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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 1 to 1 Energy Grand Slam
July 3 - 8, 2012

(6) 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 Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Marcio Araujo - 2nd	Did not play
2003	Marcio Araujo - 1st	Did not play
2004	Marcio Araujo - 4th	Did not play
2005	Harley Marques - 2nd	Did not play
2006	Harley Marques - Country Quota	Did not play
2008	Franco Neto - 9th	Joao Maciel - 9th
2009	Pedro Solberg - 9th	Joao Maciel - Country Quota
2010	Bruno Schmidt - Country Quota	Benjamin Insfran - Country Quota
2011	Bruno Schmidt - 9th	Benjamin Insfran - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/13-17/2012	Grand Slam Rome		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/7-12/2012	Moscow Grand Slam	11	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	5/8-13/2012	Beijing Grand Slam	8	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/1-6/2012	Shanghai Grand Slam	12, Q1	4th	560	US$18,400.00
FIVB	4/24-29/2012	Silesia Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/12-17/2011	Moscow Grand Slam	11	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/5-10/2011	Gstaad Grand Slam	8	9th	320	US$8,000.00

Gstaad Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/5/2012	Pool O	Renato "Geor" Gomes / Gia Terceiro, Georgia (27, Q1)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:44
Thu, 7/5/2012	Pool O	Matteo Ingrosso / Paolo Ingrosso, Italy (22, Q5)	Won 19-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:58
Fri, 7/6/2012	Pool O	Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (11)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:40
Sat, 7/7/2012	Winner 2	Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands (31)	Won 21-17, 23-21	0:46
Sat, 7/7/2012	Winner 3	Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (13)	Lost 21-23, 23-21, 10-15	1:02

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	14	0	1	1	0	4	1	3	0	3	0	1	$117,300.00	51	25	67.1 %
2011	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	1	0	0	$52,900.00	20	12	62.5 %
2012	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	$52,800.00	20	7	74.1 %
Total	FIVB	26	0	1	1	1	7	2	7	0	4	0	3	$223,000.00	91	44	67.4 %

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
14	0	1	1	0	5	3	3	0	1	$58,650.00	2010	FIVB	14	0	1	1	0	5	3	3	0	1	$58,650.00
11	1	0	0	0	3	6	1	0	0	$57,000.00	2011	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	2	4	1	0	3	$38,650.00
7	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	3	$26,400.00	2012	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	3	$26,400.00
149	13	10	10	9	39	25	10	3	30	$696,037.50	Total	Total	60	2	3	1	4	14	16	7	1	12	$188,725.00

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%
2011-2012	27	64.3%	9	21.4%	6	14.3%	36-6	85.7%	8	34.8%	7	30.4%	8	34.8%	8-15	34.8%	27-8	77.1%	17-13	56.7%	1	1	45-22	67.2%
Against the Field	23	69.7%	5	15.2%	5	15.2%	28-5	84.8%	8	26.7%	8	26.7%	14	46.7%	8-22	26.7%	46-24	65.7%	26-26	50.0%	0	2	36-27	57.1%

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 33-24 (Lead 17 Series, Trail 7 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-5
5/6/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Insfran/Schmidt	12, Q1	35-33, 3-1 Retired	0:46
7/9/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	4	Insfran/Schmidt	8	26-24, 21-15	0:46
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
Trail the series against # 2 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 0-5
5/12/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cerutti/Rego	5	Insfran/Schmidt	8	23-21, 21-19	0:48
7/16/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 3	Cerutti/Rego	1	Insfran/Schmidt	11	21-18, 21-18	0:38
6/19/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 6	Cerutti/Rego	2	Insfran/Schmidt	11	21-15, 21-14	0:42
5/28/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 4	Cerutti/Rego	5	Insfran/Schmidt	8	21-15, 21-11	0:39
5/6/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 4	Cerutti/Rego	3	Insfran/Schmidt	7	21-19, 24-22	0:46
Trail the series against # 7 Fuerbringer/Lucena, United States 1-2
7/7/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool Q	Fuerbringer/Lucena	25	Insfran/Schmidt	8	25-23, 15-21, 24-22	1:08
8/27/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 3	Insfran/Schmidt	8	Fuerbringer/Lucena	1	21-12, 21-13	0:37
7/3/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Fuerbringer/Lucena	16, Q3	Insfran/Schmidt	7	22-20, 20-22, 15-12	1:04
Lead the series against # 8 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 1-0
6/11/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool P	Insfran/Schmidt	7	Erdmann/Matysik	26, Q10	22-20, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # 9 Chevallier/Heyer, Switzerland 1-0
5/3/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool N	Insfran/Schmidt	12, Q1	Chevallier/Heyer	21	21-18, 21-17	0:43
Series tied with # 10 Bellaguarda/Heuscher, Switzerland 1-1
7/8/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool Q	Insfran/Schmidt	8	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	9	21-17, 21-14	0:37
6/10/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 2	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	19	Insfran/Schmidt	8	18-21, 21-18, 15-12	1:02
Trail the series against # 11 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 1-3
7/6/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool O	Insfran/Schmidt	6	Nummerdor/Schuil	11	21-16, 21-16	0:40
6/11/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 3	Nummerdor/Schuil	1	Insfran/Schmidt	11	21-15, 15-21, 15-8	0:51
6/15/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool H	Nummerdor/Schuil	17	Insfran/Schmidt	8	21-14, 21-18	0:39
7/30/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Nummerdor/Schuil	15	Insfran/Schmidt	11, Q1	23-25, 22-20, 15-12	1:08
Trail the series against # 12 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 3-4
6/17/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 2	Fijalek/Prudel	30	Insfran/Schmidt	8	21-13, 21-16	0:38
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool H	Fijalek/Prudel	24	Insfran/Schmidt	8	17-21, 21-14, 15-9	0:52
8/6/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool M	Insfran/Schmidt	13	Fijalek/Prudel	4	17-21, 28-26, 15-10	1:11
7/30/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool O	Fijalek/Prudel	6	Insfran/Schmidt	11, Q1	21-18, 21-13	0:48
7/24/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 6	Fijalek/Prudel	3	Insfran/Schmidt	4	21-19, 21-18	0:52
6/18/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 4	Insfran/Schmidt	11	Fijalek/Prudel	8	19-21, 26-24, 15-10	1:10
5/27/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 2	Insfran/Schmidt	8	Fijalek/Prudel	9	13-21, 21-15, 15-12	1:03
Trail the series against # 13 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 0-1
7/7/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 3	Lupo/Nicolai	13	Insfran/Schmidt	6	23-21, 21-23, 15-10	1:02
Lead the series against # 14 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 # 15 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 3-0
7/16/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Insfran/Schmidt	11	Benes/Kubala	15	21-17, 19-21, 15-10	0:55
6/17/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 1	Insfran/Schmidt	8	Benes/Kubala	11	19-21, 21-17, 15-9	1:05
7/23/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 3	Insfran/Schmidt	4	Benes/Kubala	12	21-9, 21-12	0:35
Lead the series against # 16 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
6/30/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool P	Insfran/Schmidt	7	Lochhead/Pitman	23, Q8	21-15, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # 17 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 2-0
5/10/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool Q	Insfran/Schmidt	8	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	24	23-21, 16-21, 15-8	0:52
6/16/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool H	Insfran/Schmidt	8	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	41	26-24, 18-21, 15-10	1:01
Lead the series against # 18 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 1-0
4/19/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Qualifier 2	Insfran/Schmidt	11, Q1	Stiekema/Varenhorst	Q32	21-17, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 19 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 1-0
7/15/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool O	Insfran/Schmidt	11	Klemperer/Koreng	6	15-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:50
Lead the series against # 20, Q3 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 1-0
4/20/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Insfran/Schmidt	11, Q1	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27, Q9	21-16, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # 21 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-0
7/22/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Insfran/Schmidt	4	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	29, Q4	21-19, 21-19	0:49
Lead the series against # 22, Q5 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 3-0
7/5/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool O	Insfran/Schmidt	6	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	22, Q5	19-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:58
7/29/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool O	Insfran/Schmidt	11, Q1	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	22	21-19, 21-19	0:52
5/21/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool Q	Insfran/Schmidt	8	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	9	21-11, 22-20	0:49
Trail the series against # 23, Q2 Barbosa/Ferramenta, Brazil 0-1
6/13/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Country Quota	Barbosa/Ferramenta	21, Q3	Insfran/Schmidt		21-19, 9-21, 15-13	0:57
Lead the series against # 24 Laciga/Weingart, Switzerland 2-0
6/9/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool O	Insfran/Schmidt	11	Laciga/Weingart	27, Q3	18-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:59
4/20/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Insfran/Schmidt	11, Q1	Laciga/Weingart	22	21-16, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 27, Q1 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 2-0
7/5/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool O	Insfran/Schmidt	6	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	27, Q1	21-18, 21-17	0:44
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 # 31 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 2-0
7/7/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Insfran/Schmidt	6	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	31	21-17, 23-21	0:46
5/4/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool N	Insfran/Schmidt	12, Q1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	28, Q15	21-14, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against Araujo/Solberg, Brazil 2-1
6/9/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool O	Insfran/Schmidt	11	Araujo/Solberg	6	21-16, 18-21, 15-13	1:01
5/6/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Araujo/Solberg	5	Insfran/Schmidt	12, Q1	16-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:57
5/3/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool N	Insfran/Schmidt	12, Q1	Araujo/Solberg	5	21-16, 17-21, 16-14	0:58
Lead the series against Felipe/Santos, Brazil 1-0
6/13/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Country Quota	Insfran/Schmidt		Felipe/Santos		21-18, 21-16	0:41
Series tied with Goncalves/Marques, Brazil 1-1
5/1/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Country Quota	Insfran/Schmidt	12, Q1	Goncalves/Marques		18-21, 21-19, 16-14	1:00
4/24/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Country Quota	Goncalves/Marques	Q6	Insfran/Schmidt		21-16, 15-21, 15-12	0:55
Lead the series against # Q9 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