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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$404,500 FIVB World Championships presented by Swatch
October 7 - 12, 2003

(37) 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:

Career Best:

4th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$177,751.25

Annamaria Solazzi
Italy

Photo: Carl Schneider

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 10, 1965 (59 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ancona

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

60 kg (132 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (5 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$167,270.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	Money
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	72	0	0	0	3	8	7	17	9	13	9	4	1	1	US$283,670.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1995	Did not play	Consuelo Turetta - 17th
1996	Caterina De Marinis - 17th	Consuelo Turetta - 13th
1997	Annamaria Solazzi - 13th	Laura Bruschini - 13th
1998	Annamaria Solazzi - 17th	Laura Bruschini - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	Q7	33rd	36	US$0.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Italy Open	24	25th	30	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2003	Japan Open	19	17th	60	US$2,500.00
FIVB	7/30-8/2/2003	Austria Grand Slam	Q8	33rd	32	US$0.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2003	France Grand Slam	Q6	41st	16	US$0.00
FIVB	7/1-5/2003	Norway Open	22	25th	30	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/24-28/2003	Germany Grand Slam	23	25th	60	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/17-21/2003	Switzerland Open	22	9th	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2003	Hellas Open	18	17th	60	US$2,500.00

Rio de Janeiro World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 10/7/2003	Pool M	Dianne DeNecochea / Nancy Reynolds, United States (13)	Lost 14-21, 16-21	0:39
Tue, 10/7/2003	Pool M	Angela Lavalle / Monica Rodrigues, Brazil (36)	Lost 22-24, 18-21	0:55
Wed, 10/8/2003	Pool M	Eva Celbova Rysava / Sona Novakova, Czech Republic (12)	Lost 15-21, 17-21	0:33

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Annamaria Solazzi - 9th	Laura Bruschini - 9th
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Annamaria Solazzi - 17th	Laura Bruschini - 17th
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

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/10-13/1997	Los Angeles World Championships	16	9th	210	US$6,200.00
FIVB	7/19-24/1999	Marseille World Championships	5	17th	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	15	5th	300	US$10,000.00
FIVB	10/7-12/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	37	37th	80	US$1,875.00

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	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	0	$22,575.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	0	$33,050.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	54	0	0	0	2	5	7	15	7	9	7	0	$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
Total	72	0	0	0	3	8	7	17	9	13	9	0	$283,670.00

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	0	$14,037.50	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$13,162.50
14	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	2	0	$22,025.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	2	0	$18,025.00
73	0	0	0	2	13	31	15	9	0	$127,528.75	Challenge/Four Star/Open	74	0	0	0	2	13	28	17	10	0	$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
97	0	0	0	3	16	38	21	12	0	$170,391.25	Total	99	0	0	0	5	16	36	21	12	0	$159,910.00

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 %
2001	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	2	0	0	$40,000.00	17	14	54.8 %
2002	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	1	0	$24,645.00	14	13	51.9 %
2003	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	4	$18,375.00	8	19	29.6 %
Total	FIVB	48	0	0	0	0	5	6	13	6	10	4	4	$172,120.00	43	50	46.2 %

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
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
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
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
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
7	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	0	0	$20,000.00	2001	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	0	0	$22,000.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	0	$12,322.50	2002	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	0	$12,322.50
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	4	$9,187.50	2003	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	4	$9,187.50
78	0	0	0	3	16	31	17	6	5	$138,766.25	Total	Total	79	0	0	0	4	16	30	20	5	4	$136,610.00

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%
2002-2003	14	70.0%	1	5.0%	5	25.0%	15-5	75.0%	7	21.2%	5	15.2%	21	63.6%	7-26	21.2%	14-21	40.0%	8-10	44.4%	0	1	22-32	40.7%
Against the Field	19	67.9%	2	7.1%	7	25.0%	21-7	75.0%	10	20.0%	6	12.0%	34	68.0%	10-40	20.0%	38-64	37.3%	24-24	50.0%	1	1	33-45	42.3%

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
Total	0	0	19	5	20	24	0	0	14	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	68	70

Head to Head Results
Bruschini/Solazzi trail the series against the field 23-29 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 16 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
6/8/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	Bruschini/Solazzi	7	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 3 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-2
6/13/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool B	Bede/Behar	2	Bruschini/Solazzi	18	21-15, 21-16	0:38
6/16/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 3	Bede/Behar	1	Bruschini/Solazzi	9	21-15, 21-18	0:34
Trail the series against # 4 Tian/Wang, China 0-1
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool F	Tian/Wang	11	Bruschini/Solazzi	22	21-15, 21-11	0:37
Trail the series against # 5 Cook/Sanderson, Australia 0-2
8/8/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool C	Cook/Sanderson	3	Bruschini/Solazzi	19	21-16, 21-17	0:43
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool F	Cook/Sanderson	11	Bruschini/Solazzi	22	21-18, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 8 Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland 1-0
7/6/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 2	Bruschini/Solazzi	12	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	27, Q7	21-12, 21-17	0:33
Lead the series against # 9 Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 3-1
7/27/02	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 1	Karadassiou/Sfyri	11	Bruschini/Solazzi	21	22-20, 21-19	0:49
7/7/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 4	Bruschini/Solazzi	12	Karadassiou/Sfyri	23	20-22, 21-17, 15-13	0:58
6/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Bruschini/Solazzi	9	Karadassiou/Sfyri	24	21-17, 23-21	0:45
9/16/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Winner 1	Bruschini/Solazzi	9	Karadassiou/Sfyri	16	15-2	0:34
Trail the series against # 10 Lahme/Musch, Germany 0-1
7/30/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Lahme/Musch	26, Q9	Bruschini/Solazzi	Q8	22-20, 22-24, 15-9	0:57
Trail the series against # 12 Celbova Rysava/Novakova, Czech Republic 1-2
10/8/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool M	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	12	Bruschini/Solazzi	37	21-15, 21-17	0:33
8/3/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 3	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	12	Bruschini/Solazzi	15	21-17, 21-16	0:37
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Bruschini/Solazzi	14	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	13	21-17, 21-14	0:37
Trail the series against # 13 DeNecochea/Reynolds, United States 0-1
10/7/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool M	DeNecochea/Reynolds	13	Bruschini/Solazzi	37	21-14, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # 14 Pohl/Rau, Germany 4-0
7/27/02	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool E	Bruschini/Solazzi	21	Pohl/Rau	12	21-12, 21-17	0:35
6/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Bruschini/Solazzi	7	Pohl/Rau	10	21-14, 19-21, 18-16	0:59
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Bruschini/Solazzi	14	Pohl/Rau	19	19-21, 21-17, 15-7	0:50
6/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 2	Bruschini/Solazzi	9	Pohl/Rau	25, Q2	21-16, 21-14	0:38
Trail the series against # 15 Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou, Greece 0-1
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool F	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	27, Q10	Bruschini/Solazzi	22	21-12, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # 18 Kadijk/Leenstra, Netherlands 2-1
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool F	Bruschini/Solazzi	22	Kadijk/Leenstra	6	16-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:49
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool G	Kadijk/Leenstra	7	Bruschini/Solazzi	23	21-16, 21-15	0:32
8/2/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 1	Bruschini/Solazzi	15	Kadijk/Leenstra	20	15-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:53
Trail the series against # 19 Fonseca/Minello, Brazil 0-1
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Fonseca/Minello	5	Bruschini/Solazzi	22	21-12, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 20 Garcia/Gaxiola, Mexico 2-0
6/19/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool F	Bruschini/Solazzi	22	Garcia/Gaxiola	27, Q3	21-12, 21-17	0:31
9/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool C	Bruschini/Solazzi	14	Garcia/Gaxiola	19	21-18, 21-11	0:34
Lead the series against # 21 Ahmann/Vollmer, Germany 1-0
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool G	Bruschini/Solazzi	23	Ahmann/Vollmer	10	17-21, 23-21, 15-12	0:52
Trail the series against # 24 Wang/You, China 0-1
9/5/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Pool H	Wang/You	8	Bruschini/Solazzi	24	20-22, 24-22, 15-10	0:55
Lead the series against # 25 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 3-2
9/5/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Pool H	Gattelli/Perrotta	9	Bruschini/Solazzi	24	21-19, 21-18	0:44
8/8/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool C	Bruschini/Solazzi	19	Gattelli/Perrotta	14	21-16, 21-18	0:37
8/1/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool O	Bruschini/Solazzi	15	Gattelli/Perrotta	18	22-20, 21-19	0:43
7/18/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Gattelli/Perrotta	18	Bruschini/Solazzi	15	21-16, 21-17	0:42
7/7/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 3	Bruschini/Solazzi	12	Gattelli/Perrotta	13	21-13, 14-21, 17-15	0:53
Trail the series against # 28 Kusuhara/Tokuno, Japan 1-3
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool G	Kusuhara/Tokuno	26	Bruschini/Solazzi	23	24-26, 21-13, 15-13	0:56
8/2/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kusuhara/Tokuno	21	Bruschini/Solazzi	14	12-21, 21-16, 20-18	1:01
8/24/01	FIVB	Hong Kong Open	Winner 2	Kusuhara/Tokuno	23	Bruschini/Solazzi	7	21-15, 15-21, 15-12	0:46
7/6/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Bruschini/Solazzi	12	Kusuhara/Tokuno	21	21-12, 21-18	0:33
Series tied with # 29 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 1-1
6/14/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool B	Bruschini/Solazzi	18	Glesnes/Maaseide	15	19-21, 23-21, 15-13	0:56
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Glesnes/Maaseide	22	Bruschini/Solazzi	14	21-15, 27-29, 15-12	0:53
Trail the series against # 30 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 1-2
9/6/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Pool H	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	25, Q3	Bruschini/Solazzi	24	21-19, 21-18	0:37
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool E	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	21	Bruschini/Solazzi	12	21-17, 21-17	0:47
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 3	Bruschini/Solazzi	14	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	22	21-17, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # 34 Boileau/Morin, Canada 2-0
9/19/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool G	Bruschini/Solazzi	23	Boileau/Morin	26, Q5	21-14, 21-5	0:29
7/31/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool L	Bruschini/Solazzi	14	Boileau/Morin	38	16-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:45
Trail the series against # 35 Dumont/Martin, Canada 0-2
7/15/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Dumont/Martin	31, Q27	Bruschini/Solazzi	Q6	23-21, 21-17	0:41
6/13/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool B	Dumont/Martin	31, Q23	Bruschini/Solazzi	18	17-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:52
Trail the series against # 36 Lavalle/Rodrigues, Brazil 0-1
10/7/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool M	Lavalle/Rodrigues	36	Bruschini/Solazzi	37	24-22, 21-18	0:55
Trail the series against # 38 Alcon/Pol, Spain 1-2
9/18/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Alcon/Pol	30, Q10	Bruschini/Solazzi	Q7	21-19, 13-21, 15-13	0:49
6/20/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool E	Alcon/Pol	28, Q28	Bruschini/Solazzi	12	21-15, 21-15	0:32
6/8/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Bruschini/Solazzi	7	Alcon/Pol	26	21-12, 21-19	0:34
Trail the series against # 39 Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-1
8/9/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool C	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	30, Q11	Bruschini/Solazzi	19	21-18, 15-21, 15-12	0:51