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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$404,500 FIVB World Championships presented by Swatch
October 7 - 12, 2003

(27) Ethel-Julie Arjona/Virginie Kadjo, France

Ethel-Julie Puig-Arjona
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 12, 1981 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Narbonne

Height:

176 cm (5'9")

Weight:

62 kg (136 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$68,962.50

Virginie Kadjo
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 3, 1973 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Paris

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$75,212.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	57	Money
FIVB	42	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	1	13	8	5	2	4	1	US$130,925.00
FIVB C&S	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$5,500.00
Overall	45	2	1	0	0	2	1	5	1	13	8	5	2	4	1	US$136,425.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	26, Q5	17th	120	US$5,000.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Italy Open	26	5th	180	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2003	Lianyungang Open	21	17th	60	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2003	Japan Open	20, Q5	25th	30	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2003	France Grand Slam	10	9th	216	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/1-5/2003	Norway Open	Q24	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	6/24-28/2003	Germany Grand Slam	Q26	57th	6	US$0.00
FIVB	6/17-21/2003	Switzerland Open	Q25	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2003	Hellas Open	Q20	41st	10	US$0.00

Rio de Janeiro World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 10/7/2003	Pool C	Shelda Bede / Adriana Behar, Brazil (3)	Lost 12-21, 6-21	0:32
Wed, 10/8/2003	Pool C	Juliana Felisberta / Jackie Silva, Brazil (46)	Lost 16-21, 26-24, 11-15	0:52
Wed, 10/8/2003	Pool C	Angela Clarke / Kylie Gerlic, Australia (22)	Lost 15-21, 16-21	0:38

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Tatiana Barrera - 57th	Did not play
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Virginie Kadjo - 37th	Ethel-Julie Arjona - 37th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Virginie Kadjo - 17th	Ethel-Julie Arjona - 17th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/7-12/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	27	37th	80	US$1,875.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2005	Berlin World Championships	16	17th	200	US$7,500.00

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$)
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$9,375.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	2	0	$46,150.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	27	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	1	7	6	0	$75,400.00
Satellite	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00
Total	45	2	1	0	0	2	1	5	1	13	8	0	$136,425.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ethel-Julie Arjona												Virginie Kadjo
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	0	0	0	1	0	0	$4,687.50	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$4,687.50
15	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	0	$23,075.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	0	$24,825.00
30	0	0	0	0	3	4	7	7	0	$38,450.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	34	0	0	0	0	3	5	9	6	0	$42,950.00
3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,750.00	Satellite	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
52	2	1	0	0	3	6	14	9	0	$68,962.50	Total	54	2	1	0	0	3	7	15	9	0	$75,212.50

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
2002	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,650.00	3	7	30.0 %
2003	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	5	$24,375.00	15	17	46.9 %
Total	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	7	$26,025.00	18	24	42.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ethel-Julie Arjona													Virginie Kadjo
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	0	0	1	$0.00	1998	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1999	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$750.00	2000	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2001	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2001	FIVB Age Group WC
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$825.00	2002	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$825.00
10	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	5	$12,187.50	2003	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	5	$12,187.50
18	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	10	$13,762.50	Total	Total	15	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	9	$13,012.50

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	38	58.5%	10	15.4%	17	26.2%	48-17	73.8%	8	11.4%	15	21.4%	47	67.1%	8-62	11.4%	38-47	44.7%	18-32	36.0%	0	0	56-79	41.5%
2002-2003	13	65.0%	1	5.0%	6	30.0%	14-6	70.0%	4	18.2%	6	27.3%	12	54.5%	4-18	18.2%	13-12	52.0%	5-12	29.4%	0	0	18-24	42.9%
Against the Field	13	46.4%	7	25.0%	8	28.6%	20-8	71.4%	4	10.8%	9	24.3%	24	64.9%	4-33	10.8%	26-48	35.1%	22-34	39.3%	0	0	24-41	36.9%

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	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	6	3	4	8	0	0	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	24
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	13	7	4	11	0	0	13	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	38	50
Satellite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	1	2	0	0	2	1	12	5
Total	0	0	19	10	8	22	0	0	21	27	1	2	0	0	2	1	68	84

Head to Head Results
Arjona/Kadjo trail the series against the field 11-18 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 14 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
7/16/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool B	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	Arjona/Kadjo	47	21-14, 21-15	0:31
Trail the series against # 3 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-2
10/7/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool C	Bede/Behar	3	Arjona/Kadjo	27	21-12, 21-6	0:32
9/6/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 2	Bede/Behar	2	Arjona/Kadjo	26	21-14, 21-13	0:31
Trail the series against # 7 Davis/Johnson Jordan, United States 0-1
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool G	Davis/Johnson Jordan	7	Arjona/Kadjo	26, Q5	21-18, 21-13	0:32
Lead the series against # 9 Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 2-1
9/5/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Pool G	Arjona/Kadjo	26	Karadassiou/Sfyri	10	22-20, 25-23	0:45
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool G	Arjona/Kadjo	10	Karadassiou/Sfyri	23	23-21, 23-21	0:41
8/9/02	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool G	Karadassiou/Sfyri	10	Arjona/Kadjo	26, Q22	22-20, 15-21, 15-13	1:02
Trail the series against # 10 Lahme/Musch, Germany 0-2
9/6/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Pool G	Lahme/Musch	7	Arjona/Kadjo	26	21-17, 21-18	0:39
8/15/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Pool E	Lahme/Musch	5	Arjona/Kadjo	21	28-26, 21-15	0:45
Lead the series against # 12 Celbova Rysava/Novakova, Czech Republic 1-0
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool G	Arjona/Kadjo	10	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	7	15-21, 22-20, 18-16	0:53
Trail the series against # 13 DeNecochea/Reynolds, United States 0-1
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool G	DeNecochea/Reynolds	10	Arjona/Kadjo	26, Q5	21-13, 21-18	0:42
Trail the series against # 14 Pohl/Rau, Germany 0-1
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	24	Arjona/Kadjo	10	21-13, 23-21	0:41
Trail the series against # 19 Fonseca/Minello, Brazil 0-1
8/8/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool D	Fonseca/Minello	4	Arjona/Kadjo	20, Q5	17-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:53
Trail the series against # 20 Garcia/Gaxiola, Mexico 0-1
8/9/02	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool G	Garcia/Gaxiola	23	Arjona/Kadjo	26, Q22	21-19, 18-21, 15-9	0:54
Trail the series against # 21 Ahmann/Vollmer, Germany 0-1
8/9/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool D	Ahmann/Vollmer	13	Arjona/Kadjo	20, Q5	21-19, 21-17	0:42
Trail the series against # 22 Clarke/Gerlic, Australia 0-1
10/8/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool C	Clarke/Gerlic	22	Arjona/Kadjo	27	21-15, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 23 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 1-0
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool G	Arjona/Kadjo	26, Q5	Hakedal/Torlen	23, Q3	18-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:57
Trail the series against # 25 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 0-1
8/10/02	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool G	Gattelli/Perrotta	7	Arjona/Kadjo	26, Q22	19-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:54
Lead the series against # 28 Kusuhara/Tokuno, Japan 2-1
9/5/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Pool G	Arjona/Kadjo	26	Kusuhara/Tokuno	23, Q2	21-16, 21-19	0:39
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool G	Arjona/Kadjo	10	Kusuhara/Tokuno	26, Q1	21-11, 21-16	0:34
7/16/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool B	Kusuhara/Tokuno	23	Arjona/Kadjo	47	17-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:58
Lead the series against # 30 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 1-0
9/6/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Arjona/Kadjo	26	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	25, Q3	28-26, 17-21, 15-9	1:01
Lead the series against # 34 Boileau/Morin, Canada 3-0
8/15/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Pool E	Arjona/Kadjo	21	Boileau/Morin	28, Q8	21-11, 21-15	0:35
8/7/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Qualifier 2	Arjona/Kadjo	20, Q5	Boileau/Morin	Q12	18-21, 25-23, 15-8	1:02
8/8/02	FIVB	Japan Open	Qualifier 2	Arjona/Kadjo	26, Q22	Boileau/Morin	Q6	21-14, 21-17	0:31
Trail the series against # 38 Alcon/Pol, Spain 0-1
7/1/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Alcon/Pol	28, Q9	Arjona/Kadjo	Q24	21-16, 19-21, 15-10	0:48
Trail the series against # 40 Augoustides/Claasen, Germany 0-1
6/12/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 2	Augoustides/Claasen	28, Q13	Arjona/Kadjo	Q20	24-22, 17-21, 15-8	0:56
Lead the series against # 45 Seike/Yamakawa, Japan 1-0
9/18/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Arjona/Kadjo	26, Q5	Seike/Yamakawa	Q21	21-17, 21-14	0:36
Trail the series against # 46 Felisberta/Silva, Brazil 0-1
10/8/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool C	Felisberta/Silva	46	Arjona/Kadjo	27	21-16, 24-26, 15-11	0:52