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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
London 2012 Olympic Games
July 28 - August 9, 2012

(3) Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany

Julius Brink
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 6, 1982 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Düsseldorf

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

109

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$671,335.00

Jonas Reckermann
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 26, 1979 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rheine

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

97 kg (213 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

104

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$691,427.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	33	5	7	9	3	3	1	3	0	2	0	US$657,500.00

Previous London Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/17-22/2012	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	6	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2012	Berlin Grand Slam	5	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2012	Grand Slam Rome	3	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/7-12/2012	Moscow Grand Slam	4	4th	560	US$18,400.00
FIVB	10/4-9/2011	Agadir Open	1	2nd	540	US$21,000.00

London 2012 Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 7/28/2012

Pool C

Serguei Prokopiev / Konstantin Semenov, Russia (22)

Won 21-19, 21-17

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Julius Brink	Total	17	10	0	0.588	0	9	0	2
	1	17	10	0	0.588	0	9	0	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Jonas Reckermann	Total	27	13	0	0.481	6	3	1	3
	1	27	13	0	0.481	6	3	1	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Mon, 7/30/2012

Pool C

Penggen Wu / Linyin Xu, China (10)

Won 13-21, 21-19, 15-8

0:52

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Julius Brink	Total	22	12	0	0.545	0	8	0	3
	1	22	12	0	0.545	0	8	0	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Jonas Reckermann	Total	32	22	0	0.688	3	3	3	5
	1	32	22	0	0.688	3	3	3	5
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Wed, 8/1/2012

Pool C

Sebastian Chevallier / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (15)

Won 21-14, 21-16

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Julius Brink	Total	22	11	0	0.500	0	13	3	1
	1	22	11	0	0.500	0	13	3	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Jonas Reckermann	Total	26	16	0	0.615	5	3	1	3
	1	26	16	0	0.615	5	3	1	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Sat, 8/4/2012

Winner 1

Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia (16)

Won 21-12, 21-17

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Julius Brink	Total	22	12	0	0.545	0	6	4	2
	1	22	12	0	0.545	0	6	4	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Jonas Reckermann	Total	12	7	0	0.583	3	1	1	3
	1	12	7	0	0.583	3	1	1	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Mon, 8/6/2012

Winner 2

Pedro Cunha / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (7)

Won 21-15, 21-19

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Julius Brink	Total	25	12	0	0.480	0	12	1	5
	1	25	12	0	0.480	0	12	1	5
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Jonas Reckermann	Total	25	16	0	0.640	3	3	4	4
	1	25	16	0	0.640	3	3	4	4
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Tue, 8/7/2012

Semi-Finals

Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (5)

Won 21-14, 21-16

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Julius Brink	Total	30	12	0	0.400	0	17	2	2
	1	30	12	0	0.400	0	17	2	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Jonas Reckermann	Total	16	8	0	0.500	6	6	2	4
	1	16	8	0	0.500	6	6	2	4
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Thu, 8/9/2012

Gold Medal

Alison Cerutti / Emanuel Rego, Brazil (1)

Won 23-21, 16-21, 16-14

1:01

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Julius Brink	Total	25	12	0	0.480	0	14	0	1
	1	25	12	0	0.480	0	14	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Jonas Reckermann	Total	39	22	0	0.564	5	4	1	1
	1	39	22	0	0.564	5	4	1	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Julius Brink	163	81	0	0.497	0	79	10	16
Jonas Reckermann	177	104	0	0.588	31	23	13	23
Total	340	185	0	0.544	31	102	23	39
Opponents	333	161	0	0.483	20	94	10	31

Olympic Games, World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Did not play	Markus Dieckmann - 9th
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Did not play	Markus Dieckmann - 17th
2004	Olympic Games	Athens	Did not play	Markus Dieckmann - 9th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Kjell Schneider - 3rd	Markus Dieckmann - 9th
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Christoph Dieckmann - 17th	Mischa Urbatzka - 17th
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing	Christoph Dieckmann - 19th	Did not play
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Jonas Reckermann - 1st	Julius Brink - 1st
2011	World Championships	Rome	Jonas Reckermann - 3rd	Julius Brink - 3rd

Head to Head Results
Brink/Reckermann lead the series against the field 54-27 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 4-5
8/9/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Gold Medal	Brink/Reckermann	3	Cerutti/Rego	1	23-21, 16-21, 16-14	1:01
6/11/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Cerutti/Rego	2	Brink/Reckermann	4	15-21, 21-14, 18-16	0:57
6/18/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Semi-Finals	Cerutti/Rego	2	Brink/Reckermann	4	21-15, 21-15	0:36
6/11/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Cerutti/Rego	2	Brink/Reckermann	4	15-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:50
4/22/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 6	Cerutti/Rego	5	Brink/Reckermann	2	21-11, 21-13	0:36
6/18/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 4	Brink/Reckermann	3	Cerutti/Rego	2	21-17, 21-19	0:47
5/29/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Bronze Medal	Brink/Reckermann	2	Cerutti/Rego	5	21-18, 21-14	0:44
5/23/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Cerutti/Rego	4	Brink/Reckermann	2	18-21, 21-19, 21-19	1:24
5/8/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Semi-Finals	Brink/Reckermann	4	Cerutti/Rego	3	21-14, 18-21, 16-14	1:00
Trail the series against # 2 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 4-9
7/30/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Brink/Reckermann	3	21-18, 24-26, 15-12	1:08
7/10/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	4	Brink/Reckermann	2	18-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:54
7/2/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 3	Brink/Reckermann	4	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	21-19, 21-23, 15-10	1:04
6/17/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	4	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	17-21, 21-19, 18-16	1:01
6/10/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 3	Brink/Reckermann	4	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	By Forfeit
8/8/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Brink/Reckermann	2	21-19, 21-19	0:49
6/19/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Brink/Reckermann	3	21-16, 21-14	0:46
6/14/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Brink/Reckermann	3	21-15, 21-15	0:44
5/29/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Brink/Reckermann	2	15-21, 21-11, 15-9	0:53
5/6/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 4	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Brink/Reckermann	4	21-18, 21-12	0:47
4/24/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 5	Dalhausser/Rogers	3	Brink/Reckermann	2	21-12, 21-18	0:44
7/25/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	4	Brink/Reckermann	1	21-18, 21-15	0:48
7/5/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Semi-Finals	Brink/Reckermann	3	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	21-17, 16-21, 15-10	1:07
Series tied with # 4 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 4-4
7/14/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool K	Brink/Reckermann	2	Gibb/Rosenthal	18	21-17, 21-7	0:34
5/7/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Semi-Finals	Gibb/Rosenthal	11	Brink/Reckermann	3	21-17, 21-11	0:36
5/5/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 3	Gibb/Rosenthal	11	Brink/Reckermann	3	21-17, 21-9	0:34
7/31/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool A	Brink/Reckermann	1	Gibb/Rosenthal	16	20-22, 21-17, 15-9	1:07
7/24/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 3	Brink/Reckermann	1	Gibb/Rosenthal	16	23-21, 21-13	0:46
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 # 5 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 6-2
8/7/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Semi-Finals	Brink/Reckermann	3	Nummerdor/Schuil	5	21-14, 21-16	0:39
10/8/11	FIVB	Agadir Open	Gold Medal	Nummerdor/Schuil	15	Brink/Reckermann	1	22-20, 16-21, 15-11	0:58
7/9/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 3	Brink/Reckermann	2	Nummerdor/Schuil	17	22-24, 21-18, 15-12	0:58
4/21/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 4	Brink/Reckermann	2	Nummerdor/Schuil	13	25-23, 25-27, 15-12	1:12
5/28/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 4	Brink/Reckermann	2	Nummerdor/Schuil	3	23-21, 21-18	0:53
8/23/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Gold Medal	Nummerdor/Schuil	10	Brink/Reckermann	1	21-23, 21-15, 15-11	1:09
7/26/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Brink/Reckermann	1	Nummerdor/Schuil	11	21-13, 23-21	0:45
7/12/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Brink/Reckermann	2	Nummerdor/Schuil	12	26-24, 21-11	0:56
Trail the series against # 7 Cunha/Santos, Brazil 1-2
8/6/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	3	Cunha/Santos	7	21-15, 21-19	0:48
6/11/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Cunha/Santos	3	Brink/Reckermann	4	21-19, 21-14	0:41
8/7/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Cunha/Santos	4	Brink/Reckermann	3	21-19, 18-21, 15-9	1:05
Lead the series against # 8 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 2-0
6/11/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 3	Brink/Reckermann	4	Erdmann/Matysik	12	21-15, 21-15	0:38
5/6/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 5	Brink/Reckermann	3	Erdmann/Matysik	20	21-14, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 9 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 4-1
7/10/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Brink/Reckermann	2	Fijalek/Prudel	5	22-20, 21-17	0:44
7/1/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool M	Fijalek/Prudel	13	Brink/Reckermann	4	21-15, 21-16	0:42
6/18/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 3	Brink/Reckermann	4	Fijalek/Prudel	30	21-15, 21-16	0:41
6/11/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Brink/Reckermann	4	Fijalek/Prudel	24	21-16, 20-22, 15-12	0:59
8/21/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 4	Brink/Reckermann	1	Fijalek/Prudel	21, Q3	21-19, 21-13	0:42
Lead the series against # 10 Wu/Xu, China 2-1
7/30/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool C	Brink/Reckermann	3	Wu/Xu	10	13-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:52
4/21/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 3	Wu/Xu	10	Brink/Reckermann	2	26-24, 21-18	0:49
6/19/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Bronze Medal	Brink/Reckermann	3	Wu/Xu	5	25-27, 21-9, 15-10	1:06
Lead the series against # 11 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 4-1
10/8/11	FIVB	Agadir Open	Winner 4	Brink/Reckermann	1	Gavira/Herrera	5	21-17, 19-21, 15-12	1:01
5/7/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Bronze Medal	Brink/Reckermann	3	Gavira/Herrera	7	14-21, 22-20, 15-10	0:52
6/13/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 3	Brink/Reckermann	3	Gavira/Herrera	4	21-17, 21-18	0:42
5/23/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Gavira/Herrera	5	Brink/Reckermann	2	21-17, 21-17	0:47
5/7/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 6	Brink/Reckermann	4	Gavira/Herrera	2	23-21, 21-16	0:50
Lead the series against # 12 Bellaguarda/Heuscher, Switzerland 3-0
8/6/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	3	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	7	21-16, 21-19	0:44
6/15/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool D	Brink/Reckermann	4	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	21	21-17, 21-13	0:39
5/5/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 4	Brink/Reckermann	3	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	16	21-16, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # 13 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 2-0
7/20/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool O	Brink/Reckermann	6	Lupo/Nicolai	11	22-20, 21-23, 15-11	0:59
7/29/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool L	Brink/Reckermann	3	Lupo/Nicolai	14	21-14, 21-11	0:33
Lead the series against # 14 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 5-0
10/7/11	FIVB	Agadir Open	Winner 3	Brink/Reckermann	1	Benes/Kubala	8	21-10, 21-16	0:36
8/4/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool L	Brink/Reckermann	3	Benes/Kubala	19	21-15, 21-16	0:38
7/15/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool K	Brink/Reckermann	2	Benes/Kubala	15	21-17, 21-15	0:46
6/30/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool M	Brink/Reckermann	4	Benes/Kubala	20	21-14, 22-20	0:37
8/7/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 3	Brink/Reckermann	2	Benes/Kubala	23	21-14, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 15 Chevallier/Heyer, Switzerland 1-0
8/1/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool C	Brink/Reckermann	3	Chevallier/Heyer	15	21-14, 21-16	0:42
Lead the series against # 16 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 3-1
8/4/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Winner 1	Brink/Reckermann	3	Samoilovs/Sorokins	16	21-12, 21-17	0:40
6/10/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool M	Samoilovs/Sorokins	13	Brink/Reckermann	4	21-19, 21-19	0:44
5/27/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	18	21-18, 22-20	0:54
8/6/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	17	21-15, 21-15	0:43
Lead the series against # 17 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 4-1
7/21/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	6	Plavins/Smedins	16	19-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:57
7/12/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool N	Brink/Reckermann	5	Plavins/Smedins	12	21-17, 21-15	0:41
6/15/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Pool L	Plavins/Smedins	14	Brink/Reckermann	3	21-16, 21-17	0:40
6/9/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool M	Brink/Reckermann	4	Plavins/Smedins	20	21-17, 21-13	0:39
6/19/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Bronze Medal	Brink/Reckermann	4	Plavins/Smedins	15	22-20, 18-21, 15-11	0:59
Lead the series against # 18 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 4-0
7/8/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool K	Brink/Reckermann	2	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15	21-19, 18-21, 15-12	1:01
7/3/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Brink/Reckermann	4	Skarlund/Spinnangr	9	17-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:54
5/21/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool K	Brink/Reckermann	2	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15	21-17, 21-13	0:42
5/5/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	4	Skarlund/Spinnangr	13	21-14, 21-8	0:38
Lead the series against # 22 Prokopiev/Semenov, Russia 1-0
7/28/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool C	Brink/Reckermann	3	Prokopiev/Semenov	22	21-19, 21-17	0:43