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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$500,000 Beach Volleyball World Championships
August 1 - 4, 2001

(36) Elisa Folco/Roberta Marini, Italy

Elisa Folco
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 5, 1974 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Savona

Height:

176 cm (5'9")

Weight:

62 kg (136 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

17th (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

17th (Salvador 1997)

Career Winnings:

US$3,150.00

Roberta Marini
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 28, 1973 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Roma

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB C&S Vasto 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

25th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$4,775.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	40	41	49	Money
FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	1	5	1	US$3,100.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	2	1	5	1	US$3,100.00

Previous Klagenfurt Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/24-28/2001	Portugal Open	Q18	37th	22	US$0.00
FIVB	7/16-22/2001	France Grand Slam	Q18	33rd	36	US$0.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2001	Italy Open	32	25th	36	US$2,000.00

Klagenfurt World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/1/2001	Pool D	Cristina Pereira / Maria Schuller, Portugal (29)	Lost 13-21, 12-21	0:34
Wed, 8/1/2001	Pool D	Natalie Cook / Kerri Pottharst, Australia (4)	Lost 9-21, 13-21	0:30

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Roberta Marini - 41st	Elisa Folco - 41st
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Roberta Marini - 33rd	Elisa Folco - 33rd

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/19-24/1999	Marseille World Championships	Q30	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	36	33rd	40	US$0.00

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$)
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$3,100.00
Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
Total	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$3,100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Elisa Folco												Roberta Marini
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	$3,150.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$1,550.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Challenger	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$1,200.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Satellite	6	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	$2,025.00
21	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	$3,150.00	Total	32	0	0	1	1	1	4	2	2	0	$4,775.00

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
1999	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2001	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$2,000.00	4	8	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$2,000.00	5	9	35.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Elisa Folco													Roberta Marini
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	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1996	FIVB C&S
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$1,150.00	1997	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$550.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	1998	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1999	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1999	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2000	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2000	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$350.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,000.00	2001	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,000.00
17	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	12	$2,150.00	Total	Total	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	13	$1,900.00

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	3	50.0%	1	16.7%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	9	100.0%	0-9	0.0%	3-9	25.0%	1-2	33.3%	0	0	5-12	29.4%
2000-2001	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	7	100.0%	0-7	0.0%	3-7	30.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	4-8	33.3%
Against the Field	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5	100.0%	0-5	0.0%	6-10	37.5%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	3-6	33.3%

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
World Championships	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
Total	0	0	5	5	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	12

Head to Head Results
Folco/Marini trail the series against the field 3-6 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-1
6/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Bede/Behar	1	Folco/Marini	32	21-17, 21-12	0:38
Trail the series against # 4 Cook/Pottharst, Australia 0-1
8/1/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool D	Cook/Pottharst	4	Folco/Marini	36	21-9, 21-13	0:30
Lead the series against # 9 Mellitzer/Swoboda, Austria 1-0
7/16/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Folco/Marini	Q18	Mellitzer/Swoboda	Q15	21-10, 22-20	0:30
Lead the series against # 10 Montagnolli/Pichler, Austria 1-0
7/24/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Folco/Marini	Q18	Montagnolli/Pichler	Q15	25-23, 21-15	0:44
Trail the series against # 19 Clarke/Gerlic, Australia 0-1
7/17/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 4	Clarke/Gerlic	17, Q7	Folco/Marini	Q18	18-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:54
Trail the series against # 21 Bragado-Corso/Wood, United States 0-1
7/24/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Bragado-Corso/Wood	Q2	Folco/Marini	Q18	21-15, 21-14	0:35
Trail the series against # 29 Pereira/Schuller, Portugal 0-1
8/1/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool D	Pereira/Schuller	29	Folco/Marini	36	21-13, 21-12	0:34
Lead the series against # 37 Drummond/Todd, New Zealand 1-0
7/24/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 8	Folco/Marini	Q18	Drummond/Todd	Q17	21-7, 21-11	0:31
Trail the series against # 39 Garcia/Gaxiola, Mexico 0-1
6/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 1	Garcia/Gaxiola	16	Folco/Marini	32	21-10, 21-19	0:34