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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 BPT Challenge Xiamen
April 25 - 28, 2024

(15) Sunniva Helland-Hansen/Emilie Olimstad, Norway

Sunniva Helland-Hansen
Norway

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 5, 1997 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bergen

Height:

174 cm (5'9")

Weight:

69 kg (152 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Busan Gwangalli 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$17,981.10

Emilie Olimstad
Norway

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 12, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Karendal

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Weight:

77 kg (169 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

3rd (Baden 2018)

Career Winnings:

US$17,858.36

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	21	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	0	4	2	4	4	1	US$25,437.76

Previous Xiamen Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/22-26/2023	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Q5	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	11/2-5/2023	Challenge Haikou	19, Q3	5th	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	10/19-22/2023	Challenge Goa	23, Q12	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/10-13/2023	Futures Warsaw (Monta Club)	8	4th	280	€ 400.00
FIVB	7/20-23/2023	Challenge Edmonton	Q19	33rd	140	US$0.00
FIVB	7/13-16/2023	Challenge Portugal	Q5	25th	220	US$0.00
FIVB	6/15-18/2023	Challenge Jurmala	Q8	25th	220	US$0.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2023	Elite16 Ostrava	Q15	21st	340	US$0.00

Challenge Xiamen Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 4/26/2024	Pool C	Daniela Alvarez / Tania Moreno, Spain (10)	Lost 14-21, 14-21	0:37
Fri, 4/26/2024	Pool C	Shaunna Polley / Alice Zeimann, New Zealand (22, Q8)	Lost 14-21, 22-20, 13-15	0:49

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	$3,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	14	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	4	4	0	$22,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$400.00
Total	21	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	0	10	4	0	$25,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Sunniva Helland-Hansen												Emilie Olimstad
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Youth Olympic Games	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	2	0	$5,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	$3,500.00
26	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	5	0	$11,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	22	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	6	0	$13,000.00
6	0	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	$1,450.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	$925.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
44	0	1	0	1	5	5	11	7	0	$17,700.00	Total	39	0	0	2	1	3	6	13	7	0	$17,425.00

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
2021	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	0	2	0.0 %
2022	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	6	1	0	$15,750.00	13	15	46.4 %
2023	FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	$6,650.00	14	11	56.0 %
2024	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	0	2	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	20	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	0	9	4	1	$25,400.00	27	30	47.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Sunniva Helland-Hansen													Emilie Olimstad
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	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2018	FIVB	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	$3,375.00
											2018	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	$650.00	2019	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$1,000.00	2021	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$2,000.00
10	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	1	0	$7,875.00	2022	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	1	0	$7,875.00
8	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	$3,325.00	2023	FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	$3,325.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$500.00	2024	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
33	0	0	0	1	4	3	10	4	11	$13,350.00	Total	Total	33	0	0	2	1	2	5	9	7	7	$17,175.00

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	16	51.6%	8	25.8%	7	22.6%	24-7	77.4%	2	7.7%	6	23.1%	18	69.2%	2-24	7.7%	16-18	47.1%	10-13	43.5%	1	0	27-31	46.6%
2023-2024	8	47.1%	5	29.4%	4	23.5%	13-4	76.5%	1	9.1%	1	9.1%	9	81.8%	1-10	9.1%	8-9	47.1%	6-5	54.5%	0	0	14-14	50.0%
Against the Field	1	16.7%	2	33.3%	3	50.0%	3-3	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	25.0%	6	75.0%	0-8	0.0%	2-12	14.3%	4-10	28.6%	0	0	3-11	21.4%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	9	4	9	11	2	2	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	22
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	2
Total	0	0	10	9	12	12	2	2	3	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	27	31

Head to Head Results
Helland-Hansen/Olimstad trail the series against the field 3-11 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 7 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 5 Bobner/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 1-1
11/4/23	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Winner 1	Helland-Hansen/Olimstad	19, Q3	Bobner/Verge-Depre	2	21-13, 16-21, 15-11	0:45
9/28/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Qualifier 1	Bobner/Verge-Depre	13, Q6	Helland-Hansen/Olimstad	Q11	21-16, 15-21, 15-11	0:51
Trail the series against # 8 Paulikiene/Raupelyte, Lithuania 0-1
11/4/23	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Winner 2	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	11	Helland-Hansen/Olimstad	19, Q3	21-15, 21-10	0:30
Trail the series against # 10 Alvarez/Moreno, Spain 0-1
4/26/24	FIVB	Challenge Xiamen	Pool C	Alvarez/Moreno	10	Helland-Hansen/Olimstad	15	21-14, 21-14	0:37
Series tied with # 12 Kongphopsarutawadee/Naraphornrapat, Thailand 1-1
10/28/22	FIVB	Dubai 2nd Challenge	Pool C	Helland-Hansen/Olimstad	10	Kongphopsarutawadee/Naraphornrapat	3	21-13, 21-12	0:33
7/15/22	FIVB	Espinho Challenge	Pool C	Kongphopsarutawadee/Naraphornrapat	10, Q1	Helland-Hansen/Olimstad	15	21-16, 21-19	0:38
Trail the series against # 13 Ahtiainen/Lahti, Finland 0-3
7/20/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Qualifier 1	Ahtiainen/Lahti	Q14	Helland-Hansen/Olimstad	Q19	21-15, 21-14	0:33
7/13/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Qualifier 2	Ahtiainen/Lahti	20, Q12	Helland-Hansen/Olimstad	Q5	20-22, 21-10, 15-11	0:48
6/1/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Qualifier 1	Ahtiainen/Lahti	Q8	Helland-Hansen/Olimstad	Q9	21-17, 21-10	0:33
Trail the series against # 14 Placette/Richard, France 0-1
10/20/23	FIVB	Challenge Goa	Pool B	Placette/Richard	2	Helland-Hansen/Olimstad	23, Q12	21-23, 21-17, 15-7	0:59
Trail the series against # 16 Chamereau/Vieira, France 0-1
8/13/23	FIVB	Futures Warsaw (Monta Club)	Bronze Medal	Chamereau/Vieira	7	Helland-Hansen/Olimstad	8	18-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:59
Trail the series against # 20, Q6 Sliwka/Wachowicz, Poland 0-1
8/13/23	FIVB	Futures Warsaw (Monta Club)	Semi-Finals	Sliwka/Wachowicz	1	Helland-Hansen/Olimstad	8	22-20, 21-17	0:42
Trail the series against # 22, Q8 Polley/Zeimann, New Zealand 0-1
4/26/24	FIVB	Challenge Xiamen	Pool C	Polley/Zeimann	22, Q8	Helland-Hansen/Olimstad	15	21-14, 20-22, 15-13	0:49
Lead the series against # Q10 Hashimoto/Murakami, Japan 1-0
7/15/22	FIVB	Espinho Challenge	Pool C	Helland-Hansen/Olimstad	15	Hashimoto/Murakami	22, Q19	21-16, 19-21, 15-8	0:49