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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
XXVIII Olympic Games
August 14 - 24, 2004

(19) Mayra Garcia/Hilda Gaxiola, Mexico

Mayra Garcia
Mexico

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 16, 1972 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tijuana, BC

Height:

173 cm (5'8")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

117

Career Best:

5th (4 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$182,340.00

Hilda Gaxiola
Mexico

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 14, 1972 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Guamuchil Sinaloa

Height:

181 cm (5'11")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB Bali 2003)

Career Winnings:

US$98,715.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	55	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	2	23	1	16	4	1	US$161,430.00

Previous Athens Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/6-10/2004	Spain Open	23, Q5	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/29-7/3/2004	Norway Open	27, Q4	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2004	Germany Grand Slam	Q2	41st	20	US$0.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2004	Switzerland Open	28, Q2	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Japan Open	28	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	China Open	26	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	Greece Open	22, Q2	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	3/9-14/2004	Brazil Open	15	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/7-12/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	20	17th	160	US$5,000.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	20	25th	60	US$3,500.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Italy Open	15	9th	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	8/22-24/2003	Bali Open	6	5th	180	US$6,000.00

Athens XXVIII Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 8/14/2004

Pool F

Vasso Karadassiou / Efi Sfyri, Greece (6)

Lost 17-21, 13-21

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mayra Garcia	Total	19	10	0	0.526	0	9	0	1
	1	19	10	0	0.526	0	9	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Hilda Gaxiola	Total	31	10	0	0.323	2	2	0	3
	1	31	10	0	0.323	2	2	0	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Mon, 8/16/2004

Pool F

Jia Tian / Fei Wang, China (7)

Lost 19-21, 15-21

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mayra Garcia	Total	16	7	0	0.438	0	10	0	1
	1	16	7	0	0.438	0	10	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Hilda Gaxiola	Total	29	9	0	0.310	2	6	1	3
	1	29	9	0	0.310	2	6	1	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Wed, 8/18/2004

Pool F

Summer Lochowicz / Kerri Pottharst, Australia (18)

Lost 24-26, 20-22

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mayra Garcia	Total	21	14	0	0.667	0	11	0	2
	1	21	14	0	0.667	0	11	0	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Hilda Gaxiola	Total	35	16	0	0.457	3	7	0	3
	1	35	16	0	0.457	3	7	0	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mayra Garcia	56	31	0	0.554	0	30	0	4
Hilda Gaxiola	95	35	0	0.368	7	15	1	9
Total	151	66	0	0.437	7	45	1	13
Opponents	167	98	0	0.587	3	65	3	14

Olympic Games, World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Did not play	Teresa Galindo - 33rd
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney	Did not play	Teresa Galindo - 19th
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Hilda Gaxiola - 9th	Mayra Garcia - 9th
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Hilda Gaxiola - 17th	Mayra Garcia - 17th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Hilda Gaxiola - 17th	Mayra Garcia - 17th
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing	Bibiana Candelas - 17th	Did not play
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Bibiana Candelas - 17th	Did not play
2011	World Championships	Rome	Bibiana Candelas - 37th	Did not play

Head to Head Results
Garcia/Gaxiola trail the series against the field 15-53 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 14 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
6/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	17	Garcia/Gaxiola	16	21-7, 21-14	0:29
Trail the series against # 2 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-3
9/5/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Pool B	Bede/Behar	2	Garcia/Gaxiola	15	21-11, 21-18	0:31
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 1	Bede/Behar	3	Garcia/Gaxiola	29, Q3	21-13, 21-10	0:32
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool A	Bede/Behar	1	Garcia/Gaxiola	32	21-12, 21-15	0:25
Trail the series against # 3 Connelly/Pires, Brazil 0-1
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool D	Connelly/Pires	4	Garcia/Gaxiola	29, Q3	21-16, 21-11	0:31
Trail the series against # 4 McPeak/Youngs, United States 0-3
9/19/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool B	McPeak/Youngs	2	Garcia/Gaxiola	18	21-12, 21-12	0:32
8/16/02	FIVB	China Open	Pool A	McPeak/Youngs	1	Garcia/Gaxiola	17	21-16, 21-19	0:38
7/11/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool D	McPeak/Youngs	4	Garcia/Gaxiola	20	21-14, 21-11	0:31
Trail the series against # 5 Cook/Sanderson, Australia 0-3
10/8/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool E	Cook/Sanderson	5	Garcia/Gaxiola	20	21-7, 21-15	0:29
8/15/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Pool A	Cook/Sanderson	1	Garcia/Gaxiola	17	21-19, 21-16	0:36
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool F	Cook/Sanderson	11	Garcia/Gaxiola	27, Q4	21-16, 21-13	0:33
Trail the series against # 6 Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 1-6
8/14/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool F	Karadassiou/Sfyri	6	Garcia/Gaxiola	19	21-17, 21-13	0:41
6/4/04	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 2	Karadassiou/Sfyri	21	Garcia/Gaxiola	28	21-14, 21-19	0:31
8/16/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Winner 1	Karadassiou/Sfyri	13	Garcia/Gaxiola	17	21-16, 19-21, 15-11	0:43
8/17/02	FIVB	China Open	Pool A	Karadassiou/Sfyri	16	Garcia/Gaxiola	17	21-12, 21-12	0:36
8/10/02	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool G	Garcia/Gaxiola	23	Karadassiou/Sfyri	10	13-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:53
7/16/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool M	Karadassiou/Sfyri	13	Garcia/Gaxiola	36	21-16, 21-16	0:39
6/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool D	Karadassiou/Sfyri	4	Garcia/Gaxiola	20	18-21, 22-20, 15-10	0:54
Trail the series against # 7 Tian/Wang, China 0-6
8/16/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool F	Tian/Wang	7	Garcia/Gaxiola	19	21-19, 21-15	0:44
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool D	Tian/Wang	4	Garcia/Gaxiola	20	21-17, 21-10	0:35
9/6/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	4	Garcia/Gaxiola	15	19-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:50
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	8	Garcia/Gaxiola	26, Q2	21-14, 21-16	0:31
6/19/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool F	Tian/Wang	11	Garcia/Gaxiola	27, Q3	21-18, 21-16	0:43
6/21/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	11	Garcia/Gaxiola	22	21-18, 21-17	0:34
Trail the series against # 8 Pohl/Rau, Germany 1-4
7/8/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Pohl/Rau	7	Garcia/Gaxiola	23, Q5	21-19, 21-15	0:37
6/4/04	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Garcia/Gaxiola	28	Pohl/Rau	5	15-21, 21-19, 19-17	0:52
5/28/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Pohl/Rau	8	Garcia/Gaxiola	26	19-21, 21-19, 18-16	0:57
9/20/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool B	Pohl/Rau	15	Garcia/Gaxiola	18	21-16, 21-19	0:30
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 # 9 Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland 3-0
7/1/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Garcia/Gaxiola	27, Q4	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	6	21-15, 21-16	0:26
6/17/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 2	Garcia/Gaxiola	28, Q2	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	6	21-18, 21-19	0:42
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool D	Garcia/Gaxiola	20	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	13	21-18, 21-15	0:38
Lead the series against # 10 Lahme/Musch, Germany 3-1
5/28/04	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Lahme/Musch	7	Garcia/Gaxiola	26	21-14, 18-21, 15-8	0:49
7/31/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool G	Garcia/Gaxiola	23	Lahme/Musch	26, Q9	21-15, 21-18	0:34
6/12/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 3	Garcia/Gaxiola	23, Q1	Lahme/Musch	Q17	21-17, 21-18	0:36
7/25/02	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 2	Garcia/Gaxiola	Q1	Lahme/Musch	Q33	21-16, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 11 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 0-2
8/17/01	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	4	Garcia/Gaxiola	20	21-10, 21-17	0:44
8/1/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool G	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	7	Garcia/Gaxiola	39	21-18, 21-8	0:29
Trail the series against # 12 Celbova Rysava/Novakova, Czech Republic 0-5
6/18/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 3	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	14	Garcia/Gaxiola	28, Q2	21-17, 30-28	0:48
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool G	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	7	Garcia/Gaxiola	26, Q2	21-14, 21-18	0:31
8/3/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 2	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	12	Garcia/Gaxiola	39	21-16, 24-22	0:40
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 2	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	14	Garcia/Gaxiola	29	22-20, 21-14	0:37
6/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 2	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	18	Garcia/Gaxiola	16	21-8, 21-12	0:27
Trail the series against # 14 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 0-7
5/21/04	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 1	Gattelli/Perrotta	27	Garcia/Gaxiola	22, Q2	21-18, 18-21, 15-10	0:48
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool D	Gattelli/Perrotta	13	Garcia/Gaxiola	29, Q3	21-18, 19-21, 15-7	0:52
6/14/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool G	Gattelli/Perrotta	10	Garcia/Gaxiola	23, Q1	21-18, 21-18	0:42
8/9/02	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool G	Gattelli/Perrotta	7	Garcia/Gaxiola	23	21-15, 21-14	0:36
8/24/01	FIVB	Hong Kong Open	Contender 2	Gattelli/Perrotta	12	Garcia/Gaxiola	22	21-7, 21-7	0:27
7/6/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Gattelli/Perrotta	13	Garcia/Gaxiola	20	17-21, 21-10, 15-6	0:42
4/6/01	FIVB	Macau Open	Winner 1	Gattelli/Perrotta	10	Garcia/Gaxiola	23	19-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:48
Series tied with # 15 Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou, Greece 1-1
7/1/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 2	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	21, Q1	Garcia/Gaxiola	27, Q4	21-18, 21-14	0:30
9/6/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Pool B	Garcia/Gaxiola	15	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	18	21-17, 21-17	0:30
Trail the series against # 17 Wang/You, China 0-3
10/9/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Winner 1	Wang/You	24	Garcia/Gaxiola	20	25-23, 21-16	0:38
8/23/03	FIVB	Bali Open	Winner 2	Wang/You	3	Garcia/Gaxiola	6	21-16, 16-21, 15-13	0:45
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool F	Wang/You	22	Garcia/Gaxiola	27, Q4	18-21, 21-12, 15-10	0:44
Trail the series against # 18 Lochowicz/Pottharst, Australia 0-2
8/18/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool F	Lochowicz/Pottharst	18	Garcia/Gaxiola	19	26-24, 22-20	0:50
5/21/04	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Lochowicz/Pottharst	11	Garcia/Gaxiola	22, Q2	21-12, 21-14	0:29
Trail the series against # 20 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 1-2
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool D	Garcia/Gaxiola	29, Q3	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	20, Q1	21-18, 21-17	0:35
6/8/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool D	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	13	Garcia/Gaxiola	20	21-16, 18-21, 15-11	0:48
8/24/01	FIVB	Hong Kong Open	Winner 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	11	Garcia/Gaxiola	22	22-20, 21-15	0:38
Series tied with # 21 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 2-2
10/8/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool E	Garcia/Gaxiola	20	Glesnes/Maaseide	29	21-19, 21-17	0:32
7/4/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool F	Garcia/Gaxiola	27, Q1	Glesnes/Maaseide	11	16-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:48
6/20/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool A	Glesnes/Maaseide	17	Garcia/Gaxiola	32	21-14, 20-22, 15-13	0:47
11/1/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Glesnes/Maaseide	13	Garcia/Gaxiola	20	21-11, 21-12	0:28
Lead the series against # 22 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 1-0
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool G	Garcia/Gaxiola	26, Q2	Hakedal/Torlen	10	21-14, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against # 24 Kusuhara/Tokuno, Japan 2-1
6/17/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 1	Garcia/Gaxiola	28, Q2	Kusuhara/Tokuno	21	21-10, 16-21, 15-11	0:46
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool D	Kusuhara/Tokuno	29, Q2	Garcia/Gaxiola	20	28-26, 21-11	0:44
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool G	Garcia/Gaxiola	26, Q2	Kusuhara/Tokuno	23	21-19, 21-18	0:40