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

(9) Laura Bruschini/Annamaria Solazzi, Italy

Laura Bruschini
Italy

Photo: Mauro De Sanctis

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 26, 1966 (59 yrs old)

Home Town:

Lecco

Height:

174 cm (5'9")

Weight:

60 kg (132 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

109

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$214,684.02

Annamaria Solazzi
Italy

Photo: Carl Schneider

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 10, 1965 (60 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ancona

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

60 kg (132 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

113

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$208,975.40

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	Money
CEV	11	4	2	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$49,274.96
FIVB	71	0	0	0	3	7	7	17	9	13	9	4	1	1	US$283,020.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$650.00
Overall	83	4	2	3	3	9	7	18	9	13	9	4	1	1	US$332,944.96

Previous Sydney Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	8/24-26/2000	European Championships	1	1st	180	€ 18,000.00
FIVB	8/9-13/2000	China Open	3	5th	204	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/25-29/2000	Portugal Open	9	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/18-22/2000	France Open	9	13th	102	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/13-18/2000	Canada Open	8	13th	102	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/7-11/2000	Italy Open	7	5th	204	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2000	Mexico Open	13	9th	136	US$4,000.00
FIVB	2/1-6/2000	Brazil Open	12	9th	136	US$4,000.00
FIVB	11/2-7/1999	Brazil Open	11	17th	68	US$2,500.00

Sydney XXVII Olympic Games Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 9/16/2000	Winner 1	Vasso Karadassiou / Efi Sfyri, Greece (16)	Won 15-2	0:34
Thu, 9/21/2000	Winner 2	Ulrike Schmidt / Gudi Staub, Germany (8)	Won 15-12	0:34
Sat, 9/23/2000	Winner 3	Natalie Cook / Kerri Pottharst, Australia (1)	Lost 11-15	0:39

Olympic Games, World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta	Did not play	Consuelo Turetta - 13th
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Annamaria Solazzi - 9th	Laura Bruschini - 9th
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Annamaria Solazzi - 17th	Laura Bruschini - 17th
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney	Annamaria Solazzi - 5th	Laura Bruschini - 5th
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Annamaria Solazzi - 5th	Laura Bruschini - 5th
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Annamaria Solazzi - 37th	Laura Bruschini - 37th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Diletta Lunardi - 25th	Nicoletta Luciani - 33rd

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	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	$22,575.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	3	$33,050.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	54	0	0	0	2	5	7	15	7	9	7	2	$216,395.00
Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$650.00
Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
Confederation Championship	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$43,850.00
Total	76	2	0	0	3	9	7	18	9	13	9	6	$327,520.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Laura Bruschini												Annamaria Solazzi
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	$14,037.50	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	$13,162.50
14	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	2	3	$22,025.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	2	3	$18,025.00
73	0	0	0	2	13	31	15	9	3	$127,528.75	Challenge/Four Star/Open	74	0	0	0	2	13	28	17	10	4	$120,672.50
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$975.00	Challenger	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$1,650.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00	Satellite	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$900.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00	Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00
4	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$21,925.00	Confederation Championship	5	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$25,025.00
101	2	0	0	3	17	39	21	12	7	$192,316.25	Total	104	2	0	0	5	18	37	21	12	9	$184,935.00

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
1997	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	0	0	0	$28,100.00	1	1	50.0 %
1999	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	2	0	0	$31,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2000	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	2	1	0	0	$30,000.00	2	1	66.7 %
2000	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$18,000.00	5	0	100.0 %
Total	FIVB	24	0	0	0	0	3	4	9	5	3	0	0	$89,100.00	4	4	50.0 %
Total	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$18,000.00	5	0	100.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Laura Bruschini													Annamaria Solazzi
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$781.25	1994	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	1	$3,750.00	1995	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	0	0	$5,375.00
7	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	2	0	$15,800.00	1996	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	1	0	$16,975.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$375.00	1996	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	1996	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
9	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	0	0	$14,050.00	1997	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	0	0	$14,050.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	1997	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
8	0	0	0	3	0	2	3	0	0	$24,675.00	1998	FIVB	8	0	0	0	3	0	2	3	0	0	$24,675.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	1998	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	$15,500.00	1999	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	$15,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00	1999	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00
4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	1999	CEV	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
11	0	0	0	0	4	6	1	0	0	$22,000.00	2000	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	3	4	1	0	0	$15,000.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00	2000	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00
62	4	2	2	3	12	26	10	2	1	$116,256.25	Total	Total	62	4	2	2	4	12	24	13	1	0	$112,100.00

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	41	74.5%	6	10.9%	8	14.5%	47-8	85.5%	17	22.7%	11	14.7%	47	62.7%	17-58	22.7%	41-47	46.6%	23-19	54.8%	1	1	68-70	49.3%
1999-2000	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-0		0	0	3-3	50.0%
Against the Field	7	70.0%	1	10.0%	2	20.0%	8-2	80.0%	2	9.1%	2	9.1%	18	81.8%	2-20	9.1%	14-34	29.2%	6-4	60.0%	0	0	12-20	37.5%

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	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	8
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	7	3	7	2	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	15
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	12	2	12	18	0	0	9	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	42	46
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	5	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	9	4
Total	0	0	19	5	22	25	0	0	19	25	1	0	0	0	1	0	77	74

Head to Head Results
Bruschini/Solazzi lead the series against the field 5-1 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 1 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	Winner 3	Cook/Pottharst	1	Bruschini/Solazzi	9	15-11	0:39
Lead the series against # 8 Schmidt/Staub, Germany 1-0
9/21/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Winner 2	Bruschini/Solazzi	9	Schmidt/Staub	8	15-12	0:34
Lead the series against # 11 Kadijk/Schoon Kadijk, Netherlands 1-0
8/26/00	CEV	European Championships	Semi-Finals	Bruschini/Solazzi	1	Kadijk/Schoon Kadijk	5	15-11	0:42
Lead the series against # 14 Celbova Rysava/Novakova, Czechia 1-0
8/25/00	CEV	European Championships	Winner 4	Bruschini/Solazzi	1	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	4	15-3	0:31
Lead the series against # 16 Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 1-0
9/16/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Winner 1	Bruschini/Solazzi	9	Karadassiou/Sfyri	16	15-2	0:34
Lead the series against # 23 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 1-0
8/25/00	CEV	European Championships	Winner 3	Bruschini/Solazzi	1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	8	15-9	0:55