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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam
March 8 - 13, 2016

(Q8) Grant O'Gorman/Sam Pedlow, Canada

Grant O'Gorman
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 2, 1993 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Scarborough, ON

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Sydney 2018)

Career Winnings:

US$98,562.50

Sam Pedlow
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 14, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Barrie, Ontario

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

102 kg (224 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Yangzhou 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$117,462.50

Awards

Most Improved Player 2017

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	36	0	0	0	0	3	0	10	0	6	6	6	5	US$70,425.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	Sam Pedlow - 9th	Grant O'Gorman - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	2/23-28/2016	Maceió Open	19	25th	120	US$800.00
FIVB	2/15-19/2016	Kish Island Open	14	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	11/8-13/2015	Qatar Open	18	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	10/21-25/2015	Antalya Open	18, Q1	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/6-11/2015	Puerto Vallarta Open	23, Q5	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	9/22-26/2015	Xiamen Open	25, Q3	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	9/2-6/2015	Rio Open	21, Q6	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/25-30/2015	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Q31	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	8/18-23/2015	Long Beach Grand Slam	Q19	33rd	80	US$0.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2015	Yokohama Grand Slam	Q16	33rd	80	US$0.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2015	Stavanger Major Series	32, Q21	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2015	Porec Major Series	Q24	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	5/25-31/2015	Moscow Grand Slam	Q19	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	5/12-17/2015	Lucerne Open	Q7	41st	30	US$0.00
FIVB	4/21-25/2015	Fuzhou Open	Q1	33rd	60	US$0.00

Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 3/8/2016	Qualifier 1	Peter Eglseer / Daniel Mullner, Austria (Q25)	Won 21-15, 21-18	0:35
Tue, 3/8/2016	Qualifier 2	Murat Giginoglu / Volkan Gogtepe, Türkiye (28, Q9)	Lost 14-21, 16-21	0:36

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	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	$35,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	21	0	0	0	0	3	0	8	0	6	2	0	$34,925.00
Total	36	0	0	0	0	3	0	10	0	6	6	0	$70,425.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Grant O'Gorman												Sam Pedlow
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	$3,500.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
23	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	6	0	$34,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	23	0	0	0	0	1	6	2	5	0	$47,750.00
46	0	0	0	0	6	11	16	7	0	$51,212.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	45	0	0	0	1	5	18	12	5	0	$59,212.50
7	1	1	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	$9,100.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
											Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
82	1	2	1	0	6	17	24	13	0	$98,562.50	Total	74	0	0	0	1	7	25	16	10	0	$117,462.50

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
2013	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$5,500.00	1	6	14.3 %
2014	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	2	$7,200.00	10	14	41.7 %
2015	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	7	$9,375.00	12	13	48.0 %
2016	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	$8,575.00	15	11	57.7 %
Total	FIVB	25	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	4	5	10	$30,650.00	38	44	46.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Grant O'Gorman													Sam Pedlow
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2007	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2011	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2012	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$2,750.00	2013	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$2,750.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC
7	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	$3,600.00	2014	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	$3,600.00
10	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	7	$4,687.50	2015	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	7	$4,687.50
6	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	$4,287.50	2016	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	$4,287.50
30	0	1	1	0	2	6	4	5	11	$15,325.00	Total	Total	28	0	0	0	0	2	4	5	5	12	$15,325.00

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	42	59.2%	11	15.5%	18	25.4%	53-18	74.6%	9	15.5%	11	19.0%	38	65.5%	9-49	15.5%	42-38	52.5%	20-29	40.8%	1	0	63-67	48.5%
2015-2016	34	61.8%	9	16.4%	12	21.8%	43-12	78.2%	8	18.6%	8	18.6%	27	62.8%	8-35	18.6%	34-27	55.7%	17-20	45.9%	1	0	52-47	52.5%
Against the Field	12	57.1%	4	19.0%	5	23.8%	16-5	76.2%	4	10.8%	7	18.9%	26	70.3%	4-33	10.8%	24-50	32.4%	16-24	40.0%	1	0	21-37	36.2%

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	7	9	4	14	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	25
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	7	2	34	23	0	0	10	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	51	42
Total	0	0	14	11	38	37	0	0	11	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	63	67

Head to Head Results
O'Gorman/Pedlow trail the series against the field 9-21 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 15 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Cerutti/Schmidt, Brazil 0-1
6/11/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool A	Cerutti/Schmidt	1	O'Gorman/Pedlow	32, Q21	20-22, 23-21, 15-13	0:57
Trail the series against # 3 Gibb/Patterson, United States 0-1
10/10/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool D	Gibb/Patterson	4	O'Gorman/Pedlow	29, Q6	21-19, 21-12	0:32
Trail the series against # 6 Dalhausser/Lucena, United States 0-2
9/25/15	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Lucena	2	O'Gorman/Pedlow	25, Q3	24-22, 21-16	0:39
8/26/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Dalhausser/Lucena	20, Q2	O'Gorman/Pedlow	Q31	21-14, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against # 8 Saxton/Schalk, Canada 0-2
2/24/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Pool C	Saxton/Schalk	3	O'Gorman/Pedlow	19	21-19, 21-14	0:36
7/23/13	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool E	Saxton/Schalk	12	O'Gorman/Pedlow	28, Q5	21-14, 25-23	0:37
Lead the series against # 11 Krasilnikov/Semenov, Russia 1-0
4/23/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool H	O'Gorman/Pedlow	24, Q4	Krasilnikov/Semenov	8	13-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:43
Trail the series against # 13 Bockermann/Fluggen, Germany 0-1
10/7/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Pool G	Bockermann/Fluggen	10	O'Gorman/Pedlow	23, Q5	21-18, 21-19	1:05
Trail the series against # 14 Carambula/Ranghieri, Italy 0-3
11/10/15	FIVB	Qatar Open	Pool B	Carambula/Ranghieri	2	O'Gorman/Pedlow	18	21-10, 21-15	0:30
10/22/15	FIVB	Antalya Open	Pool B	Carambula/Ranghieri	2	O'Gorman/Pedlow	18, Q1	21-14, 18-21, 15-13	0:52
9/3/15	FIVB	Rio Open	Pool D	Carambula/Ranghieri	4	O'Gorman/Pedlow	21, Q6	21-11, 15-21, 15-12	0:43
Trail the series against # 16 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 0-1
6/11/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool A	Lupo/Nicolai	16	O'Gorman/Pedlow	32, Q21	21-14, 18-21, 19-17	0:51
Trail the series against # 17 Ontiveros/Virgen, Mexico 0-2
6/3/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Qualifier 1	Ontiveros/Virgen	28, Q9	O'Gorman/Pedlow	Q24	21-19, 21-18	0:43
5/8/14	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Pool A	Ontiveros/Virgen	1	O'Gorman/Pedlow	16	21-13, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 20 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 1-0
2/17/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Pool C	O'Gorman/Pedlow	14	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	3	23-21, 21-15	0:41
Trail the series against # 23, Q1 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 0-1
2/18/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Winner 3	Kantor/Losiak	7	O'Gorman/Pedlow	14	21-14, 21-19	0:35
Lead the series against # 24 Krou/Rowlandson, France 2-0
2/24/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Pool C	O'Gorman/Pedlow	19	Krou/Rowlandson	14	19-21, 28-26, 15-8	0:54
10/7/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Pool G	O'Gorman/Pedlow	23, Q5	Krou/Rowlandson	7	21-13, 21-17	0:38
Trail the series against # 28, Q9 Giginoglu/Gogtepe, Türkiye 0-1
3/8/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	28, Q9	O'Gorman/Pedlow	Q8	21-14, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 29, Q14 Beeler/Strasser, Switzerland 1-0
8/18/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	O'Gorman/Pedlow	Q19	Beeler/Strasser	Q14	21-11, 21-13	0:33
Trail the series against # Q4 Plavins/Regza, Latvia 1-2
10/24/15	FIVB	Antalya Open	Winner 2	Plavins/Regza	9	O'Gorman/Pedlow	18, Q1	21-15, 23-21	0:37
10/9/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Winner 1	Plavins/Regza	13	O'Gorman/Pedlow	23, Q5	21-18, 21-17	0:41
9/23/15	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool H	O'Gorman/Pedlow	25, Q3	Plavins/Regza	9	23-21, 21-13	0:36
Trail the series against # Q5 Doherty/Mayer, United States 0-1
8/18/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Doherty/Mayer	26, Q3	O'Gorman/Pedlow	Q19	19-21, 24-22, 15-13	0:43
Trail the series against # Q6 Henriquez/Villafane, Venezuela 0-1
11/11/15	FIVB	Qatar Open	Winner 1	Henriquez/Villafane	12	O'Gorman/Pedlow	18	21-16, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against # Q11 Caminati/Rossi, Italy 1-0
10/30/14	FIVB	Paraná Open	Pool H	O'Gorman/Pedlow	8	Caminati/Rossi	25, Q7	23-21, 19-21, 15-12	0:51
Trail the series against # Q15 Azaad/Bianchi, Argentina 0-1
10/31/14	FIVB	Paraná Open	Pool H	Azaad/Bianchi	9	O'Gorman/Pedlow	8	21-19, 21-14	0:40
Trail the series against # Q17 Capogrosso/Mehamed, Argentina 0-1
9/5/15	FIVB	Rio Open	Winner 1	Capogrosso/Mehamed	17	O'Gorman/Pedlow	21, Q6	21-16, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # Q18 Barbosa/Carvalhaes, Brazil 1-0
9/4/15	FIVB	Rio Open	Pool D	O'Gorman/Pedlow	21, Q6	Barbosa/Carvalhaes	16, Q3	16-21, 24-22, 15-12	0:46
Lead the series against # Q25 Eglseer/Mullner, Austria 1-0
3/8/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	O'Gorman/Pedlow	Q8	Eglseer/Mullner	Q25	21-15, 21-18	0:35