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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Puerto Rico Open
September 6 - 8, 1996

(4) Natalie Cook/Kerri Pottharst, Australia

Natalie Cook
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 19, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Brisbane

Height:

181 cm (5'11")

Weight:

72 kg (158 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

165

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$652,908.75

Kerri Pottharst
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 25, 1965 (60 yrs old)

Home Town:

Adelaïde

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$437,315.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	62	3	6	10	12	16	6	9	0	0	0	US$580,095.00

Previous Carolina Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1994	Anita Spring - 6th	Annette Huygens Tholen - 5th
1995	Kerri Pottharst - 5th	Natalie Cook - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/9-11/1996	Japan Open	1	1st	280	US$29,200.00
FIVB	7/23-27/1996	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	6	3rd	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/21-23/1996	United States Open		4th	196	US$12,000.00
FIVB	4/17-21/1996	Brazil Open	3	4th	196	US$12,000.00
FIVB	4/10-14/1996	Brazil Open	4	5th	168	US$9,000.00
FIVB	2/28-3/3/1996	Brazil Open		2nd	42	US$21,000.00
FIVB	11/16-19/1995	Brazil Open		4th	30	US$3,000.00
FIVB	11/9-12/1995	Puerto Rico Open		5th	24	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/6-8/1995	Australian Open		5th	24	US$2,500.00
FIVB	9/15-17/1995	Indonesia Open		5th	24	US$2,500.00

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$)
Olympic Games	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$12,200.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$93,900.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	51	2	5	8	9	15	6	6	0	0	0	0	$458,495.00
Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,500.00
Total	62	3	6	10	12	16	6	9	0	0	0	0	$580,095.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Natalie Cook												Kerri Pottharst
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
5	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	$34,800.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$10,600.00
39	0	1	2	4	5	14	4	2	0	$165,575.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	1	1	2	1	3	0	1	0	$56,450.00
111	3	6	11	10	40	23	11	2	0	$401,153.75	Challenge/Four Star/Open	75	2	7	9	11	31	13	1	1	0	$313,735.00
2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$9,750.00	Goodwill Games	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$17,750.00
164	4	7	15	16	47	41	16	5	0	$611,278.75	Total	92	3	9	11	14	33	19	1	2	0	$398,535.00

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
1996	FIVB	7	1	1	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$110,200.00	4	1	80.0 %
Total	FIVB	7	1	1	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$110,200.00	4	1	80.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Natalie Cook													Kerri Pottharst
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	1	0	0	0	0	$1,625.00	1993	FIVB
6	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	$9,031.25	1994	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	$6,062.50
11	0	0	0	2	8	1	0	0	0	$16,000.00	1995	FIVB	11	0	0	0	2	8	1	0	0	0	$16,000.00
7	1	1	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	$55,100.00	1996	FIVB	7	1	1	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	$55,100.00
25	1	1	1	5	15	2	0	0	0	$81,756.25	Total	Total	23	1	1	1	5	12	3	0	0	0	$77,162.50

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	78	83.9%	6	6.5%	9	9.7%	84-9	90.3%	9	31.0%	5	17.2%	15	51.7%	9-20	31.0%	78-15	83.9%	15-14	51.7%	0	1	100-31	76.3%
1995-1996	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	4-1	80.0%
Against the Field	10	58.8%	1	5.9%	6	35.3%	11-6	64.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5	100.0%	0-5	0.0%	20-6	76.9%	2-6	25.0%	0	1	14-8	63.6%

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	6	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	9	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	6	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	12	5
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	27	0	0	0	31	7	4	7	4	3	1	3	73	21
Goodwill Games	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	0	0	34	1	0	0	46	9	5	11	6	5	2	3	100	31

Head to Head Results
Cook/Pottharst lead the series against the field 3-1 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rodrigues/Samuel, Brazil 0-1
7/26/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Semi-Finals	Rodrigues/Samuel	5	Cook/Pottharst	6	15-3	0:27
Lead the series against # 17 Fontana/Hanley, United States 1-0
7/27/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Bronze Medal	Cook/Pottharst	6	Fontana/Hanley	4	12-11, 12-7	1:51
Lead the series against # 18 Cooper/Glover, England 1-0
7/23/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Winner 2	Cook/Pottharst	6	Cooper/Glover	11	15-4	0:38
Lead the series against # 23 Castro Kehl/Richardson, United States 1-0
7/24/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Winner 3	Cook/Pottharst	6	Castro Kehl/Richardson	3	15-7	0:38