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

(1) 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 Sydney Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/2-6/2000	Japan Open	4	3rd	272	US$14,000.00
FIVB	7/25-29/2000	Portugal Open	3	3rd	272	US$14,000.00
FIVB	7/18-22/2000	France Open	3	4th	238	US$10,000.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2000	Germany Open	6	5th	204	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/30-7/4/2000	U.S. Grand Slam	6	5th	360	US$10,000.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2000	Swiss Open	5	9th	136	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/13-18/2000	Canada Open	5	3rd	272	US$14,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2000	Mexico Open	5	5th	204	US$7,000.00
FIVB	2/1-6/2000	Brazil Open	5	7th	170	US$6,000.00
FIVB	11/2-7/1999	Brazil Open	3	9th	136	US$4,500.00

Sydney XXVII Olympic Games Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 9/16/2000	Winner 1	Teresa Galindo / Hilda Gaxiola, Mexico (24)	Won 15-11	0:41
Thu, 9/21/2000	Winner 2	Rong Chi / Zi Xiong, China (12)	Won 15-2	0:30
Sat, 9/23/2000	Winner 3	Laura Bruschini / Annamaria Solazzi, Italy (9)	Won 15-11	0:39
Sat, 9/23/2000	Semi-Finals	Sandra Pires / Adriana Samuel, Brazil (5)	Won 15-6	0:36
Mon, 9/25/2000	Gold Medal	Shelda Bede / Adriana Behar, Brazil (2)	Won 12-11, 12-10	1:15

Olympic Games, World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta	Kerri Pottharst - 3rd	Natalie Cook - 3rd
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Kerri Pottharst - 9th	Natalie Cook - 9th
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Angela Clarke - 9th	Pauline Manser - 7th
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney	Kerri Pottharst - 1st	Natalie Cook - 1st
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Kerri Pottharst - 9th	Natalie Cook - 9th
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Nicole Sanderson - 3rd	Did not play
2004	Olympic Games	Athens	Nicole Sanderson - 4th	Summer Lochowicz - 9th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Summer Lochowicz - 25th	Did not play
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Tamsin Hinchley - 9th	Did not play
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing	Tamsin Hinchley - 5th	Did not play
2011	World Championships	Rome	Tara West - 37th	Did not play
2012	Olympic Games	London	Tamsin Hinchley - 19th	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	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	9	1	1	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$128,200.00	4	1	80.0 %
1997	FIVB	8	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	$46,400.00	1	1	50.0 %
2000	FIVB	10	1	0	3	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	$86,000.00	5	0	100.0 %
Total	FIVB	27	2	1	5	5	8	3	3	0	0	0	0	$260,600.00	10	2	83.3 %

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
9	1	1	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	$64,100.00	1996	FIVB	9	1	1	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	$64,100.00
9	0	0	1	1	4	3	0	0	0	$24,000.00	1997	FIVB	8	0	0	1	1	4	2	0	0	0	$23,200.00
8	0	0	0	0	4	3	1	0	0	$22,800.00	1998	FIVB	8	0	2	1	1	3	1	0	0	0	$45,925.00
7	0	2	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$40,500.00	1999	FIVB	6	0	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$40,750.00
10	1	0	3	1	4	1	0	0	0	$43,000.00	2000	FIVB	10	1	0	3	1	4	1	0	0	0	$43,000.00
61	2	3	6	7	31	11	1	0	0	$221,056.25	Total	Total	57	2	6	6	8	27	8	0	0	0	$239,037.50

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%
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	5-0	100.0%
Against the Field	19	61.3%	4	12.9%	8	25.8%	23-8	74.2%	2	33.3%	1	16.7%	3	50.0%	2-4	33.3%	38-6	86.4%	12-10	54.5%	0	0	29-8	78.4%

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 5-0 (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 # 2 Bede/Behar, Brazil 1-0
9/25/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Gold Medal	Cook/Pottharst	1	Bede/Behar	2	12-11, 12-10	1:15
Lead the series against # 5 Pires/Samuel, Brazil 1-0
9/23/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Semi-Finals	Cook/Pottharst	1	Pires/Samuel	5	15-6	0:36
Lead the series against # 9 Bruschini/Solazzi, Italy 1-0
9/23/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Winner 3	Cook/Pottharst	1	Bruschini/Solazzi	9	15-11	0:39
Lead the series against # 12 Chi/Xiong, China 1-0
9/21/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Winner 2	Cook/Pottharst	1	Chi/Xiong	12	15-2	0:30
Lead the series against # 24 Galindo/Gaxiola, Mexico 1-0
9/16/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Winner 1	Cook/Pottharst	1	Galindo/Gaxiola	24	15-11	0:41