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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
XXVII Olympic Games
September 16 - 26, 2000

(9) Dain Blanton/Eric Fonoimoana, 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

Eric Fonoimoana
United States

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 7, 1969 (56 yrs old)

Home Town:

Manhattan Beach, CA

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

100 kg (220 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Sydney 2000)

Career Winnings:

US$184,875.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	31	1	1	1	3	3	3	10	5	4	0	US$194,400.00

Previous Sydney Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/9-13/2000	Belgium Open	7	3rd	272	US$14,000.00
FIVB	8/2-6/2000	Austria Open	8	9th	136	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2000	Portugal Open	8	5th	204	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2000	Italy Open	11	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2000	Norway Open	8	9th	136	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2000	U.S. Grand Slam	9	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2000	Canada Open	8	9th	136	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2000	Mexico Open	6	13th	102	US$3,000.00
FIVB	1/18-23/2000	Brazil Open	4	13th	102	US$3,000.00
FIVB	1/12-16/2000	Argentina Open	5	9th	136	US$4,000.00

Sydney XXVII Olympic Games Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sun, 9/17/2000	Winner 1	Oliver Oetke / Andreas Scheuerpflug, Germany (16)	Won 15-7	0:37
Fri, 9/22/2000	Winner 2	Vegard Hoidalen / Jorre Kjemperud, Norway (8)	Won 15-13	0:54
Sun, 9/24/2000	Winner 3	Rob Heidger / Kevin Wong, United States (7)	Won 15-3	0:31
Sun, 9/24/2000	Semi-Finals	Joao Brenha / Miguel Maia, Portugal (12)	Won 15-12	1:11
Tue, 9/26/2000	Gold Medal	Ricardo Santos / Ze Marco de Melo, Brazil (3)	Won 12-11, 12-9	1:41

Olympic Games, World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Kent Steffes - 3rd	Brian Lewis - 9th
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Eric Fonoimoana - 9th	Dain Blanton - 9th
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney	Eric Fonoimoana - 1st	Dain Blanton - 1st
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Eric Fonoimoana - 5th	Dain Blanton - 5th
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Jeff Nygaard - 5th	Kevin Wong - 9th
2004	Olympic Games	Athens	Jeff Nygaard - 19th	Did not play
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$17,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$21,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	26	0	1	1	2	2	3	8	5	4	0	0	$155,900.00
Total	31	1	1	1	3	3	3	10	5	4	0	0	$194,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Dain Blanton												Eric Fonoimoana
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	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	$16,850.00
13	0	0	1	2	2	3	3	2	0	$56,700.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	0	0	0	1	1	3	6	0	0	$36,375.00
48	1	1	1	2	7	20	9	3	0	$119,285.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	46	0	2	1	2	9	22	6	2	0	$123,900.00
											Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$7,750.00
68	2	1	3	4	11	24	14	5	0	$207,485.00	Total	63	1	2	1	4	11	28	12	2	0	$184,875.00

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
1999	FIVB	6	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	$44,500.00	3	2	60.0 %
2000	FIVB	11	1	0	1	0	1	0	5	2	1	0	0	$51,000.00	5	0	100.0 %
Total	FIVB	17	1	0	1	2	2	0	7	2	2	0	0	$95,500.00	8	2	80.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Dain Blanton													Eric Fonoimoana
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
											1996	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$5,750.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$12,850.00	1997	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$6,750.00
7	0	1	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	$23,950.00	1998	FIVB	7	0	1	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	$25,950.00
9	0	0	0	2	1	4	1	0	1	$26,750.00	1999	FIVB	9	0	0	0	2	1	3	1	1	1	$24,750.00
11	1	0	1	0	1	7	1	0	0	$25,500.00	2000	FIVB	11	1	0	1	0	1	7	1	0	0	$25,500.00
30	1	1	2	2	4	15	3	0	2	$89,050.00	Total	Total	32	1	2	1	2	7	15	2	1	1	$96,200.00

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	13	68.4%	3	15.8%	3	15.8%	16-3	84.2%	3	18.8%	5	31.3%	8	50.0%	3-13	18.8%	13-8	61.9%	6-8	42.9%	0	0	26-18	59.1%
1999-2000	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0		0		0		0-0		1-0	100.0%	0-0		0	0	8-2	80.0%
Against the Field	3	25.0%	2	16.7%	7	58.3%	5-7	41.7%	3	50.0%	2	33.3%	1	16.7%	3-3	50.0%	6-2	75.0%	10-6	62.5%	0	0	14-4	77.8%

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	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	12
Total	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	17	7	1	1	0	1	1	0	26	18

Head to Head Results
Blanton/Fonoimoana lead the series against the field 7-0 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 0 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 3 de Melo/Santos, Brazil 1-0
9/26/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Gold Medal	Blanton/Fonoimoana	9	Santos/de Melo	3	12-11, 12-9	1:41
Lead the series against # 7 Heidger/Wong, United States 1-0
9/24/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Winner 3	Blanton/Fonoimoana	9	Heidger/Wong	7	15-3	0:31
Lead the series against # 8 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 1-0
9/22/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Winner 2	Blanton/Fonoimoana	9	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	8	15-13	0:54
Lead the series against # 12 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 2-0
9/24/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Semi-Finals	Blanton/Fonoimoana	9	Brenha/Maia	12	15-12	1:11
7/23/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Blanton/Fonoimoana	19	Brenha/Maia	11	15-4	0:30
Lead the series against # 16 Oetke/Scheuerpflug, Germany 2-0
9/17/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Winner 1	Blanton/Fonoimoana	9	Oetke/Scheuerpflug	16	15-7	0:37
7/23/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Blanton/Fonoimoana	19	Oetke/Scheuerpflug	20	15-6	0:28