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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 World Championships
September 10 - 13, 1997

(22) Carl Henkel/Sinjin Smith, United States

Carl Henkel
United States

Photo: AVP

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 16, 1969 (56 yrs old)

Home Town:

Redondo Beach, CA

Height:

199 cm (6'7")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

107

Career Best:

2nd (5 times)

Career Winnings:

US$277,195.00

Christopher 'Sinjin' Smith
United States

Photo: Mauro De Sanctis

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 7, 1957 (68 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Monica, CA

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

105

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$435,937.50

Awards

Tour Champion 1989 (with Randy Stoklos), 1990 (with Randy Stoklos), 1991 (with Randy Stoklos), 1992 (with Randy Stoklos)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	72	0	5	1	4	7	10	13	11	16	5	US$389,150.00

Previous Los Angeles Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/15-17/1997	Belgium Open	11	7th	150	US$4,700.00
FIVB	8/8-10/1997	Portugal Open	15	13th	180	US$5,400.00
FIVB	8/1-3/1997	Austria Open	15	7th	150	US$4,700.00
FIVB	7/25-27/1997	French Open	14	17th	45	US$1,700.00
FIVB	7/18-20/1997	Italian Open	11	9th	120	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/4-6/1997	German Open	8	17th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/24-27/1996	Brazil Open	8	17th	60	US$1,500.00
FIVB	10/18-20/1996	Puerto Rico Open	7	7th	150	US$6,000.00
FIVB	10/4-6/1996	Indonesia Open	7	2nd	270	US$23,000.00

Los Angeles World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/11/1997		John Child / Mark Heese, Canada (11)	Lost 12-4, 9-12, 11-13	1:28

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Sinjin Smith - 17th	Carl Henkel - 17th
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Sinjin Smith - 7th	Carl Henkel - 7th
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Sinjin Smith - 17th	Carl Henkel - 17th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/10-13/1997	Los Angeles World Championships	22	17th	90	US$3,400.00
FIVB	7/20-25/1999	Marseille World Championships	16	7th	300	US$9,000.00
FIVB	8/1-5/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	25	17th	100	US$2,750.00

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	$15,150.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	$52,900.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	61	0	5	1	3	6	8	12	9	13	4	0	$321,100.00
Total	72	0	5	1	4	7	10	13	11	16	5	0	$389,150.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Carl Henkel												Sinjin Smith
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$7,575.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$7,575.00
14	0	0	0	1	1	5	4	2	0	$39,900.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	1	0	0	1	1	3	2	2	0	$63,050.00
89	0	5	1	3	18	30	21	8	0	$204,720.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	88	9	6	2	5	18	27	16	5	0	$262,212.50
											Challenger	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00
											Goodwill Games	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
107	0	5	1	4	21	35	27	10	0	$252,195.00	Total	105	10	7	3	6	22	30	20	7	0	$344,437.50

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	15	0	3	0	0	2	3	3	2	1	1	0	$125,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
1997	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	3	0	0	$25,400.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	22	0	3	0	0	2	5	4	3	4	1	0	$150,900.00	2	3	40.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Carl Henkel													Sinjin Smith
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1987	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
											1988	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,750.00
											1989	FIVB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$13,500.00
											1990	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00
											1991	FIVB	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$18,000.00
											1992	FIVB	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$53,000.00
											1993	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00
											1994	FIVB	5	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	$23,062.50
16	0	1	1	3	4	6	1	0	0	$46,750.00	1995	FIVB	17	0	1	1	3	4	6	1	1	0	$47,250.00
16	0	3	0	0	5	5	2	1	0	$63,500.00	1996	FIVB	15	0	3	0	0	5	5	1	1	0	$62,750.00
8	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	0	0	$13,700.00	1997	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	0	$12,700.00
40	0	4	1	3	11	13	7	1	0	$123,950.00	Total	Total	56	10	5	3	5	12	14	5	2	0	$245,012.50

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	8	57.1%	1	7.1%	5	35.7%	9-5	64.3%	3	17.6%	4	23.5%	10	58.8%	3-14	17.6%	8-10	44.4%	4-9	30.8%	0	0	17-23	42.5%
1996-1997	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-1	0.0%	0	0	2-3	40.0%
Against the Field	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	4	80.0%	1-4	20.0%	1	8.3%	1	8.3%	10	83.3%	1-11	8.3%	2-14	12.5%	2-6	25.0%	0	0	4-13	23.5%

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	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	14
Total	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	23

Head to Head Results
Henkel/Smith trail the series against the field 1-2 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 1 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 11 Child/Heese, Canada 0-1
9/11/97	FIVB	Los Angeles World Championships		Child/Heese	11	Henkel/Smith	22	4-12, 12-9, 13-11	1:28
Series tied with # 28 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 1-1
7/26/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Contender 5	Brenha/Maia	18	Henkel/Smith	2	15-13	1:10
7/24/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Winner 2	Henkel/Smith	2	Brenha/Maia	18	15-7	0:36