grand Slam	22, Q7	25th	56	US$3,250.00
FIVB	7/7-11/2004	Spain Open	Q9	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/30-7/4/2004	Norway Open	25	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	6/23-27/2004	Germany Grand Slam	Q16	33rd	32	US$0.00
FIVB	6/16-20/2004	Switzerland Open	Q12	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	6/9-13/2004	Puerto Rico Open	16, Q2	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Portugal Open	26, Q15	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	Serbia and Montenegro Open	31, Q17	13th	108	US$4,000.00

Austria Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/28/2004	Qualifier 1	Simon Nausch / Mario Steinoker, Austria (Q24)	Won 21-13, 21-6	0:26
Wed, 7/28/2004	Qualifier 2	Julius Brink / Kjell Schneider, Germany (27, Q8)	Lost 19-21, 21-19, 10-15	1:06

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$3,250.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	$24,000.00
Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
Total	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	3	1	0	$28,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Kjell Goranson												Tarjei Skarlund
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$8,950.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$10,650.00
19	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$5,625.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	44	0	1	0	1	1	11	13	8	0	$120,925.00
65	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	18	0	$38,600.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	90	0	0	0	1	11	24	21	9	0	$149,325.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	Challenger	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,242.50
3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$2,010.00	Satellite	5	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	$2,075.00
93	0	1	0	1	1	6	10	19	0	$55,635.00	Total	148	1	1	0	2	18	36	37	17	0	$286,217.50

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
2004	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1	4	$24,250.00	18	16	52.9 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1	4	$24,250.00	18	16	52.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Kjell Goranson													Tarjei Skarlund
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	1998	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,000.00	1999	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,510.00	1999	FIVB C&S
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	$2,250.00	2000	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	$2,500.00	2001	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00
											2001	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$425.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	$1,650.00	2002	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$825.00
											2002	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,142.50
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$2,000.00	2003	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2003	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$750.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	4	$12,125.00	2004	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	5	$12,125.00
54	0	1	0	1	0	4	3	10	35	$23,485.00	Total	Total	42	0	0	0	0	5	3	2	2	30	$15,267.50

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	11	57.9%	7	36.8%	1	5.3%	18-1	94.7%	1	5.6%	10	55.6%	7	38.9%	1-17	5.6%	11-7	61.1%	8-11	42.1%	0	0	19-18	51.4%
2003-2004	11	57.9%	7	36.8%	1	5.3%	18-1	94.7%	1	5.6%	10	55.6%	7	38.9%	1-17	5.6%	11-7	61.1%	8-11	42.1%	0	0	19-18	51.4%
Against the Field	6	60.0%	3	30.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	1	7.1%	8	57.1%	5	35.7%	1-13	7.1%	12-10	54.5%	8-18	30.8%	0	0	10-14	41.7%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	14
Satellite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Total	0	0	8	4	0	0	0	0	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	20

Head to Head Results
Goranson/Skarlund trail the series against the field 10-12 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 6 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 0-1
5/28/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Insfran	2	Goranson/Skarlund	31, Q17	21-18, 19-21, 15-12	1:00
Series tied with # 11 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 1-1
7/24/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Contender 3	Goranson/Skarlund	20	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	12	21-14, 17-21, 15-13	0:53
6/4/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	7	Goranson/Skarlund	26, Q15	22-20, 22-24, 15-13	1:00
Series tied with # 12 Schacht/Slack, Australia 1-1
7/15/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Schacht/Slack	11	Goranson/Skarlund	22, Q7	21-17, 23-21	0:44
5/27/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Qualifier 3	Goranson/Skarlund	31, Q17	Schacht/Slack	11, Q1	22-20, 23-21	0:46
Trail the series against # 13 Rogers/Scott, United States 0-1
7/3/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 4	Rogers/Scott	5	Goranson/Skarlund	25	21-17, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # 14 Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 1-0
6/4/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	Goranson/Skarlund	26, Q15	Klemperer/Rademacher	23	21-15, 18-21, 15-13	0:55
Trail the series against # 15, Q4 Cunha/Ferreira, Brazil 0-1
7/23/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Winner 1	Cunha/Ferreira	13	Goranson/Skarlund	20	21-19, 24-26, 16-14	1:08
Lead the series against # 17 Blanton/Nygaard, United States 1-0
7/3/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 3	Goranson/Skarlund	25	Blanton/Nygaard	15	21-17, 26-24	0:46
Trail the series against # 18 Fonoimoana/Wong, United States 0-1
7/2/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Fonoimoana/Wong	8	Goranson/Skarlund	25	21-19, 16-21, 15-9	0:58
Lead the series against # 19 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 1-0
5/28/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Contender 1	Goranson/Skarlund	31, Q17	Alvarez/Rossell	15	21-16, 21-18	0:40
Series tied with # 24 Child/Heese, Canada 1-1
6/11/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Winner 1	Child/Heese	17	Goranson/Skarlund	16, Q2	21-18, 21-15	0:45
6/3/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Goranson/Skarlund	26, Q15	Child/Heese	29, Q2	21-19, 21-18	0:48
Trail the series against # 25, Q2 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-1
6/4/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Kais/Vesik	24, Q1	Goranson/Skarlund	26, Q15	21-15, 21-15	0:43
Trail the series against # 27, Q8 Brink/Schneider, Germany 0-3
7/28/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Brink/Schneider	27, Q8	Goranson/Skarlund	Q9	21-19, 19-21, 15-10	1:06
7/24/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Contender 4	Brink/Schneider	24, Q2	Goranson/Skarlund	20	18-21, 26-24, 15-12	1:13
7/8/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	Brink/Schneider	28, Q8	Goranson/Skarlund	Q9	21-18, 18-21, 20-18	1:08
Series tied with # Q3 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 1-1
7/23/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Contender 2	Goranson/Skarlund	20	Hernandez/Papaleo	19	22-24, 27-25, 15-12	1:23
5/29/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Contender 3	Hernandez/Papaleo	24	Goranson/Skarlund	31, Q17	31-29, 21-23, 15-12	1:23
Lead the series against # Q6 Canet/Hamel, France 1-0
7/2/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 2	Goranson/Skarlund	25	Canet/Hamel	23, Q2	31-29, 16-21, 28-26	1:21
Lead the series against # Q12 Schroffenegger/Schroffenegger, Austria 1-0
6/23/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Goranson/Skarlund	Q16	Schroffenegger/Schroffenegger	Q17	21-16, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # Q24 Nausch/Steinoker, Austria 1-0
7/28/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Goranson/Skarlund	Q9	Nausch/Steinoker	Q24	21-13, 21-6	0:26