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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 World Championships
July 20 - 25, 1999

(16) 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 Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1994	Did not play	Bruk Vandeweghe - 7th
1995	Sinjin Smith - 5th	Carl Henkel - 5th
1996	Sinjin Smith - 2nd	Carl Henkel - 2nd
1997	Sinjin Smith - 17th	Carl Henkel - 17th
1998	Kevin Wong - 5th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/14-18/1999	Italian Open	18	9th	136	US$4,500.00
FIVB	7/7-11/1999	Norway Open	13	17th	68	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/30-7/4/1999	German Open	10	17th	68	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/23-27/1999	Russian Open	17	7th	170	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/16-20/1999	Toronto Open	14	17th	68	US$2,500.00

Marseille World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/22/1999		Jody Holden / Conrad Leinemann, Canada (17)	Won 15-12	0:30
Thu, 7/22/1999		Ricardo Santos / Ze Marco de Melo, Brazil (1)	Won 16-14	0:50
Fri, 7/23/1999		Javier Bosma / Fabio Diez, Spain (8)	Lost 13-15	1:00
Sat, 7/24/1999		Dain Blanton / Eric Fonoimoana, United States (19)	Won 15-1	0:20
Sat, 7/24/1999		Julien Prosser / Lee Zahner, Australia (15)	Lost 3-15	0:30

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	8	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	3	0	0	$31,400.00	0	1	0.0 %
1999	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	0	0	$27,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	29	0	3	0	1	2	7	5	3	7	1	0	$183,900.00	5	5	50.0 %

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
9	0	0	0	1	2	2	4	0	0	$16,700.00	1997	FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	2	2	3	0	0	$15,700.00
13	0	0	0	0	3	7	2	1	0	$27,550.00	1998	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	2	5	4	1	0	$18,450.00
											1998	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00
8	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	0	0	$18,750.00	1999	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	4	1	3	0	0	$20,500.00
62	0	4	1	4	17	21	13	2	0	$173,250.00	Total	Total	78	10	6	3	6	18	20	12	3	0	$288,562.50

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%
1998-1999	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-0		0	0	3-2	60.0%
Against the Field	3	30.0%	0	0.0%	7	70.0%	3-7	30.0%	2	13.3%	2	13.3%	11	73.3%	2-13	13.3%	6-16	27.3%	4-10	28.6%	0	0	9-16	36.0%

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
Series tied against the field 4-4 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 de Melo/Santos, Brazil 1-0
7/22/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Henkel/Smith	16	Santos/de Melo	1	16-14	0:50
Trail the series against # 4 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
Trail the series against # 8 Bosma/Diez, Spain 0-1
7/23/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Bosma/Diez	8	Henkel/Smith	16	15-13	1:00
Series tied with # 11 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
Trail the series against # 15 Prosser/Zahner, Australia 0-1
7/24/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Prosser/Zahner	15	Henkel/Smith	16	15-3	0:30
Lead the series against # 17 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 1-0
7/22/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Henkel/Smith	16	Holden/Leinemann	17	15-12	0:30
Lead the series against # 19 Blanton/Fonoimoana, United States 1-0
7/24/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Henkel/Smith	16	Blanton/Fonoimoana	19	15-1	0:20