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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
XXVII Olympic Games
September 16 - 26, 2000

(1) Julien Prosser/Lee Zahner, Australia

Julien Prosser
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 11, 1972 (53 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

Lee Zahner
Australia

Photo: Carola Fabrizia Semino

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 13, 1974 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Brisbane

Height:

199 cm (6'6")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Berlin 2001)

Career Winnings:

US$247,900.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	86	1	0	5	3	16	7	21	14	13	6	US$483,900.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$3,300.00
Overall	87	1	0	6	3	16	7	21	14	13	6	US$487,200.00

Previous Sydney Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1991	Andy Burdin - 7th	Did not play
1992	Andy Burdin - 4th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/2-6/2000	Austria Open	13	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/19-23/2000	France Open	8	7th	170	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2000	Italy Open	16	9th	136	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2000	Norway Open	14	13th	102	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2000	U.S. Grand Slam	13	7th	300	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2000	Spain Open	4	25th	34	US$1,500.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2000	Canada Open	6	3rd	272	US$14,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2000	Mexico Open	5	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	1/18-23/2000	Brazil Open	3	9th	136	US$4,000.00
FIVB	1/12-16/2000	Argentina Open	4	3rd	272	US$14,000.00
FIVB	11/30-12/5/1999	Brazil Open	4	9th	136	US$4,500.00

Sydney XXVII Olympic Games Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sun, 9/17/2000	Winner 1	Juan Rodriguez Ibarra / Joel Sotelo, Mexico (24)	Lost 12-15	0:48
Tue, 9/19/2000	Contender 1	Jan Kvalheim / Bjorn Maaseide, Norway (13)	Won 15-12	0:41
Tue, 9/19/2000	Contender 2	Rob Heidger / Kevin Wong, United States (7)	Won 15-11	0:38
Fri, 9/22/2000	Winner 2	Martin Laciga / Paul Laciga, Switzerland (4)	Lost 8-15	0:47

Olympic Games, World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta	Lee Zahner - 9th	Julien Prosser - 9th
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Lee Zahner - 9th	Julien Prosser - 9th
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Lee Zahner - 5th	Julien Prosser - 5th
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney	Lee Zahner - 9th	Julien Prosser - 9th
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Lee Zahner - 9th	Julien Prosser - 9th
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Mark Williams - 9th	Did not play
2004	Olympic Games	Athens	Mark Williams - 4th	Did not play
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Brett Richardson - 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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$25,700.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	3	1	0	$72,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	69	1	0	5	2	12	5	16	13	10	5	0	$362,500.00
Challenger	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,300.00
Goodwill Games	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$23,500.00
Total	87	1	0	6	3	16	7	21	14	13	6	0	$487,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Julien Prosser												Lee Zahner
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	$19,725.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$12,850.00
25	0	0	0	0	6	3	8	3	0	$64,025.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	0	0	0	0	4	2	3	1	0	$36,100.00
108	1	0	7	4	27	41	18	8	0	$252,106.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	69	1	0	5	2	17	29	10	5	0	$181,250.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,650.00	Challenger	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,650.00
3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	$16,750.00	Goodwill Games	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$11,750.00
145	1	0	8	7	35	49	26	11	0	$354,256.00	Total	87	1	0	6	3	23	35	13	6	0	$243,600.00

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
1996	FIVB	11	0	0	1	1	2	2	4	1	0	0	0	$89,500.00	3	2	60.0 %
1997	FIVB	9	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	$57,600.00	1	1	50.0 %
1999	FIVB	12	0	0	1	0	4	0	2	2	2	1	0	$74,500.00	5	2	71.4 %
2000	FIVB	11	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	1	2	1	0	$58,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	43	0	0	5	2	7	6	11	5	5	2	0	$280,100.00	11	7	61.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Julien Prosser													Lee Zahner
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$1,543.50	1990	FIVB
6	0	0	1	0	2	3	0	0	0	$7,850.00	1991	FIVB
5	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	$8,875.00	1992	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$5,550.00	1993	FIVB
7	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	0	0	$20,187.50	1994	FIVB
15	0	0	0	0	2	7	5	1	0	$14,750.00	1995	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	2	7	4	1	0	$13,750.00
12	0	0	1	1	4	5	1	0	0	$45,500.00	1996	FIVB	11	0	0	1	1	4	5	0	0	0	$44,750.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,650.00	1996	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,650.00
9	0	0	1	1	3	3	1	0	0	$28,800.00	1997	FIVB	9	0	0	1	1	3	3	1	0	0	$28,800.00
11	0	0	0	1	3	5	1	1	0	$30,750.00	1998	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	3	5	1	1	0	$30,750.00
12	0	0	1	0	4	4	2	1	0	$37,250.00	1999	FIVB	12	0	0	1	0	4	4	2	1	0	$37,250.00
11	0	0	2	0	2	4	2	1	0	$29,250.00	2000	FIVB	11	0	0	2	0	2	4	2	1	0	$29,250.00
94	0	0	7	6	26	37	14	4	0	$231,956.00	Total	Total	69	0	0	6	3	18	28	10	4	0	$186,200.00

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	33	67.3%	5	10.2%	11	22.4%	38-11	77.6%	6	20.7%	7	24.1%	16	55.2%	6-23	20.7%	33-16	67.3%	11-18	37.9%	0	0	54-40	57.4%
1999-2000	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-0		0	0	7-4	63.6%
Against the Field	5	31.3%	1	6.3%	10	62.5%	6-10	37.5%	1	8.3%	1	8.3%	10	83.3%	1-11	8.3%	10-12	45.5%	4-10	28.6%	0	0	13-15	46.4%

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	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	5
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	8	7	0	0	13	12	1	0	0	0	1	0	30	26
Goodwill Games	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Total	0	0	0	0	14	9	0	0	19	19	1	0	0	0	1	0	54	40

Head to Head Results
Prosser/Zahner lead the series against the field 6-4 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Loiola/Rego, Brazil 0-2
7/24/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Loiola/Rego	2	Prosser/Zahner	15	15-11	0:38
7/22/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Loiola/Rego	2	Prosser/Zahner	15	15-8	0:28
Trail the series against # 4 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
9/22/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Winner 2	Laciga/Laciga	4	Prosser/Zahner	1	15-8	0:47
Lead the series against # 6 Child/Heese, Canada 1-0
7/24/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Prosser/Zahner	15	Child/Heese	4	15-9	0:38
Lead the series against # 7 Heidger/Wong, United States 1-0
9/19/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Contender 2	Prosser/Zahner	1	Heidger/Wong	7	15-11	0:38
Lead the series against # 13 Kvalheim/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
9/19/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Contender 1	Prosser/Zahner	1	Kvalheim/Maaseide	13	15-12	0:41
Lead the series against # 18 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 1-0
7/23/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Prosser/Zahner	15	Holden/Leinemann	17	15-3	0:36
Lead the series against # 19 Jodard/Penigaud, France 1-0
7/25/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Contender 2	Prosser/Zahner	13	Jodard/Penigaud	12	15-13	0:52
Series tied with # 24 Rodriguez Ibarra/Sotelo, Mexico 1-1
9/17/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Winner 1	Rodriguez Ibarra/Sotelo	24	Prosser/Zahner	1	15-12	0:48
7/22/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Prosser/Zahner	15	Rodriguez Ibarra/Sotelo	18	15-10	0:30