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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
XXVII Olympic Games
September 16 - 25, 2000

(23) 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 Sydney Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/9-13/2000	China Open	15	9th	136	US$4,000.00
FIVB	8/2-6/2000	Japan Open	22	9th	136	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/25-29/2000	Portugal Open	26	25th	34	US$1,500.00
FIVB	7/18-22/2000	France Open	25	9th	136	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2000	Germany Open	28	25th	34	US$1,500.00
FIVB C&S	7/5-9/2000	Greece Challenger	2	1st	60	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/30-7/4/2000	U.S. Grand Slam	29	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2000	Swiss Open	29	25th	34	US$1,500.00
FIVB	6/13-18/2000	Canada Open	Q10	33rd	28	US$0.00
FIVB	6/7-11/2000	Italy Open	31	13th	102	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2000	Mexico Open	32	25th	34	US$1,500.00
FIVB	2/1-6/2000	Brazil Open	Q13	33rd	28	US$0.00

Sydney XXVII Olympic Games Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 9/16/2000	Winner 1	Shelda Bede / Adriana Behar, Brazil (2)	Lost 3-15	0:25
Mon, 9/18/2000	Contender 1	Rebekka Kadijk / Debora Schoon Kadijk, Netherlands (11)	Won 17-15	0:55
Mon, 9/18/2000	Contender 2	Dalixia Fernandez Grasset / Tamara Larrea Peraza, Cuba (20)	Lost 3-15	0:23

Olympic Games, 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
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney	Petia Yanchulova - 17th	Lina Yanchulova - 17th
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Petia Yanchulova - 17th	Lina Yanchulova - 17th
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Petia Yanchulova - 9th	Lina Yanchulova - 9th
2004	Olympic Games	Athens	Petia Yanchulova - 9th	Lina Yanchulova - 9th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Petia Yanchulova - 33rd	Lina Yanchulova - 33rd

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$5,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
2000	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	5	2	$23,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	7	4	$28,000.00	4	4	50.0 %

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
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$2,500.00	1999	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$2,500.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	5	2	$11,500.00	2000	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	5	2	$11,500.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2000	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
21	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	7	8	$16,000.00	Total	Total	20	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	7	7	$16,000.00

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%
1999-2000	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-0		0	0	4-4	50.0%
Against the Field	6	40.0%	3	20.0%	6	40.0%	9-6	60.0%	2	7.1%	3	10.7%	23	82.1%	2-26	7.1%	12-40	23.1%	10-14	41.7%	0	0	13-30	30.2%

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 trail the series against the field 2-3 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-2
9/16/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Winner 1	Bede/Behar	2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	23	15-3	0:25
7/21/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Bede/Behar	1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	32	15-4	0:30
Lead the series against # 11 Kadijk/Schoon Kadijk, Netherlands 1-0
9/18/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Contender 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	23	Kadijk/Schoon Kadijk	11	17-15	0:55
Trail the series against # 20 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 0-1
9/18/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Contender 2	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	20	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	23	15-3	0:23
Lead the series against # 24 Galindo/Gaxiola, Mexico 1-0
7/19/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Yanchulova/Yanchulova	32	Galindo/Gaxiola	Q21	15-13	0:42