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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 PAF Open
August 17 - 22, 2010

(8) Benjamin Insfran/Bruno Schmidt, Brazil

Benjamin Insfran
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 14, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Porto Murtinho-MS

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

152

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$704,037.50

Bruno Oscar Schmidt
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 6, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Brasilia

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

149

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$958,775.00

Awards

Most Improved Player 2010
Best Defensive Player 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Best Offensive Player 2015
Most Outstanding 2015, 2016
Sportsperson 2015, 2016
Team of the Year 2015 (with Alison Cerutti)
Tour Champion 2015 (with Alison Cerutti)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	CQ	Money
FIVB	28	0	1	1	1	7	2	9	0	4	0	3	US$239,000.00

Previous Åland Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Bruno de Paula - 17th	Did not play
2009	Franco Neto - 17th	Joao Maciel - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/10-15/2010	Kristiansand Open	11, Q1	5th	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	8/3-8/2010	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	13	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/27-8/1/2010	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	11, Q1	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/20-25/2010	Marseille Open	4	5th	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	7/6-11/2010	Gstaad Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/29-7/4/2010	Stavanger Grand Slam	7	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/15-21/2010	Prague Open	11	5th	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2010	Moscow Grand Slam	7	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/25-30/2010	Myslowice Open	8	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/18-23/2010	Rome Grand Slam	8	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/3-8/2010	Shanghai Open	7	5th	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	4/20-25/2010	Brasilia Open	7, Q1	3rd	480	US$15,000.00

Aland Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/19/2010	Winner 1	Markus Bockermann / Mischa Urbatzka, Germany (25)	Won 21-19, 21-9	0:44
Thu, 8/19/2010	Winner 2	Casey Jennings / Kevin Wong, United States (24, Q1)	Won 21-18, 23-25, 15-9	1:11
Fri, 8/20/2010	Winner 3	Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers, United States (1)	Lost 15-21, 21-11 Retired	0:48
Sat, 8/21/2010	Contender 4	Renato "Geor" Gomes / Gia Terceiro, Georgia (14)	Won 21-16, 21-15	0:39
Sat, 8/21/2010	Contender 5	Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (5)	Lost 18-21, 21-14, 9-15	0:56

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	0	0	0	1	3	0	7	0	4	0	0	$134,400.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	1	1	0	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	$93,600.00
Total	28	0	1	1	1	7	2	9	0	4	0	0	$239,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Benjamin Insfran												Bruno Schmidt
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	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$27,250.00	World Championships	7	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	$66,000.00
											World Tour Finals	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$106,000.00
49	2	1	1	3	12	15	4	1	0	$236,525.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	71	8	5	4	7	9	27	6	0	0	$593,900.00
97	9	9	8	6	27	9	6	2	0	$435,262.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	58	3	4	3	3	16	12	8	2	0	$185,875.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	Challenger	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$2,600.00
											Satellite	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,900.00
											U21 World Championships	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
152	13	10	10	9	39	27	10	3	0	$704,037.50	Total	149	17	10	7	11	30	44	16	2	0	$958,775.00

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
2010	FIVB	13	0	0	1	0	4	1	3	0	3	0	1	$96,300.00	46	23	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	13	0	0	1	0	4	1	3	0	3	0	1	$96,300.00	46	23	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Benjamin Insfran													Bruno Schmidt
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1997	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1998	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	1999	FIVB
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	1999	FIVB C&S
13	2	3	1	1	2	1	1	0	2	$76,000.00	2000	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2001	FIVB
10	1	3	0	1	2	1	0	1	1	$50,162.50	2002	FIVB
10	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	$86,750.00	2003	FIVB
12	1	0	2	2	6	1	0	0	0	$75,000.00	2004	FIVB
14	1	2	2	3	3	3	0	0	0	$103,425.00	2005	FIVB
											2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
11	0	0	2	0	3	1	1	0	4	$36,550.00	2006	FIVB
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
10	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	7	$8,000.00	2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2007	FIVB C&S	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,150.00
17	1	0	1	0	4	5	0	1	5	$58,850.00	2008	FIVB	10	0	1	0	1	2	2	1	0	3	$31,250.00
											2008	FIVB C&S	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$2,350.00
13	1	0	0	0	5	2	1	1	3	$51,250.00	2009	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	0	2	$27,275.00
13	0	0	1	0	5	3	3	0	1	$48,150.00	2010	FIVB	13	0	0	1	0	5	3	3	0	1	$48,150.00
130	12	9	10	8	34	18	9	3	27	$602,137.50	Total	Total	41	2	2	1	2	10	11	6	1	6	$113,175.00

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	61	68.5%	18	20.2%	10	11.2%	79-10	88.8%	16	31.4%	12	23.5%	23	45.1%	16-35	31.4%	61-23	72.6%	34-22	60.7%	1	2	96-47	67.1%
2009-2010	34	72.3%	9	19.1%	4	8.5%	43-4	91.5%	8	28.6%	5	17.9%	15	53.6%	8-20	28.6%	34-15	69.4%	17-9	65.4%	0	1	51-25	67.1%
Against the Field	22	66.7%	7	21.2%	4	12.1%	29-4	87.9%	4	21.1%	4	21.1%	11	57.9%	4-15	21.1%	44-18	71.0%	22-16	57.9%	0	2	33-19	63.5%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	2	4	0	36	9	0	0	8	14	0	1	0	1	0	0	51	27
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	20	8	1	1	1	0	0	1	42	18
Total	6	3	9	0	38	10	0	0	29	23	1	2	1	1	0	1	96	47

Head to Head Results
Insfran/Schmidt lead the series against the field 19-11 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 4 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-3
8/20/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Insfran/Schmidt	8	15-21, 21-11 Retired	0:48
5/28/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Insfran/Schmidt	8	19-21, 21-17, 15-11	1:03
4/24/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	3	Insfran/Schmidt	7, Q1	21-17, 21-17	0:44
Series tied with # 2 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 1-1
6/13/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	3	Insfran/Schmidt	7	21-17, 21-16	0:49
4/23/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 3	Insfran/Schmidt	7, Q1	Brink/Reckermann	2	15-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:56
Trail the series against # 3 Araujo/Santos, Brazil 0-1
7/6/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Country Quota	Araujo/Santos	11, Q1	Insfran/Schmidt		21-14, 21-15	0:45
Lead the series against # 4 Wu/Xu, China 2-0
8/14/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 5	Insfran/Schmidt	11, Q1	Wu/Xu	6	12-21, 21-19, 17-15	1:04
5/5/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Insfran/Schmidt	7	Wu/Xu	10	17-21, 22-20, 15-10	1:00
Series tied with # 5 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-1
8/21/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 5	Gavira/Herrera	5	Insfran/Schmidt	8	21-18, 14-21, 15-9	0:56
5/6/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 3	Insfran/Schmidt	7	Gavira/Herrera	2	21-15, 17-21, 15-13	1:02
Trail the series against # 6 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 0-3
8/5/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool M	Plavins/Smedins	20, Q7	Insfran/Schmidt	13	21-18, 17-21, 15-12	1:03
7/23/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 4	Plavins/Smedins	8	Insfran/Schmidt	4	21-19, 21-19	0:50
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool P	Plavins/Smedins	26, Q16	Insfran/Schmidt	7	21-13, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # 7, Q4 Boersma/Spijkers, Netherlands 1-0
8/14/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 4	Insfran/Schmidt	11, Q1	Boersma/Spijkers	23, Q8	21-10, 21-12	0:37
Lead the series against # 12 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 1-0
8/5/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool M	Insfran/Schmidt	13	Hoyer/Soderberg	29, Q11	21-18, 21-17	0:54
Lead the series against # 14 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-0
8/21/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 4	Insfran/Schmidt	8	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	14	21-16, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # 17 Jaani/Vesik, Estonia 3-0
8/13/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Insfran/Schmidt	11, Q1	Jaani/Vesik	12	23-21, 21-16	0:43
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool P	Insfran/Schmidt	7	Jaani/Vesik	23	18-21, 21-13, 15-12	0:52
5/27/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Insfran/Schmidt	8	Jaani/Vesik	25	21-16, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 19 Bogatov/Prokopiev, Russia 0-1
6/10/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool P	Bogatov/Prokopiev	10	Insfran/Schmidt	7	21-16, 21-15	0:43
Lead the series against # 20 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 1-0
6/11/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool P	Insfran/Schmidt	7	Dollinger/Windscheif	23	21-18, 22-20	0:46
Lead the series against # 21 Gabathuler/Schnider, Switzerland 1-0
8/13/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 3	Insfran/Schmidt	11, Q1	Gabathuler/Schnider	20	21-14, 21-15	0:35
Series tied with # 23, Q2 Redmann/VanHuizen, Canada 1-1
8/12/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Redmann/VanHuizen	22	Insfran/Schmidt	11, Q1	22-20, 26-24	0:53
5/20/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool Q	Insfran/Schmidt	8	Redmann/VanHuizen	24, Q4	21-17, 22-24, 16-14	1:03
Lead the series against # 24, Q1 Jennings/Wong, United States 1-0
8/19/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Insfran/Schmidt	8	Jennings/Wong	24, Q1	21-18, 23-25, 15-9	1:11
Lead the series against # 25 Bockermann/Urbatzka, Germany 1-0
8/19/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Insfran/Schmidt	8	Bockermann/Urbatzka	25	21-19, 21-9	0:44
Lead the series against # 26, Q6 Pastukhov/Semenov, Russia 1-0
7/28/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Insfran/Schmidt	11, Q1	Pastukhov/Semenov	Q16	23-21, 21-14	0:43
Lead the series against # 30, Q19 Reader/Schalk, Canada 1-0
8/11/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Qualifier 3	Insfran/Schmidt	11, Q1	Reader/Schalk	Q17	21-19, 21-18	0:43
Lead the series against # Q7 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 1-0
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool P	Insfran/Schmidt	7	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	10	21-8, 21-13	0:34
Lead the series against # Q32 Likholetov/Romashkin, Russia 1-0
8/11/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Qualifier 2	Insfran/Schmidt	11, Q1	Likholetov/Romashkin	Q33	21-15, 21-18	0:39