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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 World Championships
September 10 - 13, 1997

(2) Dain Blanton/Kent Steffes, United States

Dain Blanton
United States

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 28, 1971 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

Laguna Beach, CA

Height:

187 cm (6'3")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$207,485.00

Kent Steffes
United States

Photo: Matt Barber

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 23, 1968 (57 yrs old)

Home Town:

Pacific Palisades, CA

Height:

200 cm (6'4")

Weight:

100 kg (220 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$73,525.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	US$34,000.00

Previous Los Angeles Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Los Angeles World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/11/1997		Sven Anton / Stefan Pomerenke, Germany (31)	Won 12-9, 12-3	1:03
Fri, 9/12/1997		Julien Prosser / Lee Zahner, Australia (18)	Won 12-9, 12-8	1:38
Fri, 9/12/1997		Ian Clark / Troy Tanner, United States (10)	Won 12-4, 12-3	1:02
Sat, 9/13/1997		Canyon Ceman / Mike Whitmarsh, United States (3)	Lost 5-12, 8-12	1:08

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Kent Steffes - 3rd	Dain Blanton - 3rd
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Eric Fonoimoana - 9th	Did not play
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Eric Fonoimoana - 5th	Did not play
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Jeff Nygaard - 5th	Did not play
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Kevin Wong - 17th	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/10-13/1997	Los Angeles World Championships	2	3rd	450	US$23,000.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$23,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$11,000.00
Total	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$34,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Dain Blanton												Kent Steffes
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	$31,500.00	World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,500.00
13	0	0	1	2	2	3	3	2	0	$56,700.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$13,600.00
48	1	1	1	2	7	20	9	3	0	$119,285.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	2	1	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	$38,425.00
68	2	1	3	4	11	24	14	5	0	$207,485.00	Total	13	3	2	2	0	0	5	1	0	0	$63,525.00

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
1997	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$23,000.00	3	1	75.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$23,000.00	3	1	75.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Dain Blanton													Kent Steffes
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1990	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00
											1991	FIVB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
											1993	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$12,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1995	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00
											1996	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$12,850.00	1997	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,500.00
3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	$12,850.00	Total	Total	6	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$38,000.00

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	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	3-1	75.0%	0-0	0	0	3-1	75.0%
1996-1997	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	3-1	75.0%	0-0	0	0	3-1	75.0%
Against the Field	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	6-2	75.0%	0-0	0	0	3-1	75.0%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1

Head to Head Results
Blanton/Steffes lead the series against the field 3-1 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Ceman/Whitmarsh, United States 0-1
9/13/97	FIVB	Los Angeles World Championships		Ceman/Whitmarsh	3	Blanton/Steffes	2	12-5, 12-8	1:08
Lead the series against # 10 Clark/Tanner, United States 1-0
9/12/97	FIVB	Los Angeles World Championships		Blanton/Steffes	2	Clark/Tanner	10	12-4, 12-3	1:02
Lead the series against # 18 Prosser/Zahner, Australia 1-0
9/12/97	FIVB	Los Angeles World Championships		Blanton/Steffes	2	Prosser/Zahner	18	12-9, 12-8	1:38
Lead the series against # 31 Anton/Pomerenke, Germany 1-0
9/11/97	FIVB	Los Angeles World Championships		Blanton/Steffes	2	Anton/Pomerenke	31	12-9, 12-3	1:03