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June 22 - 26, 2005

(22) Dain Blanton/Kevin Wong, 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

Kevin Wong
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 12, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Honolulu, HI

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$310,450.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	US$29,000.00

Previous Berlin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1998	Did not play	Carl Henkel - 5th
1999	Did not play	Rob Heidger - 5th
2001	Eric Fonoimoana - 17th	Stein Metzger - 57th
2003	Jeff Nygaard - 25th	Stein Metzger - 9th
2004	Jeff Nygaard - 17th	Eric Fonoimoana - 13th

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Berlin World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/22/2005	Winner 1	Marvin Polte / Thorsten Schoen, Germany (43)	Lost 12-21, 19-21	0:40
Thu, 6/23/2005	Contender 1	Julien Prosser / Brett Richardson, Australia (24)	Won 22-20, 23-21	0:46
Thu, 6/23/2005	Contender 2	Peter Gartmayer / Robert Nowotny, Austria (27)	Won 16-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:54
Fri, 6/24/2005	Contender 3	Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers, United States (26)	Lost 15-21, 15-21	0:38

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Kent Steffes - 3rd	Did not play
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Eric Fonoimoana - 9th	Rob Heidger - 7th
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Eric Fonoimoana - 5th	Stein Metzger - 9th
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Jeff Nygaard - 5th	Eric Fonoimoana - 9th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Kevin Wong - 17th	Dain Blanton - 17th
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Did not play	Jason Ring - 37th
2011	World Championships	Rome	Did not play	Casey Jennings - 17th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	22	17th	200	US$7,500.00

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	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$18,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00
Total	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	$29,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Dain Blanton												Kevin Wong
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	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	$31,500.00	World Championships	6	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	$21,450.00
13	0	0	1	2	2	3	3	2	0	$56,700.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	21	0	1	1	0	3	5	6	1	0	$72,350.00
48	1	1	1	2	7	20	9	3	0	$119,285.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	68	3	2	3	2	16	18	15	4	0	$206,900.00
											Goodwill Games	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,750.00
68	2	1	3	4	11	24	14	5	0	$207,485.00	Total	97	3	3	5	2	21	25	23	5	0	$310,450.00

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
2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,500.00	2	2	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Dain Blanton													Kevin Wong
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	1995	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$12,850.00	1997	FIVB
7	0	1	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	$23,950.00	1998	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	3	6	1	1	0	$24,950.00
9	0	0	0	2	1	4	1	0	1	$26,750.00	1999	FIVB	13	0	0	1	1	5	2	3	1	0	$41,750.00
11	1	0	1	0	1	7	1	0	0	$25,500.00	2000	FIVB	14	0	1	0	0	3	5	4	1	0	$29,500.00
9	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	1	0	$27,500.00	2001	FIVB	11	1	0	2	1	3	2	1	0	1	$56,750.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	1	$9,485.00	2002	FIVB	7	1	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	$38,700.00
8	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	1	$43,750.00	2003	FIVB	8	0	1	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	$33,000.00
9	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	1	0	$20,750.00	2004	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	1	$21,625.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,750.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,750.00
64	2	1	3	4	10	24	11	5	4	$194,285.00	Total	Total	75	2	3	5	2	17	22	18	3	3	$250,025.00

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	5	71.4%	0	0.0%	2	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	4	40.0%	1	10.0%	5	50.0%	4-6	40.0%	5-5	50.0%	4-3	57.1%	1	0	10-8	55.6%
2004-2005	5	71.4%	0	0.0%	2	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	4	40.0%	1	10.0%	5	50.0%	4-6	40.0%	5-5	50.0%	4-3	57.1%	1	0	10-8	55.6%
Against the Field	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	3	37.5%	1	12.5%	4	50.0%	3-5	37.5%	4-6	40.0%	6-6	50.0%	1	0	6-6	50.0%

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	4
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	8

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 2-2 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 24 Prosser/Richardson, Australia 1-0
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 1	Blanton/Wong	22	Prosser/Richardson	24	22-20, 23-21	0:46
Trail the series against # 26 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-1
6/24/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	26	Blanton/Wong	22	21-15, 21-15	0:38
Lead the series against # 27 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 1-0
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 2	Blanton/Wong	22	Gartmayer/Nowotny	27	16-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:54
Trail the series against # 43 Polte/Schoen, Germany 0-1
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 1	Polte/Schoen	43	Blanton/Wong	22	21-12, 21-19	0:40