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US$500,000 Beach Volleyball World Championships
August 1 - 4, 2001

(16) Stephanie Pohl/Okka Rau, Germany

Stephanie Pohl
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 7, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Finsterwalde

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

76 kg (167 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

111

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Marseille 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$314,995.00

Okka Rau
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 5, 1977 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Leer

Height:

179 cm (5'11")

Weight:

69 kg (152 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Marseille 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$293,395.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	91	1	0	2	3	13	9	20	10	27	5	1	US$586,790.00

Previous Klagenfurt Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/24-28/2001	Portugal Open	19	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/16-22/2001	France Grand Slam	23	9th	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2001	Spain Open	19	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/19-23/2001	Swiss Open	27, Q2	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2001	Italy Open	25, Q2	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	4/4-8/2001	Macau Open	11	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/31-11/5/2000	Brazil Open	17	17th	68	US$2,000.00

Klagenfurt World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/1/2001	Pool P	Sabina Basagic / Sigrid Sumper, Austria (48)	Won 21-13, 21-12	0:29
Wed, 8/1/2001	Pool P	Marika Teknedzjanova / Tereza Tobiasova, Czech Republic (17)	Won 21-13, 21-13	0:41
Thu, 8/2/2001	Winner 1	Angela Clarke / Kylie Gerlic, Australia (19)	Lost 19-21, 15-21	0:39

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Ines Pianka - 41st	Did not play
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Okka Rau - 17th	Stephanie Pohl - 17th
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Okka Rau - 9th	Stephanie Pohl - 9th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Okka Rau - 9th	Stephanie Pohl - 9th
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Okka Rau - 5th	Stephanie Pohl - 5th
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Okka Rau - 17th	Stephanie Pohl - 17th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/1-4/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	16	17th	100	US$2,750.00
FIVB	10/7-12/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	14	9th	320	US$10,000.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2005	Berlin World Championships	6	9th	400	US$13,500.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2007	Gstaad World Championships	19	5th	600	US$18,000.00
FIVB	6/25-7/4/2009	Stavanger World Championships	16	17th	200	US$7,000.00

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	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	$51,250.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	29	0	0	1	1	6	1	6	2	10	1	0	$234,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	54	1	0	1	2	5	8	10	8	15	4	0	$294,840.00
Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00
Total	91	1	0	2	3	13	9	20	10	27	5	0	$586,790.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Stephanie Pohl												Okka Rau
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	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	$25,625.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	$25,625.00
30	0	0	1	1	7	8	11	1	0	$118,850.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	29	0	0	1	1	7	8	10	1	0	$117,350.00
71	1	0	1	2	13	26	19	6	0	$165,920.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	55	1	0	1	2	13	18	15	4	0	$147,420.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00	Challenger
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00	Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00
111	1	1	2	3	22	38	32	7	0	$314,995.00	Total	92	1	0	2	3	22	30	27	5	0	$293,395.00

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
2001	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	0	$28,250.00	18	13	58.1 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	0	$28,250.00	18	13	58.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Stephanie Pohl													Okka Rau
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	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1998	FIVB
6	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	$5,500.00	1999	FIVB
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00	1999	FIVB C&S
12	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	2	0	$15,500.00	2000	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,000.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	0	$14,125.00	2001	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	0	$14,125.00
28	0	1	0	0	0	12	8	3	4	$36,725.00	Total	Total	9	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	1	1	$15,125.00

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	165	72.1%	24	10.5%	40	17.5%	189-40	82.5%	37	21.1%	28	16.0%	110	62.9%	37-138	21.1%	165-110	60.0%	61-68	47.3%	3	3	229-181	55.9%
2000-2001	20	71.4%	4	14.3%	4	14.3%	24-4	85.7%	3	17.6%	2	11.8%	12	70.6%	3-14	17.6%	20-12	62.5%	7-6	53.8%	0	0	27-18	60.0%
Against the Field	38	65.5%	9	15.5%	11	19.0%	47-11	81.0%	11	19.0%	10	17.2%	37	63.8%	11-47	19.0%	76-72	51.4%	40-42	48.8%	1	0	59-57	50.9%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4
World Championships	0	0	0	0	7	4	0	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	10
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	2	1	36	21	0	0	23	25	0	2	1	1	0	0	72	58
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	11	0	23	22	0	0	41	47	1	3	1	2	1	0	137	108
Goodwill Games	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Total	6	0	13	1	70	49	0	0	70	80	1	5	2	3	1	0	229	181

Head to Head Results
Pohl/Rau lead the series against the field 13-12 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Arce/McPeak, United States 0-2
7/20/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 4	Arce/McPeak	5	Pohl/Rau	23	21-14, 28-26	0:37
7/6/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Arce/McPeak	3	Pohl/Rau	19	21-16, 21-13	0:40
Trail the series against # 6 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
6/21/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 1	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	6	Pohl/Rau	27, Q2	21-11, 21-13	0:30
Trail the series against # 7 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 0-1
7/18/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	7	Pohl/Rau	23	19-21, 21-12, 15-9	0:44
Trail the series against # 8 Oliveira/Silva, Brazil 0-1
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 3	Oliveira/Silva	11	Pohl/Rau	19	19-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:50
Trail the series against # 12 Celbova Rysava/Novakova, Czech Republic 0-1
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 4	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	23	Pohl/Rau	27, Q2	21-16, 21-13	0:34
Trail the series against # 15 Bruschini/Solazzi, Italy 0-2
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Bruschini/Solazzi	14	Pohl/Rau	19	19-21, 21-17, 15-7	0:50
6/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 2	Bruschini/Solazzi	9	Pohl/Rau	25, Q2	21-16, 21-14	0:38
Lead the series against # 17 Teknedzjanova/Tobiasova, Czech Republic 2-1
8/1/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool P	Pohl/Rau	16	Teknedzjanova/Tobiasova	17	21-13, 21-13	0:41
7/7/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 3	Teknedzjanova/Tobiasova	28, Q10	Pohl/Rau	19	21-17, 21-18	0:33
6/19/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Qualifier 3	Pohl/Rau	27, Q2	Teknedzjanova/Tobiasova	Q15	21-19, 18-21, 15-11	0:50
Trail the series against # 18 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 0-1
6/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 2	Gattelli/Perrotta	10	Pohl/Rau	25, Q2	24-26, 21-19, 15-13	1:01
Series tied with # 19 Clarke/Gerlic, Australia 1-1
8/2/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 1	Clarke/Gerlic	19	Pohl/Rau	16	21-19, 21-15	0:39
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 3	Pohl/Rau	23	Clarke/Gerlic	17, Q7	21-16, 21-16	0:41
Lead the series against # 20 Kadijk/Leenstra, Netherlands 2-0
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Pohl/Rau	19	Kadijk/Leenstra	20	22-20, 21-12	0:34
6/19/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Qualifier 4	Pohl/Rau	27, Q2	Kadijk/Leenstra	26, Q7	21-13, 25-23	0:47
Lead the series against # 21 Bragado-Corso/Wood, United States 2-0
6/21/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 2	Pohl/Rau	27, Q2	Bragado-Corso/Wood	21, Q1	21-19, 18-21, 15-12	0:53
6/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	25, Q2	Bragado-Corso/Wood	8, Q1	21-19, 22-20	0:44
Trail the series against # 22 Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 0-1
4/6/01	FIVB	Macau Open	Winner 1	Karadassiou/Sfyri	22	Pohl/Rau	11	21-15, 21-12	0:38
Lead the series against # 25 Luge/Syren, France 1-0
7/18/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	23	Luge/Syren	10	21-14, 21-19	0:34
Lead the series against # 27 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 1-0
7/6/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	19	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	14	26-24, 21-18	0:49
Lead the series against # 37 Drummond/Todd, New Zealand 1-0
6/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 2	Pohl/Rau	25, Q2	Drummond/Todd	Q15	21-14, 21-6	0:25
Lead the series against # 39 Garcia/Gaxiola, Mexico 1-0
6/21/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 1	Pohl/Rau	27, Q2	Garcia/Gaxiola	22	24-22, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # 44 Barrera/Burte, France 1-0
7/6/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 2	Pohl/Rau	19	Barrera/Burte	29, Q11	17-21, 21-13, 15-6	0:41
Lead the series against # 48 Basagic/Sumper, Austria 1-0
8/1/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool P	Pohl/Rau	16	Basagic/Sumper	48	21-13, 21-12	0:29