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(11) Simone Kuhn/Lea Schwer, Switzerland

Simone Kuhn
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 2, 1980 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Emmenbrücke

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

72 kg (158 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

161

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$505,808.98

Lea Schwer
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 13, 1982 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Basel

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

69 kg (152 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Lausanne 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (Osaka 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$170,774.76

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	Money
CEV	10	0	3	0	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	US$57,239.67
FIVB	49	0	0	0	1	2	3	12	10	8	1	11	1	US$252,450.00
FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$3,400.00
Overall	60	1	3	0	2	3	4	13	12	9	1	11	1	US$313,089.67

Previous Berlin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Nicole Schnyder-Benoit - 9th	Dinah Kilchenmann - 41st
2004	Nicole Schnyder-Benoit - 9th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/14-18/2005	Switzerland Open	9	9th	160	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Italy Open	7	9th	160	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2005	Japan Open	7	4th	280	US$12,000.00
FIVB	5/17-21/2005	China Open	8	13th	120	US$4,500.00
CEV	5/12-15/2005	Turkish Open	3	7th	50	€ 2,475.00

Berlin World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 6/21/2005	Winner 2	Sanne Keizer / Marrit Leenstra, Netherlands (22)	Won 21-18, 21-13	0:37
Wed, 6/22/2005	Winner 3	Stephanie Pohl / Okka Rau, Germany (6)	Lost 19-21, 21-16, 10-15	1:01
Thu, 6/23/2005	Contender 3	Marie-Andree Lessard / Sarah Maxwell, Canada (37)	Won 21-18, 21-19	0:43
Thu, 6/23/2005	Contender 4	Rachel Scott / Elaine Youngs, United States (3)	Lost 13-21, 17-21	0:40

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Nicole Schnyder-Benoit - 33rd	Did not play
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Nicole Schnyder-Benoit - 5th	Did not play
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Lea Schwer - 13th	Simone Kuhn - 13th
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Lea Schwer - 17th	Simone Kuhn - 17th
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Nadine Zumkehr - 17th	Did not play
2011	World Championships	Rome	Nadine Zumkehr - 17th	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/21-25/2005	Berlin World Championships	11	13th	300	US$10,500.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2007	Gstaad World Championships	13	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$17,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	0	7	1	$87,800.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	31	0	0	0	1	1	2	8	8	7	4	0	$147,150.00
Satellite	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00
Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$10,500.00
Total	53	1	0	0	2	2	3	12	11	10	11	1	$266,350.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Simone Kuhn												Lea Schwer
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	1	$23,250.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$8,750.00
46	1	0	1	0	8	19	6	9	2	$188,300.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	18	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	8	3	$45,525.00
80	1	0	1	4	8	41	14	10	1	$203,485.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	41	0	0	0	1	3	17	8	5	7	$78,075.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	Challenger
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00	Satellite	4	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$2,575.00
10	1	1	1	1	3	2	1	0	0	$34,812.50	Confederation Championship	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	$6,750.00
147	4	1	3	5	20	65	26	19	4	$451,997.50	Total	71	1	0	0	2	7	25	13	13	10	$141,675.00

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
2005	FIVB	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$39,000.00	13	11	54.2 %
2005	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$2,475.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$39,000.00	13	11	54.2 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$2,475.00	2	2	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Simone Kuhn													Lea Schwer
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2000	FIVB C&S
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	$3,500.00	2001	FIVB
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,625.00	2001	CEV
10	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	3	0	$16,160.00	2002	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,187.50	2002	CEV
11	0	0	0	1	3	3	2	2	0	$34,125.00	2003	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00	2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,500.00
12	0	0	1	1	4	4	2	0	0	$46,875.00	2004	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	$6,125.00
											2004	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$875.00
2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,625.00	2004	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,500.00
5	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	$19,500.00	2005	FIVB	5	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	$19,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,237.50	2005	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,237.50
52	1	2	2	3	10	18	6	7	3	$150,785.00	Total	Total	26	0	0	0	1	3	8	3	2	9	$30,737.50

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	68	73.1%	13	14.0%	12	12.9%	81-12	87.1%	9	8.7%	13	12.6%	81	78.6%	9-94	8.7%	68-81	45.6%	22-25	46.8%	1	1	91-107	46.0%
2004-2005	27	73.0%	6	16.2%	4	10.8%	33-4	89.2%	3	10.7%	3	10.7%	22	78.6%	3-25	10.7%	27-22	55.1%	9-7	56.3%	1	0	37-29	56.1%
Against the Field	40	69.0%	7	12.1%	11	19.0%	47-11	81.0%	4	6.8%	6	10.2%	49	83.1%	4-55	6.8%	80-94	46.0%	22-34	39.3%	1	1	52-65	44.4%

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	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	7	1	5	22	0	0	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	36
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	22	31	0	1	0	1	0	0	63	63
Satellite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	2
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	5	6
Total	0	0	9	1	8	28	0	0	38	44	0	3	0	2	1	0	100	115

Head to Head Results
Kuhn/Schwer lead the series against the field 13-11 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-3
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 3	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Kuhn/Schwer	9	21-18, 21-17	0:46
6/10/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 3	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Kuhn/Schwer	7	21-10, 21-14	0:36
5/27/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 3	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Kuhn/Schwer	7	23-21, 21-19	0:41
Trail the series against # 2 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-1
5/29/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Bronze Medal	Bede/Behar	1	Kuhn/Schwer	7	21-11, 21-13	0:37
Trail the series against # 3 Scott/Youngs, United States 0-1
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 4	Scott/Youngs	3	Kuhn/Schwer	11	21-13, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 5 Tian/Wang, China 0-1
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Tian/Wang	9	Kuhn/Schwer	8	21-17, 22-20	0:39
Trail the series against # 6 Pohl/Rau, Germany 0-2
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 3	Pohl/Rau	6	Kuhn/Schwer	11	21-19, 16-21, 15-10	1:01
5/13/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Contender 3	Pohl/Rau	7	Kuhn/Schwer	3	21-12, 20-22, 15-13	1:00
Trail the series against # 7 Bednarczuk/Pires, Brazil 0-1
6/11/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 4	Bednarczuk/Pires	3	Kuhn/Schwer	7	13-21, 21-17, 16-14	1:03
Lead the series against # 8 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 2-0
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Kuhn/Schwer	9	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	8	21-17, 21-18	0:39
5/28/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 5	Kuhn/Schwer	7	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	11	25-23, 21-17	0:44
Trail the series against # 15 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 0-2
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 3	Kadijk/Mooren	16	Kuhn/Schwer	8	16-21, 22-20, 15-9	0:47
5/12/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Winner 1	Kadijk/Mooren	14	Kuhn/Schwer	3	21-17, 21-12	0:25
Lead the series against # 22 Keizer/Leenstra, Netherlands 1-0
6/21/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 2	Kuhn/Schwer	11	Keizer/Leenstra	22	21-18, 21-13	0:37
Lead the series against # 23 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 3-0
5/28/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 6	Kuhn/Schwer	7	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	20	15-21, 23-21, 15-13	1:01
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Kuhn/Schwer	8	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	25	21-7, 21-11	0:28
5/13/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Contender 2	Kuhn/Schwer	3	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	8	19-21, 21-13, 15-9	0:50
Lead the series against # 27 Dumont/Fiset, Canada 1-0
6/9/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 2	Kuhn/Schwer	7	Dumont/Fiset	23	21-18, 19-21, 15-6	0:47
Lead the series against # 33 Maaseide/Wiig, Norway 2-0
5/26/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 2	Kuhn/Schwer	7	Maaseide/Wiig	23	21-14, 17-21, 15-12	0:55
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Kuhn/Schwer	8	Maaseide/Wiig	26	21-16, 21-12	0:42
Lead the series against # 36 Martin/Pruneau, Canada 1-0
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Kuhn/Schwer	9	Martin/Pruneau	24	21-14, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # 37 Lessard/Maxwell, Canada 1-0
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 3	Kuhn/Schwer	11	Lessard/Maxwell	37	21-18, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against # 38 Teru Saiki/Tokuno, Japan 1-0
6/9/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Kuhn/Schwer	7	Teru Saiki/Tokuno	26, Q7	21-9, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # 46 Koizumi/Tanaka, Japan 1-0
5/26/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Kuhn/Schwer	7	Koizumi/Tanaka	26	21-11, 18-21, 15-9	0:49