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(24) Sara Montagnolli/Sabine Swoboda, Austria

Sara Montagnolli
Austria

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 2, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Innsbruck

Height:

170 cm (5'7")

Weight:

69 kg (152 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

187

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Buenos Aires 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

3rd (Marseille 2010)

Career Winnings:

US$308,472.99

Sabine Swoboda
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 23, 1975 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vienna

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

114

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Buenos Aires 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$135,380.34

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	27	33	41	Money
CEV	12	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	US$44,580.72
FIVB	47	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	5	15	0	14	0	4	1	US$181,750.00
FIVB C&S	6	1	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$6,650.00
Overall	65	1	2	2	1	3	3	7	9	16	1	14	1	4	1	US$232,980.72

Previous Berlin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	Maria Holzman - 49th	Did not play
2003	Barbara Hansel - 41st	Chrisi Gschweidl - 57th
2004	Barbara Hansel - 33rd	Chrisi Gschweidl - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/14-18/2005	Switzerland Open	18, Q3	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Italy Open	21	9th	160	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2005	Japan Open	22	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/17-21/2005	China Open	22	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/20-25/2004	Brazil Open	17	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	9/1-5/2004	Italy Open	26, Q2	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB C&S	8/27-29/2004	France Satellite	3, Q1	7th	10	US$500.00
FIVB C&S	8/21-22/2004	Corsica Satellite	1	4th	14	US$800.00
FIVB C&S	8/5-7/2004	Switzerland Satellite	1	3rd	24	US$1,700.00

Berlin World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 6/21/2005	Winner 1	Mayra Garcia / Hilda Gaxiola, Mexico (41)	Lost 19-21, 16-21	0:41
Tue, 6/21/2005	Contender 1	Sanne Keizer / Marrit Leenstra, Netherlands (22)	Lost 16-21, 21-19, 8-15	0:54

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Sabina Basagic - 41st	Did not play
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Kerstin Pichler - 33rd	Christine Mellitzer - 17th
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Barbara Hansel - 33rd	Did not play
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Sabine Swoboda - 33rd	Sara Montagnolli - 33rd
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Sabine Swoboda - 17th	Sara Montagnolli - 17th
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Barbara Hansel - 33rd	Did not play
2011	World Championships	Rome	Barbara Hansel - 37th	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/21-25/2005	Berlin World Championships	24	33rd	50	US$3,750.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2007	Gstaad World Championships	20	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$)
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$10,750.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	3	5	3	$73,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	11	9	1	$97,300.00
Satellite	6	1	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$6,650.00
Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Total	56	1	0	2	1	2	3	6	6	16	14	5	$195,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Sara Montagnolli												Sabine Swoboda
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	$10,975.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$6,750.00
49	0	0	0	3	4	4	12	15	11	$124,375.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	27	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	7	13	$40,225.00
89	0	0	1	1	4	17	20	16	30	$115,975.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	57	0	0	0	0	1	9	12	14	21	$56,625.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$600.00	Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$150.00
7	1	0	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	$3,425.00	Satellite	6	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	$3,325.00
13	0	1	0	0	2	3	5	1	1	$18,425.00	Confederation Championship	6	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	$6,000.00
167	1	1	3	5	11	27	38	33	48	$273,775.00	Total	100	1	0	2	1	5	14	20	22	35	$113,075.00

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
2004	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$8,500.00	5	4	55.6 %
2004	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	8	5	61.5 %
2005	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	$17,750.00	6	10	37.5 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	1	$26,250.00	11	14	44.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	8	5	61.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Sara Montagnolli													Sabine Swoboda
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1999	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00	1999	FIVB C&S
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$500.00	1999	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$750.00	2000	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2000	FIVB C&S
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,050.00	2000	CEV
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	$3,250.00	2001	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	$2,875.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$150.00	2001	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$150.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$775.00	2001	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$775.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2002	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	$2,475.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$225.00	2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$225.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	9	$4,875.00	2003	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$0.00	2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,000.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	8	$7,500.00	2004	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	6	$5,875.00
3	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2004	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,500.00	2004	CEV
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	$8,875.00	2005	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	$8,875.00
69	0	0	1	1	1	7	10	11	38	$31,500.00	Total	Total	47	0	0	1	1	1	3	8	6	27	$24,750.00

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	49	59.0%	13	15.7%	21	25.3%	62-21	74.7%	9	11.0%	19	23.2%	54	65.9%	9-73	11.0%	49-54	47.6%	22-40	35.5%	1	1	72-95	43.1%
2004-2005	17	63.0%	3	11.1%	7	25.9%	20-7	74.1%	5	14.7%	8	23.5%	21	61.8%	5-29	14.7%	17-21	44.7%	8-15	34.8%	0	0	25-36	41.0%
Against the Field	16	45.7%	6	17.1%	13	37.1%	22-13	62.9%	7	13.5%	11	21.2%	34	65.4%	7-45	13.5%	32-64	33.3%	26-48	35.1%	1	1	30-57	34.5%

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	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	13	3	12	12	0	0	4	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	30
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	8	2	1	2	0	0	8	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	41	61
Satellite	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	2	1	2	2	1	1	0	18	7
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6
Total	0	0	22	5	15	15	0	0	25	47	1	2	2	1	1	0	94	108

Head to Head Results
Montagnolli/Swoboda trail the series against the field 5-12 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 11 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-1
9/22/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Bede/Behar	1	Montagnolli/Swoboda	17	21-12, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 6 Pohl/Rau, Germany 0-1
6/10/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 3	Pohl/Rau	4	Montagnolli/Swoboda	21	21-13, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 8 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 0-1
5/26/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	11	Montagnolli/Swoboda	22	21-18, 21-12	0:37
Lead the series against # 14 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 1-0
6/9/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 2	Montagnolli/Swoboda	21	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	5	16-21, 21-16, 17-15	0:53
Series tied with # 15 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 1-1
6/9/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Montagnolli/Swoboda	21	Kadijk/Mooren	12	21-14, 21-19	0:40
5/27/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 2	Kadijk/Mooren	12	Montagnolli/Swoboda	22	21-13, 21-11	0:32
Trail the series against # 16 Arjona/Kadjo, France 0-1
9/4/04	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 4	Arjona/Kadjo	6	Montagnolli/Swoboda	26, Q2	20-22, 21-14, 15-12	0:53
Trail the series against # 17 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 0-1
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Hakedal/Torlen	15	Montagnolli/Swoboda	18, Q3	21-17, 21-16	0:38
Trail the series against # 18 Clarke/Gerlic, Australia 0-1
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 2	Clarke/Gerlic	16	Montagnolli/Swoboda	18, Q3	15-21, 25-23, 15-10	1:02
Trail the series against # 22 Keizer/Leenstra, Netherlands 0-1
6/21/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 1	Keizer/Leenstra	22	Montagnolli/Swoboda	24	21-16, 19-21, 15-8	0:54
Trail the series against # 25 Kusuhara/Urata, Japan 0-1
9/22/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Kusuhara/Urata	18	Montagnolli/Swoboda	17	21-19, 25-23	0:46
Trail the series against # 26 Li/Wang, China 0-1
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Li/Wang	27	Montagnolli/Swoboda	22	21-16, 21-19	0:37
Trail the series against # 30 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 0-1
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Nystrom/Nystrom	11	Montagnolli/Swoboda	22	21-13, 18-21, 15-8	0:55
Lead the series against # 37 Lessard/Maxwell, Canada 1-0
9/3/04	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 2	Montagnolli/Swoboda	26, Q2	Lessard/Maxwell	25, Q1	21-16, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 41 Garcia/Gaxiola, Mexico 0-1
6/21/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 1	Garcia/Gaxiola	41	Montagnolli/Swoboda	24	21-19, 21-16	0:41
Lead the series against # 45 Luciani/Solazzi, Italy 1-0
5/26/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 1	Montagnolli/Swoboda	22	Luciani/Solazzi	27	21-19, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 47 Claasen/Roder, Germany 1-0
6/14/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 3	Montagnolli/Swoboda	18, Q3	Claasen/Roder	Q14	21-18, 22-20	0:43