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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
XXVIII Olympic Games
August 14 - 25, 2004

(8) Dain Blanton/Jeff Nygaard, 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

Jeff Nygaard
United States

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 3, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Madison, WI

Height:

204 cm (6'8")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Rhodes 2003)

Career Winnings:

US$64,500.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	CQ	Money
FIVB	17	1	0	1	1	1	3	2	1	3	1	2	1	US$129,000.00

Previous Athens Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/28-8/1/2004	Austria Grand Slam	17	7th	270	US$10,500.00
FIVB	6/30-7/4/2004	Norway Open	15	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/23-27/2004	Germany Grand Slam	19	17th	120	US$5,000.00
FIVB	6/16-20/2004	Switzerland Open	9	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/9-13/2004	Puerto Rico Open	8	7th	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	China Open	8	7th	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	3/23-28/2004	South Africa Open	4	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	3/16-21/2004	Brazil Open	5	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	7	5th	480	US$15,000.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	5	9th	240	US$8,000.00

Athens XXVIII Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 8/14/2004

Pool E

Julien Prosser / Mark Williams, Australia (17)

Lost 16-21, 14-21

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	10	7	0	0.700	0	8	0	6
	1	10	7	0	0.700	0	8	0	6
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Jeff Nygaard	Total	38	17	0	0.447	0	4	0	0
	1	38	17	0	0.447	0	4	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Mon, 8/16/2004

Pool E

John Child / Mark Heese, Canada (20)

Lost 16-21, 10-21

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	9	2	0	0.222	0	1	1	3
	1	9	2	0	0.222	0	1	1	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Jeff Nygaard	Total	35	14	0	0.400	2	2	0	0
	1	35	14	0	0.400	2	2	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Wed, 8/18/2004

Pool E

Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (5)

Lost 16-21, 21-13, 13-15

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	25	13	0	0.520	0	14	0	1
	1	25	13	0	0.520	0	14	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Jeff Nygaard	Total	32	16	0	0.500	5	5	0	3
	1	32	16	0	0.500	5	5	0	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	44	22	0	0.500	0	23	1	10
Jeff Nygaard	105	47	0	0.448	7	11	0	3
Total	149	69	0	0.463	7	34	1	13
Opponents	137	80	0	0.584	17	42	1	11

Olympic Games, 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	Did not play
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney	Eric Fonoimoana - 1st	Did not play
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Eric Fonoimoana - 5th	Did not play
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Jeff Nygaard - 5th	Dain Blanton - 5th
2004	Olympic Games	Athens	Jeff Nygaard - 19th	Dain Blanton - 19th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Kevin Wong - 17th	Did not play

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	$62,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	1	0	$52,000.00
Total	17	1	0	1	1	1	3	2	1	4	2	0	$129,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Dain Blanton												Jeff Nygaard
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	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	$31,500.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
13	0	0	1	2	2	3	3	2	0	$56,700.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	$31,000.00
48	1	1	1	2	7	20	9	3	0	$119,285.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	0	$26,000.00
68	2	1	3	4	11	24	14	5	0	$207,485.00	Total	17	1	0	1	1	4	3	4	2	0	$64,500.00

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
2003	FIVB	8	1	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	$87,500.00	29	15	65.9 %
2004	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	4	1	0	$41,500.00	16	19	45.7 %
Total	FIVB	17	1	0	1	1	1	3	2	1	4	2	1	$129,000.00	45	34	57.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Dain Blanton													Jeff Nygaard
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
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
9	0	0	0	2	1	4	1	0	1	$26,750.00	1999	FIVB
11	1	0	1	0	1	7	1	0	0	$25,500.00	2000	FIVB
9	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	1	0	$27,500.00	2001	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	1	$9,485.00	2002	FIVB
8	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	1	$43,750.00	2003	FIVB	8	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	1	$43,750.00
9	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	1	0	$20,750.00	2004	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	1	0	$20,750.00
63	2	1	3	4	10	24	10	5	4	$190,535.00	Total	Total	17	1	0	1	1	4	3	4	2	1	$64,500.00

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	23	62.2%	9	24.3%	5	13.5%	32-5	86.5%	13	31.7%	9	22.0%	19	46.3%	13-28	31.7%	23-19	54.8%	22-14	61.1%	0	1	45-34	57.0%
2003-2004	23	62.2%	9	24.3%	5	13.5%	32-5	86.5%	13	31.7%	9	22.0%	19	46.3%	13-28	31.7%	23-19	54.8%	22-14	61.1%	0	1	45-34	57.0%
Against the Field	10	66.7%	1	6.7%	4	26.7%	11-4	73.3%	9	36.0%	5	20.0%	11	44.0%	9-16	36.0%	20-22	47.6%	20-18	52.6%	0	0	20-20	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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	0	7	5	0	0	6	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	19	13
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	1	2	0	4	2	0	0	6	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	22	16
Total	1	1	4	0	13	11	0	0	14	11	1	2	1	1	1	0	45	34

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 20-20 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 6 Series, 5 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-3
7/31/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 5	Rego/Santos	2	Blanton/Nygaard	17	21-19, 21-14	0:42
5/22/04	FIVB	China Open	Winner 3	Rego/Santos	1	Blanton/Nygaard	8	30-28, 21-18	0:50
7/19/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Rego/Santos	3	Blanton/Nygaard	16, Q3	21-15, 22-24, 15-11	1:05
Trail the series against # 2 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 1-2
8/1/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool E	Araujo/Insfran	5	Blanton/Nygaard	12	21-18, 21-15	0:41
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool A	Araujo/Insfran	1	Blanton/Nygaard	16, Q3	21-15, 21-16	0:40
6/8/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Gold Medal	Blanton/Nygaard	24	Araujo/Insfran	1	22-20, 21-18	0:47
Trail the series against # 3 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool C	Laciga/Laciga	3	Blanton/Nygaard	19, Q1	19-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:47
Series tied with # 4 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 1-1
6/24/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 2	Dieckmann/Reckermann	3	Blanton/Nygaard	19	21-17, 21-16	0:41
10/16/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Winner 1	Blanton/Nygaard	7	Dieckmann/Reckermann	4	21-19, 21-16	0:44
Trail the series against # 5 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-3
8/18/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool E	Heuscher/Kobel	5	Blanton/Nygaard	8	21-16, 13-21, 15-13	0:55
5/22/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 5	Heuscher/Kobel	4	Blanton/Nygaard	8	19-21, 21-14, 15-9	0:50
8/3/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Heuscher/Kobel	8	Blanton/Nygaard	12	19-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:56
Lead the series against # 6 Beligratis/Michalopoulos, Greece 1-0
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool H	Blanton/Nygaard	24	Beligratis/Michalopoulos	9	21-15, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 7 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 2-3
7/2/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 2	Baracetti/Conde	2	Blanton/Nygaard	15	21-18, 17-21, 18-16	1:00
6/24/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 1	Blanton/Nygaard	19	Baracetti/Conde	14	19-21, 21-19, 16-14	1:06
6/12/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Contender 5	Baracetti/Conde	7	Blanton/Nygaard	8	17-21, 21-11, 15-9	0:56
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Baracetti/Conde	11	Blanton/Nygaard	5	21-17, 17-21, 15-10	1:00
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool F	Blanton/Nygaard	11	Baracetti/Conde	6	17-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:55
Series tied with # 9 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 1-1
6/25/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Contender 2	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	20	Blanton/Nygaard	19	21-18, 21-15	0:41
7/19/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Blanton/Nygaard	16, Q3	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	8	21-18, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # 11 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 1-0
7/20/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Blanton/Nygaard	16, Q3	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	15	19-21, 21-15, 15-8	0:53
Series tied with # 12 Holdren/Metzger, United States 1-1
7/30/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 3	Blanton/Nygaard	17	Holdren/Metzger	26	18-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:58
9/20/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Winner 1	Holdren/Metzger	17, Q1	Blanton/Nygaard	5	21-17, 22-20	0:44
Lead the series against # 13 Schacht/Slack, Australia 2-0
7/18/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool A	Blanton/Nygaard	16, Q3	Schacht/Slack	17	21-12, 21-13	0:35
7/5/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool C	Blanton/Nygaard	19, Q1	Schacht/Slack	14	21-15, 24-22	0:43
Lead the series against # 14 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 3-0
7/31/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 4	Blanton/Nygaard	17	Alvarez/Rossell	19	15-21, 24-22, 16-14	1:02
10/14/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool G	Blanton/Nygaard	7	Alvarez/Rossell	18	19-21, 34-32, 15-10	1:03
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Nygaard	24	Alvarez/Rossell	7	21-13, 21-19	0:45
Series tied with # 17 Prosser/Williams, Australia 1-1
8/14/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool E	Prosser/Williams	17	Blanton/Nygaard	8	21-16, 21-14	0:39
8/1/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool E	Blanton/Nygaard	12	Prosser/Williams	28, Q8	10-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:51
Series tied with # 18 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 1-1
7/29/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Blanton/Nygaard	17	Brenha/Maia	16	27-29, 21-16, 15-13	1:01
10/17/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Winner 3	Brenha/Maia	13	Blanton/Nygaard	7	21-18, 18-21, 16-14	1:06
Trail the series against # 20 Child/Heese, Canada 1-2
8/16/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool E	Child/Heese	20	Blanton/Nygaard	8	21-16, 21-10	0:46
6/12/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Contender 3	Blanton/Nygaard	8	Child/Heese	17	21-16, 21-13	0:43
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Child/Heese	28	Blanton/Nygaard	5	21-18, 26-24	0:50
Lead the series against # 21 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 2-1
7/2/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 2	Blanton/Nygaard	15	Hernandez/Papaleo	16	21-18, 21-15	0:37
6/11/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Winner 2	Hernandez/Papaleo	9	Blanton/Nygaard	8	21-19, 22-20	0:49
9/20/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool E	Blanton/Nygaard	5	Hernandez/Papaleo	28, Q14	21-16, 25-23	0:53
Lead the series against # 22 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 1-0
5/22/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 4	Blanton/Nygaard	8	Gartmayer/Nowotny	19	21-13, 23-25, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against # 24 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
8/2/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Blanton/Nygaard	12	Horrem/Maaseide	26	15-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:05