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US$1,000,000 SWATCH FIVB World Championship presented by ConocoPhillips
June 26 - July 5, 2009

(23) Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States

Jake Gibb
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 6, 1976 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bountiful, UT

Height:

201 cm (6'7")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

17

Tournaments:

149

Career Wins:

7

Career Winnings:

US$825,687.50

Sean Rosenthal
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 19, 1980 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Redondo Beach, CA

Height:

191 cm (6'4")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

16

Tournaments:

109

Career Wins:

10

Career Winnings:

US$630,300.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	63	4	5	3	3	14	2	15	2	13	2	US$731,300.00

Previous Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Sean Rosenthal - 17th	Jake Gibb - 17th
2008	Sean Rosenthal - 5th	Jake Gibb - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/26-31/2009	Myslowice Open	15	3rd	480	US$15,000.00
FIVB	4/21-26/2009	Brasilia Open	13	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	8/9-22/2008	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	7	5th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/1-6/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	11	17th	160	US$5,100.00

Stavanger World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 6/27/2009

Pool B

Jason Lochhead / Kirk Pitman, New Zealand (26)

Won 21-17, 19-21, 15-13

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jake Gibb	Total	43	22	3	0.442	6	2	1	2
	1	18	12	1	0.611	2	0	0	0
	2	17	7	1	0.353	1	1	0	1
	3	8	3	1	0.250	3	1	1	1
Sean Rosenthal	Total	24	9	6	0.125	0	17	2	4
	1	11	5	2	0.273	0	4	0	0
	2	5	2	1	0.200	0	7	2	4
	3	8	2	3	-0.125	0	6	0	0

Mon, 6/29/2009

Pool B

Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers, United States (2)

Lost 14-21, 21-16, 8-15

0:52

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jake Gibb	Total	35	19	9	0.286	3	4	1	2
	1	12	6	2	0.333	0	2	0	1
	2	12	9	2	0.583	3	1	1	1
	3	11	4	5	-0.091	0	1	0	0
Sean Rosenthal	Total	18	9	6	0.167	0	10	0	4
	1	6	3	3	0.000	0	0	0	2
	2	8	5	2	0.375	0	7	0	2
	3	4	1	1	0.000	0	3	0	0

Wed, 7/1/2009

Pool B

Morais Abreu / Mario Silva, Angola (47)

Won 21-12, 21-10

0:30

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jake Gibb	Total	17	12	2	0.588	0	5	3	2
	1	5	4	1	0.600	0	2	2	1
	2	12	8	1	0.583	0	3	1	1
Sean Rosenthal	Total	17	14	1	0.765	3	10	0	1
	1	7	6	1	0.714	2	1	0	0
	2	10	8	0	0.800	1	9	0	1

Thu, 7/2/2009

Winner 1

Brad Keenan / Nick Lucena, United States (21)

Won 21-16, 21-14

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jake Gibb	Total	17	9	3	0.353	5	1	3	2
	1	10	4	2	0.200	3	0	1	0
	2	7	5	1	0.571	2	1	2	2
Sean Rosenthal	Total	22	14	5	0.409	0	12	1	2
	1	11	7	2	0.455	0	7	0	1
	2	11	7	3	0.364	0	5	1	1

Fri, 7/3/2009

Winner 2

Julius Brink / Jonas Reckermann, Germany (3)

Lost 18-21, 16-21

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jake Gibb	Total	24	10	7	0.125	0	1	1	4
	1	9	3	4	-0.111	0	1	0	2
	2	15	7	3	0.267	0	0	1	2
Sean Rosenthal	Total	17	10	5	0.294	0	6	0	4
	1	8	4	2	0.250	0	3	0	2
	2	9	6	3	0.333	0	3	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jake Gibb	136	72	24	0.353	14	13	9	12
Sean Rosenthal	98	56	23	0.337	3	55	3	15
Total	234	128	47	0.346	17	68	12	27
Opponents	237	117	38	0.333	27	45	4	36

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Stein Metzger - 13th	Did not play
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Sean Rosenthal - 5th	Jake Gibb - 5th
2011	World Championships	Rome	Sean Rosenthal - 17th	Jake Gibb - 17th
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Casey Patterson - 17th	Phil Dalhausser - 9th
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Casey Patterson - 5th	Did not play
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Taylor Crabb - 17th	Did not play
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Taylor Crabb - 9th	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/24-29/2007	Gstaad World Championships	14	5th	600	US$18,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2009	Stavanger World Championships	23	9th	400	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	10	17th	200	US$7,000.00

Head to Head Results
Gibb/Rosenthal lead the series against the field 29-20 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Cerutti/Marques, Brazil 0-1
4/23/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Cerutti/Marques	4	Gibb/Rosenthal	13	17-21, 21-14, 15-9	0:57
Trail the series against # 2 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 2-4
6/29/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool B	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Gibb/Rosenthal	23	21-14, 16-21, 15-8	0:52
3/30/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Bronze Medal	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Gibb/Rosenthal	18	21-18, 14-21, 15-11	0:50
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	18	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	24-22, 21-18	0:48
9/28/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	9	Dalhausser/Rogers	8	21-18, 21-13	0:44
8/5/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	17	Gibb/Rosenthal	12	21-18, 23-21	0:48
6/1/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 1	Dalhausser/Rogers	13	Gibb/Rosenthal	20	21-15, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 3 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 2-1
7/3/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	3	Gibb/Rosenthal	23	21-18, 21-16	0:47
5/31/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Bronze Medal	Gibb/Rosenthal	15	Brink/Reckermann	3	21-16, 21-19	0:50
5/29/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 4	Gibb/Rosenthal	15	Brink/Reckermann	3	13-21, 24-22, 15-9	1:00
Lead the series against # 4 Cunha/Solberg, Brazil 1-0
5/28/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	15	Cunha/Solberg	2	21-19, 18-21, 15-8	0:58
Lead the series against # 5 Rego/Santos, Brazil 4-3
8/18/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	3	Gibb/Rosenthal	7	21-18, 21-16	0:48
5/16/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 3	Rego/Santos	2	Gibb/Rosenthal	7	21-18, 17-21, 15-11	0:53
5/10/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Semi-Finals	Gibb/Rosenthal	13	Rego/Santos	2	21-17, 17-21, 18-16	1:10
8/4/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	1	Gibb/Rosenthal	13	21-16, 18-21, 18-16	1:02
10/28/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Gold Medal	Gibb/Rosenthal	4	Rego/Santos	2	19-21, 21-16, 15-13	1:13
9/30/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Semi-Finals	Gibb/Rosenthal	9	Rego/Santos	2	21-17, 21-17	0:44
7/29/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Gibb/Rosenthal	15	Rego/Santos	1	21-19, 22-20	0:53
Lead the series against # 6 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 1-0
5/29/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 3	Gibb/Rosenthal	15	Klemperer/Koreng	7	23-25, 21-18, 18-16	1:11
Trail the series against # 8 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
7/26/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool X	Nummerdor/Schuil	11	Gibb/Rosenthal	14	30-28, 21-19	0:54
Lead the series against # 9 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 2-1
6/13/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool F	Gibb/Rosenthal	6	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	11	17-21, 21-14, 15-11	1:00
5/8/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	13	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	4	21-19, 22-20	0:45
7/28/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 3	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	6	Gibb/Rosenthal	14	21-19, 21-17	0:45
Trail the series against # 10 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 1-3
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Araujo/Magalhaes	4	Gibb/Rosenthal	13	21-17, 21-17	0:44
10/26/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Winner 4	Gibb/Rosenthal	4	Araujo/Magalhaes	1	15-21, 23-21, 20-18	1:16
7/30/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Gibb/Rosenthal	15	21-11, 21-17	0:44
7/27/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Gibb/Rosenthal	15	21-18, 23-21	0:47
Lead the series against # 11 Ces/Ces, France 1-0
6/26/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool F	Gibb/Rosenthal	11	Ces/Ces	27, Q12	21-12, 22-20	0:41
Lead the series against # 16 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 3-0
5/8/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	Gibb/Rosenthal	13	Kais/Vesik	20	23-21, 21-14	0:39
6/22/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	1	Kais/Vesik	13	21-19, 21-13	0:41
6/24/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 5	Gibb/Rosenthal	28	Kais/Vesik	10	21-13, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 17 Fuerbringer/Jennings, United States 1-4
5/30/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Semi-Finals	Fuerbringer/Jennings	12	Gibb/Rosenthal	15	21-15, 14-21, 15-8	0:56
4/24/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	11	Gibb/Rosenthal	13	20-22, 21-19, 15-13	1:06
5/23/08	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Winner 3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	15, Q8	Gibb/Rosenthal	7	13-21, 23-21, 18-16	1:08
5/16/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 4	Fuerbringer/Jennings	20, Q13	Gibb/Rosenthal	7	21-15, 21-19	0:42
9/28/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	11	Fuerbringer/Jennings	28, Q8	17-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:57
Lead the series against # 21 Keenan/Lucena, United States 1-0
7/2/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 1	Gibb/Rosenthal	23	Keenan/Lucena	21	21-16, 21-14	0:36
Lead the series against # 24 Gosch/Horst, Austria 1-0
7/3/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Gibb/Rosenthal	11	Gosch/Horst	27, Q3	21-14, 21-11	0:34
Lead the series against # 26 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 4-0
6/27/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool B	Gibb/Rosenthal	23	Lochhead/Pitman	26	21-17, 19-21, 15-13	1:00
7/3/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Gibb/Rosenthal	11	Lochhead/Pitman	22	21-17, 21-15	0:40
6/12/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool F	Gibb/Rosenthal	6	Lochhead/Pitman	22, Q7	21-17, 21-19	0:39
5/22/08	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Winner 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	7	Lochhead/Pitman	23, Q5	21-18, 22-20	0:41
Lead the series against # 28 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 2-0
5/28/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Gibb/Rosenthal	15	Heuscher/Heyer	18	21-17, 22-20	0:42
4/23/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Gibb/Rosenthal	13	Heuscher/Heyer	20	29-31, 24-22, 15-12	1:15
Series tied with # 33 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 2-2
6/19/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool H	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	24, Q1	Gibb/Rosenthal	8	21-17, 14-21, 15-13	0:57
5/22/08	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Winner 1	Gibb/Rosenthal	7	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	26	21-17, 21-15	0:42
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool B	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	15, Q2	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	22-20, 21-18	0:48
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool A	Gibb/Rosenthal	1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	17	21-16, 21-12	0:36
Lead the series against # 47 Abreu/Silva, Angola 1-0
7/1/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool B	Gibb/Rosenthal	23	Abreu/Silva	47	21-12, 21-10	0:30