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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro
July 29 - August 2, 2026

(8) Arnaud Gauthier-Rat/Teo Rotar, France

Arnaud Gauthier-Rat
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 22, 1996 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Saint Maurice

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$178,917.08

Téo Rotar
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 23, 2004 (22 yrs old)

Home Town:

Martigues

Height:

201 cm (6'7")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$98,266.10

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
CEV	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	US$16,170.20
FIVB	16	0	1	3	1	3	0	5	0	0	1	2	US$142,400.00
Overall	19	0	1	4	1	4	0	5	0	1	1	2	US$158,570.20

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Teo Rotar - 9th	Arnaud Gauthier-Rat - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/1-5/2026	BPT Elite Gstaad	4	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	8	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	10	4th	900	US$12,000.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	10	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	18	3rd	1280	US$35,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	10	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	11	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	12	9th	600	US$7,500.00
CEV	7/30-8/3/2025	EuroBeachVolley 2025	14	5th	600	€ 4,000.00

BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool E	Bautista Amieva / Maciel Bueno, Argentina (17, Q1)	Won 21-13, 21-16	0:29
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool E	Gabriel Dos Reis / Johann Ferdinand, Brazil (20, Q9)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:31
Fri, 7/31/2026	Pool E	Chase Budinger / Trevor Crabb, United States (5)	Lost 21-23, 17-21	0:33
Sat, 8/1/2026	Winner 1	Thomas Hodges / Ben Hood, Australia (11)	Won 19-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:46
Sat, 8/1/2026	Winner 2	Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (16)	Won 19-21, 25-23, 15-10	0:49
Sun, 8/2/2026	Semi-Finals	Calvin Aye / Remi Daubas, France (3)	Lost 12-21, 16-21	0:33
Sun, 8/2/2026	Bronze Medal	Tim Berger / Timo Hammarberg, Austria (13)	Won 18-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:41

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$35,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	0	0	1	1	1	0	5	0	1	2	0	$75,400.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$32,000.00
Confederation Championship	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$15,000.00
Total	19	0	1	4	1	4	0	5	0	2	2	0	$157,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Arnaud Gauthier-Rat												Teo Rotar
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	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Youth Olympic Games
3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	$22,700.00	World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$17,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,000.00	World Tour Finals
24	1	0	1	1	2	10	5	2	2	$70,700.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	21	0	0	1	1	2	5	10	2	0	$41,700.00
33	0	3	1	0	4	11	2	4	8	$49,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	15	0	1	1	0	4	2	2	2	3	$23,250.00
22	1	3	1	0	5	8	2	2	0	$14,950.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	10	2	1	0	0	2	3	2	0	0	$2,100.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
8	0	0	1	0	1	2	4	0	0	$11,000.00	Confederation Championship	4	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	$8,750.00
95	2	6	5	1	13	34	15	8	11	$172,850.00	Total	54	3	2	6	1	9	11	15	4	3	$93,300.00

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
2024	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	1	3	25.0 %
2025	FIVB	11	0	1	2	0	2	0	3	0	1	2	0	$92,000.00	31	15	67.4 %
2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	3	1	75.0 %
2026	FIVB	5	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$50,400.00	18	9	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	16	0	1	3	1	3	0	5	0	1	2	0	$142,400.00	49	24	67.1 %
Total	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,000.00	4	4	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Arnaud Gauthier-Rat													Teo Rotar
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC
3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$2,400.00	2017	FIVB
11	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	1	3	$6,600.00	2018	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$500.00	2018	CEV
15	0	1	0	0	2	4	2	2	4	$14,000.00	2019	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00
4	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$4,850.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2020	CEV
6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$3,000.00	2021	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	$650.00
											2021	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2021	CEV
11	1	0	0	0	2	6	2	0	0	$31,500.00	2022	FIVB	7	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	2	$5,600.00
											2022	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
10	0	2	1	0	1	4	1	0	1	$20,550.00	2023	FIVB	10	1	0	0	0	2	1	6	0	0	$6,500.00
											2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
8	0	1	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	$7,750.00	2024	FIVB	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	$500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2024	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
11	0	1	2	0	2	3	1	2	0	$46,000.00	2025	FIVB	11	0	1	2	0	2	3	1	2	0	$46,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
5	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	$25,200.00	2026	FIVB	5	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	$25,200.00
94	2	6	4	1	13	34	15	8	11	$167,850.00	Total	Total	53	3	2	5	1	9	11	15	4	3	$88,300.00

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	32	80.0%	7	17.5%	1	2.5%	39-1	97.5%	9	29.0%	8	25.8%	14	45.2%	9-22	29.0%	32-14	69.6%	16-9	64.0%	1	1	49-24	67.1%
2025-2026	32	80.0%	7	17.5%	1	2.5%	39-1	97.5%	9	29.0%	8	25.8%	14	45.2%	9-22	29.0%	32-14	69.6%	16-9	64.0%	1	1	49-24	67.1%
Against the Field	14	93.3%	1	6.7%	0	0.0%	15-0	100.0%	7	50.0%	2	14.3%	5	35.7%	7-7	50.0%	28-8	77.8%	16-4	80.0%	1	0	23-6	79.3%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	7	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	2	16	7	0	0	7	6	0	2	1	1	0	0	25	18
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	0	7	1	0	0	7	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	17	5
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	9	6
Total	0	0	2	2	30	11	0	0	21	10	1	5	4	1	0	1	58	30

Head to Head Results
Gauthier-Rat/Rotar lead the series against the field 24-7 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Goncalves/Lanci, Brazil 2-1
7/2/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool D	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	4	Goncalves/Lanci	9	22-20, 21-13	0:32
5/29/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Pool E	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	8	Goncalves/Lanci	5	21-18, 23-21	0:38
7/2/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool E	Goncalves/Lanci	8	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	17, Q1	21-18, 18-21, 15-13	0:49
Lead the series against # 2 Fokerots/Plavins, Latvia 2-1
5/3/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Bronze Medal	Fokerots/Plavins	4	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	10	21-19, 21-16	0:30
8/27/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Hamburg	Pool A	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	12	Fokerots/Plavins	13	21-13, 21-17	0:35
7/31/25	CEV	EuroBeachVolley 2025	Pool C	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	14	Fokerots/Plavins	3	21-19, 20-22, 15-10	0:43
Lead the series against # 3 Aye/Daubas, France 4-2
8/2/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Semi-Finals	Aye/Daubas	3	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	8	21-12, 21-16	0:33
5/2/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Winner 2	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	10	Aye/Daubas	3	14-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:42
5/1/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool C	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	10	Aye/Daubas	3	22-20, 21-17	0:33
4/10/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Winner 1	Aye/Daubas	4	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	10	23-21, 21-19	0:36
6/14/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Winner 2	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	10, Q1	Aye/Daubas	14	21-19, 24-22	0:39
3/22/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Winner 2	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	24	Aye/Daubas	13	21-18, 18-10 Retired	0:39
Trail the series against # 4 Berntsen/Mol, Norway 0-1
9/17/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Pool B	Berntsen/Mol	14	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	11	26-24, 18-21, 15-7	0:51
Trail the series against # 5 Budinger/Crabb, United States 0-1
7/31/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Pool E	Budinger/Crabb	5	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	8	23-21, 21-17	0:33
Lead the series against # 6 Capogrosso/Capogrosso, Argentina 2-0
5/28/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Pool E	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	8	Capogrosso/Capogrosso	17, Q1	21-18, 21-19	0:36
9/24/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Pool C	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	10	Capogrosso/Capogrosso	15	17-21, 21-13, 15-9	0:41
Lead the series against # 7 Cuzmiciov/Elazar, Israel 1-0
5/17/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Winner 3	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	20	Cuzmiciov/Elazar	30, Q10	24-22, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against # 11 Hodges/Hood, Australia 1-0
8/1/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Winner 1	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	8	Hodges/Hood	11	19-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:46
Lead the series against # 13 Berger/Hammarberg, Austria 2-0
8/2/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Bronze Medal	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	8	Berger/Hammarberg	13	18-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:41
5/15/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool D	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	20	Berger/Hammarberg	13	21-14, 21-19	0:33
Series tied with # 15 Bello/Bello, England 1-1
11/14/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool G	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	18	Bello/Bello	31	17-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:47
8/16/24	CEV	CEV EuroBeachVolley 2024	Winner 1	Bello/Bello	18	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	10	21-0, 21-0
Lead the series against # 16 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 2-0
8/1/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Winner 2	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	8	Grimalt/Grimalt	16	19-21, 25-23, 15-10	0:49
6/27/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	Pool G	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	7	Grimalt/Grimalt	10	21-16, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # 17, Q1 Amieva/Bueno, Argentina 2-0
7/30/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Pool E	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	8	Amieva/Bueno	17, Q1	21-13, 21-16	0:29
11/18/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	18	Amieva/Bueno	28	22-20, 21-12	0:34
Lead the series against # 19, Q3 da Silva/Dos Santos, Brazil 1-0
5/2/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Winner 1	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	10	Dos Santos/da Silva	20, Q4	21-16, 16-21, 15-11	0:41
Lead the series against # 20, Q9 Dos Reis/Ferdinand, Brazil 1-0
7/30/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Pool E	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	8	Dos Reis/Ferdinand	20, Q9	21-16, 21-16	0:31
Lead the series against # Q4 De Paula/Goncalves, Brazil 2-0
9/18/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Pool B	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	11	De Paula/Goncalves	23, Q12	21-16, 21-18	0:31
6/12/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Pool G	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	10, Q1	De Paula/Goncalves	23	19-21, 21-16, 15-9	0:44
Lead the series against # Q11 Carvalhaes/De Menezes, Brazil 1-0
4/9/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool C	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	10	Carvalhaes/De Menezes	22, Q16	21-13, 21-14	0:28