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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
XXVI Olympic Games
July 23 - 27, 1996

(5) Monica Rodrigues/Adriana Samuel, Brazil

Mônica Rodrigues
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 20, 1967 (58 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rio de Janeiro

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

75 kg (165 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$416,033.75

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 1994 (with Adriana Samuel)

Awards

Tour Champion 1994 (with Monica Rodrigues)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	38	5	10	3	4	9	3	3	1	0	0	US$384,362.50

Previous Atlanta Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/21-23/1996	United States Open		2nd	252	US$22,400.00
FIVB	4/17-21/1996	Brazil Open	5	2nd	252	US$22,400.00
FIVB	4/10-14/1996	Brazil Open	6	2nd	252	US$22,400.00
FIVB	2/28-3/3/1996	Brazil Open		5th	24	US$7,500.00
FIVB	11/16-19/1995	Brazil Open		5th	24	US$2,500.00
FIVB	11/9-12/1995	Puerto Rico Open		3rd	36	US$5,000.00
FIVB	9/15-17/1995	Indonesia Open		9th	16	US$1,500.00
FIVB	8/25-27/1995	Portugal Open		5th	24	US$2,500.00
FIVB	7/27-29/1995	Japan Open		7th	20	US$2,000.00

Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/23/1996	Winner 2	Annamaria Solazzi / Consuelo Turetta, Italy (12)	Won 17-15	0:57
Wed, 7/24/1996	Winner 3	Barbra Fontana / Linda Hanley, United States (4)	Won 15-10	0:55
Thu, 7/25/1996	Winner 4	Sandra Pires / Jackie Silva, Brazil (1)	Lost 4-15	0:33
Fri, 7/26/1996	Contender 5	Sachiko Fujita / Yukiko Takahashi, Japan (8)	Won 15-6	0:45
Fri, 7/26/1996	Semi-Finals	Natalie Cook / Kerri Pottharst, Australia (6)	Won 15-3	0:27
Sat, 7/27/1996	Gold Medal	Sandra Pires / Jackie Silva, Brazil (1)	Lost 11-12, 6-12	1:09

Olympic Games, World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta	Adriana Samuel - 2nd	Monica Rodrigues - 2nd
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Adriana Samuel - 5th	Monica Rodrigues - 5th
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Did not play	Sandra Pires - 4th
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney	Did not play	Sandra Pires - 3rd
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Angela Lavalle - 33rd	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$12,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,250.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	33	5	8	3	4	7	3	2	1	0	0	0	$349,112.50
Goodwill Games	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$12,000.00
Total	38	5	10	3	4	9	3	3	1	0	0	0	$384,362.50

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Monica Rodrigues												Adriana Samuel
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00
12	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	$22,425.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$14,125.00
71	6	9	6	7	21	9	10	1	0	$298,668.75	Challenge/Four Star/Open	53	7	12	6	9	12	6	1	0	0	$311,806.25
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	Goodwill Games	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00
87	6	11	6	7	24	13	11	1	0	$334,593.75	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
1996	FIVB	5	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$74,700.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$74,700.00	4	2	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Monica Rodrigues													Adriana Samuel
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,875.00	1993	FIVB	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,875.00
6	1	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	$20,750.00	1994	FIVB	6	1	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	$20,750.00
10	0	1	1	1	5	2	0	0	0	$17,531.25	1995	FIVB	10	0	1	1	1	5	2	0	0	0	$17,531.25
5	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$37,350.00	1996	FIVB	5	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$37,350.00
23	1	8	1	2	9	2	0	0	0	$82,506.25	Total	Total	23	1	8	1	2	9	2	0	0	0	$82,506.25

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	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0-0	0	0	6-3	66.7%
1995-1996	0		0		0		0-0		0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-0	0	0	4-2	66.7%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-0	0	0	4-2	66.7%

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	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	3

Head to Head Results
Rodrigues/Samuel lead the series against the field 4-2 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Pires/Silva, Brazil 0-2
7/27/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Gold Medal	Pires/Silva	1	Rodrigues/Samuel	5	12-11, 12-6	1:09
7/25/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Winner 4	Pires/Silva	1	Rodrigues/Samuel	5	15-4	0:33
Lead the series against # 4 Fontana/Hanley, United States 1-0
7/24/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Winner 3	Rodrigues/Samuel	5	Fontana/Hanley	4	15-10	0:55
Lead the series against # 6 Cook/Pottharst, Australia 1-0
7/26/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Semi-Finals	Rodrigues/Samuel	5	Cook/Pottharst	6	15-3	0:27
Lead the series against # 8 Fujita/Takahashi, Japan 1-0
7/26/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Contender 5	Rodrigues/Samuel	5	Fujita/Takahashi	8	15-6	0:45
Lead the series against # 12 Solazzi/Turetta, Italy 1-0
7/23/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Winner 2	Rodrigues/Samuel	5	Solazzi/Turetta	12	17-15	0:57