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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
XXIX Olympic Games
August 9 - 21, 2008

(24) Simone Kuhn/Lea Schwer, Switzerland

Simone Kuhn
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 2, 1980 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Emmenbrücke

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

72 kg (158 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

137

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$417,185.00

Lea Schwer
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 13, 1982 (42 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$134,925.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	Money
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	50	1	0	0	1	2	3	12	10	8	1	11	1	US$255,850.00

Previous Beijing Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/21-26/2008	Gstaad Grand Slam	10	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/14-20/2008	Marseille Open	20	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/30-7/5/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	29	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/23-28/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q4	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/16-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	29, Q3	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	29, Q3	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	21	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	5/26-31/2008	Barcelona Open	24	9th	240	US$5,500.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Seoul Open	18	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	4/29-5/4/2008	China Shanghai Open	15	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	16	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/31-11/4/2007	Phuket Open	15	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	9/25-29/2007	Brazil Open	12	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/28-9/1/2007	St. Petersburg Open	17	9th	240	US$6,000.00

Beijing XXIX Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 8/9/2008

Pool A

Jia Tian / Jie Wang, China (1)

Lost 12-21, 18-21

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Simone Kuhn	Total	17	8	2	0.353	2	2	0	2
	1	17	8	2	0.353	2	2	0	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Lea Schwer	Total	25	10	5	0.200	1	1	0	4
	1	25	10	5	0.200	1	1	0	4
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Mon, 8/11/2008

Pool A

Susanne Glesnes / Kathrine Maaseide, Norway (12)

Lost 11-21, 17-21

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Simone Kuhn	Total	10	6	3	0.300	0	2	1	2
	1	10	6	3	0.300	0	2	1	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Lea Schwer	Total	32	15	5	0.313	0	1	2	4
	1	32	15	5	0.313	0	1	2	4
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Wed, 8/13/2008

Pool A

Liesbeth Mouha / Liesbet Van Breedam, Belgium (13)

Lost 18-21, 17-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Simone Kuhn	Total	22	13	4	0.409	0	3	1	1
	1	22	13	4	0.409	0	3	1	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Lea Schwer	Total	29	13	4	0.310	0	1	1	1
	1	29	13	4	0.310	0	1	1	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Simone Kuhn	49	27	9	0.367	2	7	2	5
Lea Schwer	86	38	14	0.279	1	3	3	9
Total	135	65	23	0.311	3	10	5	14
Opponents	124	75	17	0.468	6	30	12	7

Olympic Games, 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
2004	Olympic Games	Athens	Nicole Schnyder-Benoit - 19th	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
2012	Olympic Games	London	Nadine Zumkehr - 9th	Did not play

Head to Head Results
Kuhn/Schwer trail the series against the field 21-55 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 14 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Tian/Wang, China 0-4
8/9/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool A	Tian/Wang	1	Kuhn/Schwer	24	21-12, 21-18	0:41
7/25/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 3	Tian/Wang	1	Kuhn/Schwer	10	21-15, 21-16	0:38
5/1/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Contender 1	Tian/Wang	2	Kuhn/Schwer	15	21-19, 21-17	0:42
8/9/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 3	Tian/Wang	3	Kuhn/Schwer	27, Q3	21-19, 12-21, 15-10	0:55
Trail the series against # 2 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-4
7/27/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 1	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Kuhn/Schwer	13	21-19, 21-18	0:43
10/26/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Winner 2	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	Kuhn/Schwer	15	18-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:58
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 3	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Kuhn/Schwer	9	21-17, 21-12	0:41
7/29/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 5	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Kuhn/Schwer	15	21-12, 21-13	0:40
Trail the series against # 4 Xue/Zhang, China 0-2
6/27/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool E	Xue/Zhang	5	Kuhn/Schwer	21	21-15, 21-14	0:40
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Xue/Zhang	25	Kuhn/Schwer	8	21-11, 23-21	0:39
Trail the series against # 5 Branagh/Youngs, United States 0-3
6/18/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool D	Branagh/Youngs	4	Kuhn/Schwer	29, Q3	21-18, 21-10	0:39
9/26/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	5	Kuhn/Schwer	12	21-14, 15-21, 15-9	0:49
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool H	Branagh/Youngs	8	Kuhn/Schwer	24	21-16, 21-7	0:36
Trail the series against # 6 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 2-4
7/3/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Kuhn/Schwer	29	Antunes/Ribeiro	4	16-21, 22-20, 15-13	0:55
7/26/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool L	Antunes/Ribeiro	12	Kuhn/Schwer	13	21-12, 21-16	0:41
9/27/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 2	Antunes/Ribeiro	4	Kuhn/Schwer	13	21-18, 21-19	0:49
5/26/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 4	Antunes/Ribeiro	4	Kuhn/Schwer	8	24-22, 21-13	0:39
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 4	Antunes/Ribeiro	11, Q1	Kuhn/Schwer	9	21-16, 23-21	0:46
5/27/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 4	Kuhn/Schwer	7	Antunes/Ribeiro	4, Q1	21-15, 18-21, 15-11	0:49
Trail the series against # 7 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 3-6
6/18/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool D	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	13	Kuhn/Schwer	29, Q3	17-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:58
8/30/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 4	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	5	Kuhn/Schwer	17	21-18, 21-18	0:46
9/28/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Contender 3	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	5	Kuhn/Schwer	13	21-16, 21-18	0:43
9/14/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	Kuhn/Schwer	11	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	21-17, 23-21	0:46
7/27/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Contender 3	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	11	Kuhn/Schwer	19	21-15, 21-14	0:40
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	Kuhn/Schwer	11	21-16, 21-16	0:38
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 3	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	4	Kuhn/Schwer	12	21-18, 21-18	0:41
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 # 8 Pohl/Rau, Germany 0-6
7/17/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 2	Pohl/Rau	3	Kuhn/Schwer	20	21-15, 21-12	0:32
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool H	Pohl/Rau	9	Kuhn/Schwer	24	22-20, 21-15	0:42
8/3/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool C	Pohl/Rau	14	Kuhn/Schwer	19	21-17, 21-14	0:32
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Pohl/Rau	5	Kuhn/Schwer	12	21-18, 21-18	0:39
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 4	Pohl/Rau	4	Kuhn/Schwer	7	15-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:58
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 3	Pohl/Rau	6	Kuhn/Schwer	11	21-19, 16-21, 15-10	1:01
Trail the series against # 9 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 1-3
7/25/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Kuhn/Schwer	10	Ludwig/Niedrig	8	24-22, 26-24	0:58
5/29/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 4	Ludwig/Niedrig	5	Kuhn/Schwer	24	21-17, 21-14	0:41
10/27/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Contender 3	Ludwig/Niedrig	23, Q12	Kuhn/Schwer	15	21-14, 23-21	0:55
8/13/05	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Semi-Finals	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	Kuhn/Schwer	1	14-21, 13-21	0:34
Trail the series against # 11 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 0-5
7/2/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Hakedal/Torlen	20	Kuhn/Schwer	29	21-16, 21-17	0:40
7/14/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 3	Hakedal/Torlen	14	Kuhn/Schwer	11	21-15, 21-17	0:40
6/29/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool H	Hakedal/Torlen	8	Kuhn/Schwer	9	21-14, 21-19	0:41
8/31/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 2	Hakedal/Torlen	9	Kuhn/Schwer	8	21-17, 21-14	0:39
8/4/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Hakedal/Torlen	18	Kuhn/Schwer	15	12-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:53
Series tied with # 12 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 1-1
8/11/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool A	Glesnes/Maaseide	12	Kuhn/Schwer	24	21-11, 21-17	0:35
8/8/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Kuhn/Schwer	27, Q3	Glesnes/Maaseide	6	21-17, 21-19	0:42
Trail the series against # 13 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 1-3
8/13/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool A	Mouha/Van Breedam	13	Kuhn/Schwer	24	21-18, 21-17	0:42
6/19/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool D	Mouha/Van Breedam	20, Q6	Kuhn/Schwer	29, Q3	21-15, 19-21, 16-14	0:56
6/12/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool D	Mouha/Van Breedam	20	Kuhn/Schwer	29, Q3	21-15, 21-8	0:34
8/30/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Kuhn/Schwer	17	Mouha/Van Breedam	18	21-19, 21-19	0:54
Series tied with # 14 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 2-2
5/15/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 1	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	15	Kuhn/Schwer	18	21-17, 22-20	0:41
10/26/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Winner 1	Kuhn/Schwer	15	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	18	21-18, 22-20	0:57
6/30/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 2	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	11	Kuhn/Schwer	9	16-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:54
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Kuhn/Schwer	6	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	12	21-18, 23-21	0:44
Lead the series against # 15 Moiseeva/Uryadova, Russia 1-0
9/16/05	FIVB	Indonesia Open	Contender 3	Kuhn/Schwer	7	Moiseeva/Uryadova	15	19-21, 21-10, 15-9	0:43
Lead the series against # 16 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 4-2
9/27/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Kuhn/Schwer	12	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	22	22-20, 25-23	0:55
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool H	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	25	Kuhn/Schwer	24	22-20, 21-12	0:41
7/6/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Contender 2	Kuhn/Schwer	17	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	15	21-15, 21-19	0:39
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 4	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	9	Kuhn/Schwer	6	21-19, 15-21, 16-14	0:57
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
Trail the series against # 17 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 2-3
6/11/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool D	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	13	Kuhn/Schwer	29, Q3	24-22, 21-16	0:47
5/1/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	18	Kuhn/Schwer	15	21-19, 15-21, 15-12	0:56
11/2/07	FIVB	Phuket Open	Contender 2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	16	Kuhn/Schwer	15	10-21, 21-12, 15-12	0:48
8/10/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 4	Kuhn/Schwer	27, Q3	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	15	21-18, 36-34	1:03
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 4	Kuhn/Schwer	8	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	11	21-12, 22-20	0:41
Trail the series against # 18 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 0-1
11/1/07	FIVB	Phuket Open	Winner 1	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	18	Kuhn/Schwer	15	21-19, 15-11 Retired	0:51
Trail the series against # 20 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 1-3
7/27/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Contender 2	Kuhn/Schwer	19	Kadijk/Mooren	13	21-18, 23-25, 15-12	0:57
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 4	Kadijk/Mooren	14	Kuhn/Schwer	9	21-17, 21-18	0:38
6/2/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 2	Kadijk/Mooren	11	Kuhn/Schwer	12	21-14, 17-21, 15-11	0:50
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 3	Kadijk/Mooren	16	Kuhn/Schwer	8	16-21, 22-20, 15-9	0:47
Lead the series against # 22 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 2-1
9/26/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Kuhn/Schwer	12	Martins/Santanna	21, Q3	22-20, 19-21, 15-12	1:06
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 2	Kuhn/Schwer	25, Q3	Martins/Santanna	23	21-14, 15-21, 15-13	0:50
7/6/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Contender 3	Martins/Santanna	23	Kuhn/Schwer	17	21-17, 21-18	0:37
Trail the series against # 23 Kusuhara/Teru Saiki, Japan 1-2
7/16/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	13	Kuhn/Schwer	20	21-8, 21-18	0:39
5/15/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 1	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	31, Q3	Kuhn/Schwer	18	21-16, 21-17	0:40
8/30/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 3	Kuhn/Schwer	17	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	23	21-15, 21-13	0:38