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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games
August 6 - 18, 2016

(20) Esteban Grimalt/Marco Grimalt, Chile

Esteban Grimalt
Chile

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 9, 1991 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santiago

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

114

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$242,307.78

Marco Grimalt
Chile

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 11, 1989 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Queilen

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

114

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$242,307.78

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	37	41	57	Money
FIVB	114	5	2	1	4	8	0	29	5	21	2	3	14	15	1	3	1	US$484,532.15

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	Marco Grimalt - 17th	Esteban Grimalt - 17th
2016	Marco Grimalt - 9th	Esteban Grimalt - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/24-29/2016	Moscow Grand Slam	Q3	33rd	80	US$0.00
FIVB	5/17-21/2016	Cincinnati Open	8	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	4/26-5/1/2016	Fortaleza Open	7	4th	350	US$4,500.00
FIVB	4/19-23/2016	Fuzhou Open	11	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	4/12-16/2016	Xiamen Open	11	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	3/15-20/2016	Vitória Open	15	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	3/8-13/2016	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	22	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	2/23-28/2016	Maceió Open	13	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/21-25/2015	Antalya Open	5	4th	350	US$4,500.00
FIVB	10/6-11/2015	Puerto Vallarta Open	9	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	9/2-6/2015	Rio Open	8	17th	180	US$1,500.00
FIVB	8/25-30/2015	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	19	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	8/18-23/2015	Long Beach Grand Slam	15	17th	240	US$7,000.00

2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sun, 8/7/2016

Pool E

Reinder Nummerdor / Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands (5)

Lost 16-21, 13-21

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Esteban Grimalt	Total	34	12	0	0.353	0	6	2	1
	1	34	12	0	0.353	0	6	2	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Marco Grimalt	Total	15	8	0	0.533	2	5	0	2
	1	15	8	0	0.533	2	5	0	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Tue, 8/9/2016

Pool E

Viacheslav Krasilnikov / Konstantin Semenov, Russia (8)

Lost 17-21, 14-21

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Esteban Grimalt	Total	38	16	0	0.421	0	9	1	2
	1	38	16	0	0.421	0	9	1	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Marco Grimalt	Total	7	5	0	0.714	1	1	0	1
	1	7	5	0	0.714	1	1	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Thu, 8/11/2016

Pool E

Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (17)

Lost 13-21, 21-16, 11-15

0:52

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Esteban Grimalt	Total	33	19	0	0.576	0	3	3	2
	1	33	19	0	0.576	0	3	3	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Marco Grimalt	Total	15	10	0	0.667	1	1	1	5
	1	15	10	0	0.667	1	1	1	5
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Esteban Grimalt	105	47	0	0.448	0	18	6	5
Marco Grimalt	37	23	0	0.622	4	7	1	8
Total	142	70	0	0.493	4	25	7	13
Opponents	129	88	0	0.682	15	37	6	11

Olympic Games, World Championships, World Tour Finals Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Marco Grimalt - 33rd	Esteban Grimalt - 33rd
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Marco Grimalt - 17th	Esteban Grimalt - 17th
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Marco Grimalt - 17th	Esteban Grimalt - 17th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Marco Grimalt - 37th	Esteban Grimalt - 37th
2019	World Tour Finals	Rome	Marco Grimalt - 33rd	Esteban Grimalt - 33rd
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo	Marco Grimalt - 9th	Esteban Grimalt - 9th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Marco Grimalt - 9th	Esteban Grimalt - 9th
2022	World Tour Finals	Doha	Marco Grimalt - 9th	Esteban Grimalt - 9th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Marco Grimalt - 17th	Esteban Grimalt - 17th
2024	Olympic Games	Paris	Marco Grimalt - 9th	Esteban Grimalt - 9th

Head to Head Results
Grimalt/Grimalt trail the series against the field 10-36 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 16 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Cerutti/Schmidt, Brazil 0-1
8/20/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool B	Cerutti/Schmidt	2	Grimalt/Grimalt	15	21-18, 18-21, 15-12	0:49
Trail the series against # 2 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-1
4/24/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 2	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	6	Grimalt/Grimalt	7	24-22, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 3 Dalhausser/Lucena, United States 0-1
3/10/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool F	Dalhausser/Lucena	6	Grimalt/Grimalt	22	21-16, 21-12	0:32
Series tied with # 4 Goncalves/Solberg, Brazil 1-1
4/29/16	FIVB	Fortaleza Open	Winner 2	Grimalt/Grimalt	7	Goncalves/Solberg	1	21-12, 21-18	0:35
5/27/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Goncalves/Solberg	10	Grimalt/Grimalt	23	21-18, 19-21, 15-8	0:52
Trail the series against # 5 Nummerdor/Varenhorst, Netherlands 1-4
8/7/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Pool E	Nummerdor/Varenhorst	5	Grimalt/Grimalt	20	21-16, 21-13	0:39
8/27/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Pool C	Grimalt/Grimalt	19	Nummerdor/Varenhorst	3	19-21, 21-18, 15-5	0:43
8/21/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 1	Nummerdor/Varenhorst	3	Grimalt/Grimalt	15	21-18, 21-18	0:40
6/17/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Pool C	Nummerdor/Varenhorst	3	Grimalt/Grimalt	19	21-17, 21-23, 15-12	1:00
12/14/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Gold Medal	Nummerdor/Varenhorst	1	Grimalt/Grimalt	5	21-18, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 6 Gibb/Patterson, United States 0-2
3/17/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Pool B	Gibb/Patterson	2	Grimalt/Grimalt	15	21-15, 21-18	0:34
10/11/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 2	Gibb/Patterson	4	Grimalt/Grimalt	25, Q2	21-13, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 7 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-2
6/4/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool G	Gavira/Herrera	7	Grimalt/Grimalt	23	21-19, 21-19	0:39
7/31/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool E	Grimalt/Grimalt	28, Q11	Gavira/Herrera	12	24-22, 17-21, 20-18	0:58
7/16/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool E	Gavira/Herrera	5	Grimalt/Grimalt	28, Q11	21-13, 21-17	0:32
Trail the series against # 8 Krasilnikov/Semenov, Russia 1-3
8/9/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Pool E	Krasilnikov/Semenov	8	Grimalt/Grimalt	20	21-17, 21-14	0:35
4/21/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool F	Krasilnikov/Semenov	6	Grimalt/Grimalt	11	21-16, 18-21, 15-9	0:44
3/18/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 1	Grimalt/Grimalt	15	Krasilnikov/Semenov	7	12-21, 25-23, 15-13	0:45
3/9/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool F	Krasilnikov/Semenov	11	Grimalt/Grimalt	22	21-17, 21-23, 15-11	0:52
Trail the series against # 9 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 1-2
4/15/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Grimalt/Grimalt	11	21-16, 21-13	0:34
10/24/15	FIVB	Antalya Open	Winner 2	Grimalt/Grimalt	5	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	21-17, 21-17	0:37
7/18/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Grimalt/Grimalt	28, Q11	22-20, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 10 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-2
4/14/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool F	Lupo/Nicolai	6	Grimalt/Grimalt	11	15-21, 21-14, 18-16	0:42
6/4/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool G	Grimalt/Grimalt	23	Lupo/Nicolai	10	15-21, 21-19, 24-22	0:56
5/28/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Lupo/Nicolai	7	Grimalt/Grimalt	23	21-16, 28-26	0:44
Trail the series against # 11 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 0-3
2/26/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Winner 2	Kantor/Losiak	15	Grimalt/Grimalt	13	21-18, 23-21	0:36
4/23/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool G	Kantor/Losiak	10	Grimalt/Grimalt	7	21-18, 21-15	0:35
7/24/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Pool F	Kantor/Losiak	22	Grimalt/Grimalt	27, Q5	21-18, 16-21, 15-13	0:48
Trail the series against # 13 Doppler/Horst, Austria 0-1
7/11/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool E	Doppler/Horst	12	Grimalt/Grimalt	28, Q7	24-22, 21-14	0:37
Trail the series against # 14 Bockermann/Fluggen, Germany 0-2
3/18/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 2	Bockermann/Fluggen	11	Grimalt/Grimalt	15	21-17, 21-14	0:31
6/5/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool G	Bockermann/Fluggen	26, Q6	Grimalt/Grimalt	23	21-19, 21-13	0:33
Trail the series against # 15 Ontiveros/Virgen, Mexico 0-4
5/1/16	FIVB	Fortaleza Open	Bronze Medal	Ontiveros/Virgen	3	Grimalt/Grimalt	7	23-21, 21-17	0:40
4/22/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 2	Ontiveros/Virgen	7	Grimalt/Grimalt	11	21-14, 21-18	0:33
10/25/15	FIVB	Antalya Open	Semi-Finals	Ontiveros/Virgen	4	Grimalt/Grimalt	5	21-16, 21-18	0:37
7/9/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Ontiveros/Virgen	29, Q8	Grimalt/Grimalt	Q9	21-23, 21-16, 15-11	0:49
Lead the series against # 16 Saxton/Schalk, Canada 2-0
11/2/14	FIVB	Paraná Open	Semi-Finals	Grimalt/Grimalt	4	Saxton/Schalk	1	24-26, 30-28, 15-9	0:58
7/18/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 1	Grimalt/Grimalt	28, Q11	Saxton/Schalk	17	21-17, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # 17 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 0-3
8/11/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Pool E	Fijalek/Prudel	17	Grimalt/Grimalt	20	21-13, 16-21, 15-11	0:52
9/26/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	2	Grimalt/Grimalt	19	21-15, 21-14	0:33
7/3/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool A	Fijalek/Prudel	1	Grimalt/Grimalt	25	21-18, 21-15	0:39
Trail the series against # 18 Huber/Seidl, Austria 1-3
7/17/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool E	Grimalt/Grimalt	28, Q11	Huber/Seidl	21, Q3	16-21, 23-21, 15-10	0:48
6/13/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Huber/Seidl	23	Grimalt/Grimalt	26, Q5	21-16, 21-15	0:34
7/12/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Huber/Seidl	17	Grimalt/Grimalt	28, Q7	21-15, 21-14	0:35
4/18/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Qualifier 3	Huber/Seidl	23, Q7	Grimalt/Grimalt	Q23	22-20, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 19 Santos Pereira/Younousse, Qatar 1-0
3/10/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool F	Grimalt/Grimalt	22	Santos Pereira/Younousse	27, Q7	21-23, 21-14, 15-10	0:51
Trail the series against # 24 Binstock/Schachter, Canada 0-1
11/2/14	FIVB	Paraná Open	Gold Medal	Binstock/Schachter	2	Grimalt/Grimalt	4	21-14, 21-12	0:36