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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
XXVII Olympic Games
September 16 - 25, 2000

(5) Sandra Pires/Adriana Samuel, Brazil

Sandra Pires Tavares
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 16, 1973 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rio de Janeiro

Height:

174 cm (5'9")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

110

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$773,542.50

Adriana Samuel Ramos
Brazil

Photo not available

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 12, 1966 (59 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rezende

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$428,371.25

Awards

Tour Champion 1995 (with Jackie Silva), 1996 (with Jackie Silva), 2003 (with Ana Paula Connelly)

Awards

Tour Champion 1994 (with Monica Rodrigues)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	23	2	4	5	6	2	0	3	0	1	0	US$309,500.00

Previous Sydney Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/12-16/2000	Germany Open	5	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/30-7/4/2000	U.S. Grand Slam	4	3rd	480	US$17,000.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2000	Swiss Open	2	9th	136	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/13-18/2000	Canada Open	2	9th	136	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/7-11/2000	Italy Open	2	4th	238	US$10,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2000	Mexico Open	3	4th	238	US$10,000.00
FIVB	2/1-6/2000	Brazil Open	4	2nd	306	US$18,000.00
FIVB	11/2-7/1999	Brazil Open	3	3rd	272	US$15,000.00

Sydney XXVII Olympic Games Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 9/16/2000	Winner 1	Dalixia Fernandez Grasset / Tamara Larrea Peraza, Cuba (20)	Won 15-4	0:25
Thu, 9/21/2000	Winner 2	Cristina Pereira / Maria Schuller, Portugal (13)	Won 15-6	0:36
Sat, 9/23/2000	Winner 3	Misty May-Treanor / Holly McPeak, United States (4)	Won 16-14	0:49
Sat, 9/23/2000	Semi-Finals	Natalie Cook / Kerri Pottharst, Australia (1)	Lost 6-15	0:36
Mon, 9/25/2000	Bronze Medal	Yukiko Takahashi / Mika Teru Saiki, Japan (6)	Won 12-4, 12-6	0:53

Olympic Games, World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta	Jackie Silva - 1st	Monica Rodrigues - 2nd
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Jackie Silva - 1st	Monica Rodrigues - 5th
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Adriana Samuel - 4th	Sandra Pires - 4th
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney	Adriana Samuel - 3rd	Sandra Pires - 3rd
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Tatiana Minello - 2nd	Did not play
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Ana Paula Connelly - 5th	Did not play
2004	Olympic Games	Athens	Ana Paula Connelly - 5th	Did not play
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Agatha Bednarczuk - 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$18,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$17,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	2	4	3	5	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	$274,500.00
Total	23	2	4	5	6	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	$309,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Sandra Pires												Adriana Samuel
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	$67,750.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00
15	2	4	1	0	3	2	0	1	0	$139,050.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$14,125.00
86	15	11	14	12	16	7	4	1	0	$487,822.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	53	7	12	6	9	12	6	1	0	0	$311,806.25
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00	Goodwill Games	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00
110	20	16	16	13	21	9	5	2	0	$709,622.50	Total	61	7	14	8	10	14	7	1	0	0	$346,931.25

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	7	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$82,000.00	4	2	66.7 %
2000	FIVB	8	0	1	2	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$65,000.00	4	1	80.0 %
Total	FIVB	15	0	1	3	6	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	$147,000.00	8	3	72.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Sandra Pires													Adriana Samuel
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	$2,250.00	1993	FIVB	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,875.00
											1994	FIVB	6	1	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	$20,750.00
11	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	$45,500.00	1995	FIVB	10	0	1	1	1	5	2	0	0	0	$17,531.25
10	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$131,950.00	1996	FIVB	10	1	5	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	$79,025.00
7	2	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	$66,200.00	1997	FIVB	9	3	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	$63,500.00
8	2	2	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	$79,750.00	1998	FIVB	8	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	$76,750.00
7	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	0	0	$41,000.00	1999	FIVB	7	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	0	0	$41,000.00
8	0	1	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	$32,500.00	2000	FIVB	8	0	1	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	$32,500.00
52	14	9	15	8	2	3	1	0	0	$399,150.00	Total	Total	60	7	13	8	10	14	7	1	0	0	$337,931.25

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	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	2	8-3	72.7%
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	2	8-3	72.7%
Against the Field	1	16.7%	0	0.0%	5	83.3%	1-5	16.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0-0	0	1	6-2	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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	8	3

Head to Head Results
Pires/Samuel lead the series against the field 6-2 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Cook/Pottharst, Australia 0-1
9/23/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Semi-Finals	Cook/Pottharst	1	Pires/Samuel	5	15-6	0:36
Trail the series against # 2 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-1
7/23/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Bede/Behar	1	Pires/Samuel	3	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 4 May-Treanor/McPeak, United States 1-0
9/23/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Winner 3	Pires/Samuel	5	May-Treanor/McPeak	4	16-14	0:49
Lead the series against # 6 Takahashi/Teru Saiki, Japan 2-0
9/25/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Bronze Medal	Pires/Samuel	5	Takahashi/Teru Saiki	6	12-4, 12-6	0:53
7/23/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Pires/Samuel	3	Takahashi/Teru Saiki	15	15-4	0:30
Lead the series against # 11 Kadijk/Schoon Kadijk, Netherlands 1-0
7/22/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Pires/Samuel	3	Kadijk/Schoon Kadijk	6	15-6	0:30
Lead the series against # 13 Pereira/Schuller, Portugal 1-0
9/21/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Winner 2	Pires/Samuel	5	Pereira/Schuller	13	15-6	0:36
Lead the series against # 20 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 1-0
9/16/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Winner 1	Pires/Samuel	5	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	20	15-4	0:25