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Olympic Games Paris 2024
July 27 - August 10, 2024

(19) Chase Budinger/Miles Evans, United States

Chase Budinger
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 22, 1988 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Encinitas, CA

Height:

201 cm (6'7")

Weight:

94 kg (207 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Haikou 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$77,625.00

Miles Evans
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 12, 1989 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Barbara, CA

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

81 kg (178 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$80,232.20

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	Money
FIVB	25	1	1	1	2	5	0	7	1	3	1	2	1	US$99,250.00

Previous Paris Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Did not play	Andy Benesh - 17th
2023	Miles Evans - 21st	Chase Budinger - 21st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/3-7/2024	Elite16 Gstaad	7	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/5-9/2024	Elite16 Ostrava	Q1	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	5/30-6/2/2024	Challenge Stare Jablonki	4	5th	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2024	BPT Elite16 Espinho	13, Q1	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2024	Elite16 Brasília	9	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	4/25-28/2024	Challenge Xiamen	4	4th	680	US$6,000.00
FIVB	4/17-21/2024	Elite16 Tepic	Q3	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	4/11-14/2024	Challenge Guadalajara	7	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/28-31/2024	Challenge Saquarema	3	5th	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	3/21-24/2024	Challenge Recife	5	4th	680	US$6,000.00
FIVB	3/5-9/2024	Elite16 Doha	13, Q3	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	11/30-12/3/2023	Challenge Nuvali	1	5th	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	11/16-19/2023	Challenge Chiang Mai	3	3rd	720	US$7,000.00
FIVB	11/2-5/2023	Challenge Haikou	5	1st	800	US$10,000.00
FIVB	10/19-22/2023	Challenge Goa	9	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	45	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2023	Elite16 Paris	Q14	21st	340	US$0.00

Olympic Games Paris 2024 Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Mon, 7/29/2024

Pool F

Arnaud Gauthier-Rat / Youssef Krou, France (6)

Won 21-14, 21-11

0:30

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Chase Budinger	Total	11	6	2	0.364	4	1	3	2
	1	7	3	1	0.286	0	1	2	1
	2	4	3	1	0.500	4	0	1	1
Miles Evans	Total	18	13	3	0.556	2	6	0	3
	1	11	8	2	0.545	2	6	0	1
	2	7	5	1	0.571	0	0	0	2

Tue, 7/30/2024

Pool F

Stefan Boermans / Yorick de Groot, Netherlands (7)

Lost 13-21, 15-21

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Chase Budinger	Total	20	11	5	0.300	0	1	1	1
	1	13	7	3	0.308	0	1	0	1
	2	7	4	2	0.286	0	0	1	0
Miles Evans	Total	19	10	5	0.263	0	0	1	5
	1	10	4	4	0.000	0	0	0	1
	2	9	6	1	0.556	0	0	1	4

Fri, 8/2/2024

Pool F

Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (18)

Lost 18-21, 11-21

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Chase Budinger	Total	13	6	3	0.231	1	0	1	1
	1	5	3	1	0.400	0	0	1	1
	2	8	3	2	0.125	1	0	0	0
Miles Evans	Total	26	11	8	0.115	0	3	2	2
	1	16	7	4	0.188	0	2	1	1
	2	10	4	4	0.000	0	1	1	1

Sat, 8/3/2024

Lucky Loser

Thomas Hodges / Zachery Schubert, Australia (15)

Won 21-19, 21-17

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Chase Budinger	Total	20	13	3	0.500	4	3	0	3
	1	13	7	3	0.308	3	1	0	2
	2	7	6	0	0.857	1	2	0	1
Miles Evans	Total	11	10	0	0.909	0	1	1	7
	1	7	7	0	1.000	0	0	0	2
	2	4	3	0	0.750	0	1	1	5

Mon, 8/5/2024

Winner 1

Anders Mol / Christian Sorum, Norway (2)

Lost 16-21, 14-21

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Chase Budinger	Total	17	8	4	0.235	4	3	0	2
	1	6	3	2	0.167	2	1	0	1
	2	11	5	2	0.273	2	2	0	1
Miles Evans	Total	26	12	7	0.192	0	9	0	2
	1	16	8	6	0.125	0	5	0	2
	2	10	4	1	0.300	0	4	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Chase Budinger	81	44	17	0.333	13	8	5	9
Miles Evans	100	56	23	0.330	2	19	4	19
Total	181	100	40	0.331	15	27	9	28
Opponents	173	99	32	0.387	16	22	14	22

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Miles Evans - 17th	Chase Budinger - 17th

Head to Head Results
Budinger/Evans trail the series against the field 18-32 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 9 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Ahman/Hellvig, Sweden 0-1
10/11/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1	Ahman/Hellvig	2	Budinger/Evans	45	21-17, 21-15	0:36
Trail the series against # 2 Mol/Sorum, Norway 0-2
8/5/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Winner 1	Mol/Sorum	2	Budinger/Evans	19	21-16, 21-14	0:36
7/28/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Pool A	Mol/Sorum	1	Budinger/Evans	16, Q13	21-8, 21-16	0:31
Trail the series against # 3 Ehlers/Wickler, Germany 0-2
5/25/24	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Winner 2	Ehlers/Wickler	6	Budinger/Evans	13, Q1	21-14, 21-14	0:34
5/4/24	FIVB	Elite16 Brasília	Winner 2	Ehlers/Wickler	3	Budinger/Evans	9	21-14, 23-21	0:37
Trail the series against # 4 Loyola/Wanderley, Brazil 1-3
7/5/24	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool B	Loyola/Wanderley	2	Budinger/Evans	7	18-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:51
5/24/24	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Pool D	Budinger/Evans	13, Q1	Loyola/Wanderley	4	21-19, 21-14	0:38
3/30/24	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Winner 2	Loyola/Wanderley	6	Budinger/Evans	3	21-17, 21-13	0:33
10/6/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool D	Loyola/Wanderley	4	Budinger/Evans	45	21-17, 24-22	0:41
Trail the series against # 6 Gauthier-Rat/Krou, France 2-3
7/29/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Pool F	Budinger/Evans	19	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	6	21-14, 21-11	0:30
6/5/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Qualifier 2	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	14, Q9	Budinger/Evans	Q1	21-17, 25-23	0:37
4/28/24	FIVB	Challenge Xiamen	Semi-Finals	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	21	Budinger/Evans	4	21-18, 21-18	0:39
4/26/24	FIVB	Challenge Xiamen	Pool D	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	21	Budinger/Evans	4	21-9, 21-18	0:35
7/27/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Pool A	Budinger/Evans	16, Q13	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	9	15-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:42
Trail the series against # 7 Boermans/de Groot, Netherlands 0-3
7/30/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Pool F	Boermans/de Groot	7	Budinger/Evans	19	21-13, 21-15	0:34
6/1/24	FIVB	Challenge Stare Jablonki	Winner 2	Boermans/de Groot	2	Budinger/Evans	4	21-12, 21-18	1:37
5/2/24	FIVB	Elite16 Brasília	Pool A	Boermans/de Groot	1	Budinger/Evans	9	32-30, 21-17	0:42
Trail the series against # 8 Goncalves/Mariano, Brazil 1-6
5/23/24	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Pool D	Goncalves/Mariano	5	Budinger/Evans	13, Q1	17-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:49
3/24/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Semi-Finals	Goncalves/Mariano	3	Budinger/Evans	5	21-16, 14-21, 15-7	0:46
7/29/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Winner 1	Goncalves/Mariano	11	Budinger/Evans	16, Q13	21-19, 21-19	0:39
7/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Pool D	Budinger/Evans	16	Goncalves/Mariano	9	19-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:58
6/17/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Winner 1	Goncalves/Mariano	7	Budinger/Evans	10	21-17, 21-19	0:39
5/31/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Qualifier 1	Goncalves/Mariano	15, Q10	Budinger/Evans	Q7	21-10, 21-16	0:35
4/16/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Gold Medal	Goncalves/Mariano	1	Budinger/Evans	17, Q10	18-21, 21-12, 15-13	0:54
Lead the series against # 9 Benesh/Partain, United States 1-0
4/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Pool E	Budinger/Evans	17, Q10	Benesh/Partain	8, Q2	17-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:52
Series tied with # 10 Bryl/Losiak, Poland 1-1
5/4/24	FIVB	Elite16 Brasília	Winner 1	Budinger/Evans	9	Bryl/Losiak	5	21-23, 21-16, 15-7	0:49
3/6/24	FIVB	Elite16 Doha	Pool D	Bryl/Losiak	5	Budinger/Evans	13, Q3	14-21, 23-21, 15-12	0:57
Series tied with # 11 Immers/van de Velde, Netherlands 1-1
11/19/23	FIVB	Challenge Chiang Mai	Semi-Finals	Immers/van de Velde	4	Budinger/Evans	3	21-19, 23-21	0:39
4/15/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Winner 2	Budinger/Evans	17, Q10	Immers/van de Velde	4	21-14, 23-21	0:35
Trail the series against # 12 Cottafava/Nicolai, Italy 0-3
7/5/24	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Winner 1	Cottafava/Nicolai	9	Budinger/Evans	7	21-14, 21-12	0:31
3/7/24	FIVB	Elite16 Doha	Pool D	Cottafava/Nicolai	4	Budinger/Evans	13, Q3	21-19, 21-19	0:38
6/16/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Pool C	Cottafava/Nicolai	3	Budinger/Evans	10	17-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:46
Trail the series against # 13 Tijan/Younousse, Qatar 0-3
7/4/24	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool B	Tijan/Younousse	10	Budinger/Evans	7	21-17, 21-18	0:39
5/3/24	FIVB	Elite16 Brasília	Pool A	Tijan/Younousse	8	Budinger/Evans	9	21-19, 21-14	0:34
3/6/24	FIVB	Elite16 Doha	Pool D	Tijan/Younousse	12	Budinger/Evans	13, Q3	21-18, 19-21, 15-10	0:53
Lead the series against # 15 Hodges/Schubert, Australia 1-0
8/3/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Lucky Loser	Budinger/Evans	19	Hodges/Schubert	15	21-19, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 16 Alayo/Diaz, Cuba 1-0
4/27/24	FIVB	Challenge Xiamen	Winner 1	Budinger/Evans	4	Alayo/Diaz	1	21-17, 21-9	0:28
Lead the series against # 17 Horl/Horst, Austria 2-0
11/18/23	FIVB	Challenge Chiang Mai	Winner 2	Budinger/Evans	3	Horl/Horst	1	21-15, 19-21, 15-8	0:46
4/16/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Semi-Finals	Budinger/Evans	17, Q10	Horl/Horst	13	19-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:58
Series tied with # 18 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 2-2
8/2/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Pool F	Gavira/Herrera	18	Budinger/Evans	19	21-18, 21-11	0:36
6/1/24	FIVB	Challenge Stare Jablonki	Winner 1	Budinger/Evans	4	Gavira/Herrera	8	21-19, 21-17	0:37
10/21/23	FIVB	Challenge Goa	Winner 1	Gavira/Herrera	3	Budinger/Evans	9	21-17, 21-12	0:34
7/26/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Qualifier 2	Budinger/Evans	16, Q13	Gavira/Herrera	Q5	21-16, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # 22 Bassereau/Lyneel, France 1-0
4/13/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Qualifier 2	Budinger/Evans	17, Q10	Bassereau/Lyneel	Q7	21-9, 21-12	0:28
Series tied with # 23 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 1-1
4/17/24	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Qualifier 2	Grimalt/Grimalt	16, Q11	Budinger/Evans	Q3	18-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:49
7/27/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Pool A	Budinger/Evans	16, Q13	Grimalt/Grimalt	8	21-12, 23-25, 15-10	0:49
Lead the series against # 24 Carracher/Nicolaidis, Australia 3-1
4/26/24	FIVB	Challenge Xiamen	Pool D	Budinger/Evans	4	Carracher/Nicolaidis	9	18-21, 21-11, 15-12	0:43
3/22/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Pool E	Carracher/Nicolaidis	17, Q3	Budinger/Evans	5	By Forfeit
11/19/23	FIVB	Challenge Chiang Mai	Bronze Medal	Budinger/Evans	3	Carracher/Nicolaidis	19, Q6	27-25, 21-23, 15-9	0:55
11/4/23	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Winner 1	Budinger/Evans	5	Carracher/Nicolaidis	16	21-15, 19-21, 15-10	0:49