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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
XXVIII Olympic Games
August 14 - 25, 2004

(17) Julien Prosser/Mark Williams, Australia

Julien Prosser
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 11, 1972 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bunbury, West Australia

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

105 kg (231 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

145

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Berlin 2001)

Career Winnings:

US$371,993.50

Mark Williams
Australia

/ United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 27, 1979 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Australia

Height:

197 cm (6'7")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Klagenfurt 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$82,400.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	20	0	0	1	1	3	1	2	2	5	3	1	1	US$102,800.00

Previous Athens Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/28-8/1/2004	Austria Grand Slam	23	5th	324	US$13,500.00
FIVB	7/14-18/2004	France Grand Slam	17	13th	168	US$6,300.00
FIVB	7/7-11/2004	Spain Open	11	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	6/30-7/4/2004	Norway Open	7	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/23-27/2004	Germany Grand Slam	6	17th	120	US$5,000.00
FIVB	6/16-20/2004	Switzerland Open	6	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/9-13/2004	Puerto Rico Open	4	7th	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Portugal Open	15	5th	216	US$9,000.00
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	Serbia and Montenegro Open	23	5th	216	US$9,000.00
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	26	9th	320	US$10,000.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	20	17th	120	US$5,000.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Spain Open	23	17th	60	US$2,500.00

Athens XXVIII Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 8/14/2004

Pool E

Dain Blanton / Jeff Nygaard, United States (8)

Won 21-16, 21-14

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Julien Prosser	Total	18	12	0	0.667	1	6	0	0
	1	18	12	0	0.667	1	6	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Mark Williams	Total	19	13	0	0.684	2	6	0	1
	1	19	13	0	0.684	2	6	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Mon, 8/16/2004

Pool E

Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (5)

Lost 21-16, 20-22, 9-15

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Julien Prosser	Total	27	15	0	0.556	4	11	0	3
	1	27	15	0	0.556	4	11	0	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Mark Williams	Total	33	17	0	0.515	2	7	0	0
	1	33	17	0	0.515	2	7	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Wed, 8/18/2004

Pool E

John Child / Mark Heese, Canada (20)

Won 21-13, 15-21, 15-12

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Julien Prosser	Total	17	10	0	0.588	7	4	0	1
	1	17	10	0	0.588	7	4	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Mark Williams	Total	38	21	0	0.553	3	13	0	3
	1	38	21	0	0.553	3	13	0	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Sat, 8/21/2004

Winner 1

Colin Pocock / Gershon Rorich, South Africa (19)

Won 21-14, 21-10

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Julien Prosser	Total	25	17	0	0.680	3	8	0	0
	1	25	17	0	0.680	3	8	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Mark Williams	Total	19	13	0	0.684	2	11	1	2
	1	19	13	0	0.684	2	11	1	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Sun, 8/22/2004

Winner 2

Christoph Dieckmann / Andreas Scheuerpflug, Germany (11)

Won 16-21, 21-19, 15-10

1:02

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Julien Prosser	Total	32	14	0	0.438	1	4	2	0
	1	32	14	0	0.438	1	4	2	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Mark Williams	Total	29	15	0	0.517	4	12	0	0
	1	29	15	0	0.517	4	12	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Mon, 8/23/2004

Semi-Finals

Javier Bosma / Pablo Herrera, Spain (15)

Lost 18-21, 18-21

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Julien Prosser	Total	24	16	0	0.667	1	2	0	1
	1	24	16	0	0.667	1	2	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Mark Williams	Total	18	11	0	0.611	2	4	1	1
	1	18	11	0	0.611	2	4	1	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Wed, 8/25/2004

Bronze Medal

Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (5)

Lost 21-19, 17-21, 13-15

1:01

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Julien Prosser	Total	25	11	0	0.440	1	12	0	1
	1	25	11	0	0.440	1	12	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Mark Williams	Total	49	25	0	0.510	4	6	0	2
	1	49	25	0	0.510	4	6	0	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Julien Prosser	168	95	0	0.565	18	47	2	6
Mark Williams	205	115	0	0.561	19	59	2	9
Total	373	210	0	0.563	37	106	4	15
Opponents	403	208	0	0.516	26	115	5	25

Olympic Games, World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta	Lee Zahner - 9th	Did not play
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Lee Zahner - 9th	Did not play
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Lee Zahner - 5th	Did not play
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney	Lee Zahner - 9th	Did not play
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Lee Zahner - 9th	Did not play
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Mark Williams - 9th	Julien Prosser - 9th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Brett Richardson - 33rd	Did not play

Head to Head Results
Prosser/Williams lead the series against the field 22-21 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 7 Series, 5 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 1-1
7/30/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 3	Prosser/Williams	23	Rego/Santos	2	21-18, 19-21, 16-14	1:08
7/6/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Semi-Finals	Rego/Santos	5	Prosser/Williams	26	21-18, 21-17	0:47
Lead the series against # 2 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 3-0
5/29/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Winner 3	Prosser/Williams	23	Araujo/Insfran	2	23-21, 17-21, 15-10	1:00
10/14/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool B	Prosser/Williams	26	Araujo/Insfran	2	21-19, 19-21, 22-20	1:21
8/2/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool E	Prosser/Williams	28, Q8	Araujo/Insfran	5	16-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:57
Trail the series against # 3 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-2
7/10/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 3	Laciga/Laciga	3	Prosser/Williams	11	21-17, 16-21, 15-13	0:47
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool D	Laciga/Laciga	4	Prosser/Williams	20	21-18, 18-21, 15-12	0:47
Trail the series against # 4 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-3
6/5/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 6	Dieckmann/Reckermann	2	Prosser/Williams	15	21-17, 21-12	0:33
6/4/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Dieckmann/Reckermann	2	Prosser/Williams	15	21-15, 21-14	0:38
5/29/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Winner 4	Dieckmann/Reckermann	3	Prosser/Williams	23	21-16, 21-16	0:33
Trail the series against # 5 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 1-4
8/25/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Bronze Medal	Heuscher/Kobel	5	Prosser/Williams	17	19-21, 21-17, 15-13	1:01
8/16/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool E	Heuscher/Kobel	5	Prosser/Williams	17	16-21, 22-20, 15-9	0:56
5/29/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Contender 6	Heuscher/Kobel	4	Prosser/Williams	23	21-17, 21-18	0:42
10/17/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	6	Prosser/Williams	26	21-16, 21-19	0:36
7/5/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 2	Prosser/Williams	26	Heuscher/Kobel	16	21-18, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 6 Beligratis/Michalopoulos, Greece 2-0
10/15/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool B	Prosser/Williams	26	Beligratis/Michalopoulos	47	21-12, 21-15	0:33
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Prosser/Williams	22, Q6	Beligratis/Michalopoulos	Q27	21-12, 21-11	0:29
Trail the series against # 7 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 1-2
5/28/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Winner 1	Prosser/Williams	23	Baracetti/Conde	10	16-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:56
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Baracetti/Conde	7	Prosser/Williams	23	23-21, 21-17	0:53
7/25/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool D	Baracetti/Conde	4	Prosser/Williams	20	17-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:57
Series tied with # 8 Blanton/Nygaard, United States 1-1
8/14/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool E	Prosser/Williams	17	Blanton/Nygaard	8	21-16, 21-14	0:39
8/1/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool E	Blanton/Nygaard	12	Prosser/Williams	28, Q8	10-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:51
Series tied with # 9 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 1-1
7/15/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	16	Prosser/Williams	17	13-21, 27-25, 15-12	0:56
7/2/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 2	Prosser/Williams	7	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	9	21-18, 22-20	0:41
Lead the series against # 10 Berger/Gosch, Austria 1-0
7/29/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Prosser/Williams	23	Berger/Gosch	10	21-19, 21-18	0:45
Lead the series against # 11 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 2-1
8/22/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Winner 2	Prosser/Williams	17	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	11	16-21, 21-19, 15-10	1:02
7/31/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 4	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	11	Prosser/Williams	23	18-21, 21-14, 16-14	0:57
6/5/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 3	Prosser/Williams	15	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	7	17-21, 21-13, 21-19	0:56
Series tied with # 12 Holdren/Metzger, United States 1-1
6/12/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Contender 5	Holdren/Metzger	6	Prosser/Williams	4	21-16, 16-21, 15-11	0:58
5/28/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Winner 2	Prosser/Williams	23	Holdren/Metzger	7	15-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:54
Trail the series against # 14 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 0-2
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool F	Alvarez/Rossell	11	Prosser/Williams	22, Q6	21-13, 21-19	0:35
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool G	Alvarez/Rossell	7	Prosser/Williams	23, Q3	21-15, 21-19	0:40
Trail the series against # 15 Bosma/Herrera, Spain 0-1
8/23/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Semi-Finals	Bosma/Herrera	15	Prosser/Williams	17	21-18, 21-18	0:45
Trail the series against # 18 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 0-1
9/20/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool D	Brenha/Maia	13	Prosser/Williams	20	19-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:55
Lead the series against # 19 Pocock/Rorich, South Africa 1-0
8/21/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Winner 1	Prosser/Williams	17	Pocock/Rorich	19	21-14, 21-10	0:35
Series tied with # 20 Child/Heese, Canada 1-1
8/18/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool E	Prosser/Williams	17	Child/Heese	20	21-13, 15-21, 15-12	0:55
6/24/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 1	Child/Heese	27	Prosser/Williams	6	21-19, 21-19	0:45
Lead the series against # 21 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 2-0
6/4/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Prosser/Williams	15	Hernandez/Papaleo	17	19-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:57
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Prosser/Williams	23	Hernandez/Papaleo	26, Q9	22-20, 21-14	0:40
Lead the series against # 22 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 1-0
6/11/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Winner 2	Prosser/Williams	4	Gartmayer/Nowotny	13	21-14, 21-18	0:49
Lead the series against # 24 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 3-0
7/2/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 1	Prosser/Williams	7	Horrem/Maaseide	10	17-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:01
10/15/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool B	Prosser/Williams	26	Horrem/Maaseide	23	21-13, 21-16	0:38
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool G	Prosser/Williams	26	Horrem/Maaseide	10	21-19, 18-21, 15-10	1:00