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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 World Championships
July 19 - 24, 1999

(32) Lina Yanchulova/Petia Yanchulova, Bulgaria

Lina Yanchulova
Bulgaria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 12, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sofia-Bulgaria

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Maoming 2002)

Career Winnings:

US$159,617.50

Petia Yanchulova
Bulgaria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 3, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sofia

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

106

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Maoming 2002)

Career Winnings:

US$160,342.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	11	13	17	25	33	37	41	57	Money
FIVB	90	0	0	0	0	1	1	24	1	10	23	19	8	1	1	1	US$303,835.00
FIVB C&S	6	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$15,400.00
Overall	96	3	0	1	1	1	2	24	1	10	23	19	8	1	1	1	US$319,235.00

Previous Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1998	Petia Yanchulova - 57th	Lina Yanchulova - 57th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/16-20/1999	Canada Open	Q24	33rd	28	US$0.00
FIVB	7/31-8/2/1998	Portugal Open	Q18	41st	14	US$0.00
FIVB	7/23-25/1998	French Open	Q23	57th	4	US$0.00

Marseille World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Mon, 7/19/1999		Frederique Chervet / Carole Cordinier, France (Q37)	Won 15-3	0:13
Mon, 7/19/1999		Ines Pianka / Stephanie Pohl, Germany (Q5)	Won 15-9	0:35
Mon, 7/19/1999		Teresa Galindo / Hilda Gaxiola, Mexico (Q21)	Won 15-13	0:42
Wed, 7/21/1999		Shelda Bede / Adriana Behar, Brazil (1)	Lost 4-15	0:30
Wed, 7/21/1999		Holly McPeak / Gabrielle Reece, United States (17)	Lost 10-15	0:31

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Stefka Anguelova - 41st	Did not play
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Petia Yanchulova - 25th	Lina Yanchulova - 25th
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Petia Yanchulova - 17th	Lina Yanchulova - 17th
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Petia Yanchulova - 9th	Lina Yanchulova - 9th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Petia Yanchulova - 33rd	Lina Yanchulova - 33rd

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/19-24/1999	Marseille World Championships	32	25th	60	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	27	17th	100	US$2,750.00
FIVB	10/7-12/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	30	9th	320	US$10,000.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2005	Berlin World Championships	14	33rd	50	US$3,750.00

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$19,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	6	4	0	$73,350.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	65	0	0	0	0	1	1	19	8	15	14	0	$206,985.00
Challenger	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$10,100.00
Satellite	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,300.00
Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00
Total	96	3	0	1	1	1	2	25	10	23	19	0	$319,235.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Lina Yanchulova												Petia Yanchulova
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$9,750.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$9,750.00
18	0	0	0	0	0	5	6	4	0	$36,675.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	22	0	0	0	0	0	5	6	4	0	$36,675.00
65	0	0	0	0	2	27	15	14	0	$103,492.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	69	0	0	0	0	2	27	15	14	0	$103,492.50
3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,050.00	Challenger	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,050.00
3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$2,650.00	Satellite	5	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	$3,375.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00	Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00
97	3	0	1	1	3	35	23	19	0	$159,617.50	Total	106	3	0	1	2	4	35	23	19	0	$160,342.50

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
1999	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$3,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$3,000.00	3	2	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Lina Yanchulova													Petia Yanchulova
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	1997	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	1998	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,500.00	1999	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,500.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,500.00	Total	Total	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$1,500.00

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	65	57.5%	25	22.1%	23	20.4%	90-23	79.6%	21	15.0%	23	16.4%	96	68.6%	21-119	15.0%	65-96	40.4%	46-46	50.0%	0	0	115-146	44.1%
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	10	43.5%	4	17.4%	9	39.1%	14-9	60.9%	2	7.7%	3	11.5%	21	80.8%	2-24	7.7%	20-36	35.7%	12-16	42.9%	0	0	20-29	40.8%

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	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
World Championships	0	0	3	0	2	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	9
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	9	3	5	13	0	0	3	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	35
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	0	21	21	0	0	25	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	76	96
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	3
Satellite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	2	1	0	1	2	0	13	3
Goodwill Games	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	16	3	30	38	0	0	37	60	2	2	1	1	2	0	133	152

Head to Head Results
Yanchulova/Yanchulova lead the series against the field 3-2 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-1
7/21/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Bede/Behar	1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	32	15-4	0:30
Trail the series against # 17 McPeak/Reece, United States 0-1
7/21/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		McPeak/Reece	17	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	32	15-10	0:31
Lead the series against # Q5 Pianka/Pohl, Germany 1-0
7/19/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Yanchulova/Yanchulova	32	Pianka/Pohl	Q5	15-9	0:35
Lead the series against # Q21 Galindo/Gaxiola, Mexico 1-0
7/19/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Yanchulova/Yanchulova	32	Galindo/Gaxiola	Q21	15-13	0:42
Lead the series against # Q37 Chervet/Cordinier, France 1-0
7/19/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Yanchulova/Yanchulova	32	Chervet/Cordinier	Q37	15-3	0:13